(10-10-2011, 11:32 AM)Meerie Wrote: LMAO... only those who are harvestable will be prepared to undergo this experience, right? (really, diarrhea too?It's referred to as the purge, or purging, and can sometimes go on for hours. I've never taken it but I've listened to a lot of lectures on the topic. It's easier to deal with in the jungle, so a lot of the time you sit on a log with your ass hanging over the end and a bucket in front of you so you can do both at the same time! The self is being cleansed as it occurs with fasting, which is described in sessions 40 and 41. What's interesting is there can be significant purging with very little weight loss, so the shamans say that what is coming out of you are manifestations of negative thought forms or undesirable aspects of yourself, which is what Ra has said in regards to fasting.Ahem, stupid question, how do people deal with that? put on diapers before taking ayahuasca?)
As far as preparedness, I'd say the more you have buried about yourself the more that will be revealed. I personally wouldn't want to do it without a shaman, simply because they can enhance the experience and they also aid in healing. They see things about yourself that you can't see, and they can communicate with intelligences. It can become quite difficult with the possibility of negative attack that needs to be warded off too. What a person learns becomes their responsibility though..such as the initiation experience with the pyramids. So if you don't change those aspects of yourself, catalyst will come at you with even more regularity.