Report open group truffle ceremony
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Truffle ceremony Saturday August 28, 2021
Nathaniel
I arrived at the loft in Schiedam at three o'clock. Where I was received by Marcel and Rafaëla
(the supervisors of the ceremony). She showed me around the loft and then we took a seat
number of banks. The other two participants in the ceremony also entered and became momentary
warmly received. Marcel immediately offered us relaxing tea made from blue lotus and cocoa. below
Over a cup of tea we then talked about the upcoming ceremony and what
we might expect. Marcel asked us very specifically about our intention for the ceremony.
My intention was an extension of my spiritual journey, my working towards samadhi. In the
In recent months, in the run-up to this ceremony, I have been practicing yoga
intensified to twice a day, adjusted my diet and focused my self-study more on this
moment. The week before the ceremony I read the eighth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, in which
Krishna indicates that the entire material reality is but an incarnation of his being. Like the
Greek gods incarnated in an animal or a human, Krishna has incarnated himself in ours
reality. I included this in my meditation and included it as an emphasis in this one
ceremony.
After discussing our intentions, Marcel offered us a first cup of truffle tea. After drinking
We chatted some more and after about twenty minutes I noticed that my body was calming down and my
thinking started to float. I sat down on a mattress and focused on a painting of one
lion head. Before I wandered any further, I quickly wrote in my diary: 'I want everything... but
… I want to be above all.”
When I returned my focus to the lion, it began to undulate and there was a goddess standing over it
danced around and invited me in and even pulled me.
I lay down on the mattress and fell into a deep rest. Meanwhile, I stared at the ceiling
and let the peace come over me.
After a while Marcel came to me and offered a second cup of truffle tea. I wore it while sitting down
drank the couch and after about ten minutes I felt myself sinking even further. It cost me
then some difficulty in surrendering to the trip again. I asked Marcel something and he said:
“It's best if you just lie down and surrender now. Is that allowed by yourself?' Here I am again
I lay down on the mattress and, with my eyes closed, floated away to the music for a long time
unfolded in colors and shapes, but especially in images and small, eternal journeys.
A number of themes became important to me during this trip:
Love
The day before the trip I had a photo shoot with my family. We were together with a photographer
in the forest and we had a lot of fun together, taking different poses. It
was on that afternoon itself, nice to see how well we are doing together. We are a family where one
can be a lot of fun and where individuality is important.
During the trip I experienced the entire afternoon with my family, as it were, from above. It was
as if I were floating above the four of us and taking in the whole thing. I was overwhelmed by one
feeling of love and happiness. Love for my children and my wife and the enormous happiness that I have
can live with them.
Security
At one point during the trip it became a bit more restless around me and I got up from the mattress
where I lay and started to wander around. After a while I indicated to Rafaëla that I wanted to hide
under a blanket. She then guided me to a bed, tucked me in under a blanket and said, “Go here
just relax.' I immediately sank. During my trip I was then touched by mother earth
a boat floating on a quiet river. Mother Earth sang the most beautiful songs. I
I felt safe and supported in a special way.
This had special meaning for me, as I have always had a difficult relationship with my own mother
had. I had a lot of trouble with that in my youth and in my adult life, as a father of one
own family. After this experience I immediately experienced a feeling that it is good, the way it is. My mother
has been on her own journey, and it is sadly coming to an end. I too have my own journey and like her
letting go, without having to entertain expectations, but in the infinite security of mine
mother Earth. This gives me the love and space to care.
power
I like to go into nature, alone or with friends, and I have lost my heart to a specific mountain
a certain stream in Scotland. During my trip I stood by that stream and on that mountain. In music there was
at that moment a scream lifted me up and I flew away like an eagle above the mountain
out. This all felt very natural. As if it was completely normal that I could fly away. The Scream
did not seem to come from outside, but came from my own heart and was, as it were, the cry
of the eagle that I was. I experienced enormous strength in going my own way and in space
to take to find that path.
Peace
There was sometimes a moment of silence between the pieces of music. In those moments I was sucked away
of all images and forms and was several times in the complete emptiness of the universe. I
experienced enormous peace in it. I was aware that there were stars around me and that there...
was matter. But the nothing was good and enough.
I found these small, but eternal moments the most intense. All my life I have, partly because of it
the life I have lived, but also because of my sensitivity to stimuli and my introversion, a lot of tension
experienced. To know that in my being there is an eternal place of infinite peace, immediately gives peace to me
body and in my mind. I could already reach this place in my meditation, but not in such a way
I experienced in this trip. I long for this place among the stars, where my consciousness
can be, can enjoy the eternal light of the stars and where everything is good. Where all the tensions,
in body and mind, be still.
Life energy
At one point I heard voices in the background and it got me in my head again. I
I worried about others and sometimes doubted myself. I learned from this that I...
such moments I have to give myself space and therefore also take the space to be, to
to clearly indicate boundaries and requests for help and to choose for myself. That arises
life energy.
About half past seven I was sitting on a chair in the sitting area again. I know it was half past seven, because I thought of Rafaëla
asked what time it was. 'Half past seven'. I nodded, thought about it for a moment and replied: 'Half past eight
morning?' And as far as time was concerned, I really had no idea whether it was evening or morning. She had to laugh
and I thought it would be good if I just retreated to a mattress for a while. When I was sitting there again, came
They sat with me and we talked about all the things that were slowly coming back to my mind
memory. This helped me. After talking and laughing for a while, I lay back down on my mattress
and the lady next to me slowly came to again. We talked together about what we experienced
had and about the memories that came back. It was nice to be this way again
to wake up and reinvent everything.
Freedom
During the coming down I had to consciously remember my entire life before the trip
to take. I noticed that I could immediately fill in all the thinking patterns myself and choose how I would do that
wanted to do. That showed me that I can do that every day. Every day I can change my own thinking patterns
organize it the way I want, and thus change my actions. As if I can dance in complete freedom
the reality of existence.
To reinforce this, I have adopted Ram Dass's mantra to use for the time being: 'I am
loving respect.' I have been reciting this at many different times of my day over the past few days
and notice that this matra also sounds in my head when I am talking to people around me, or
during my work. I enjoy that. And I hope this helps with the experiences I've had
experience into my daily life.
When all three of us had landed again, Rafaëla offered us a salad. The first bite tasted real
delicious. As if it was the first bite of food I took in my life. I really needed it after that
to taste things and enjoy some chocolate. After this we danced. I found
it's wonderful to dance with others and be able to move freely. Without the restraint
that I normally experience. I consciously enjoyed that and absorbed it.
Everything then felt like I was experiencing it for the first time. The first shower felt like I was under one
waterfall stood, all food tasted more intense, the first twittering of the birds outside sounded like it
most beautiful sound I had ever heard and the first bird I saw looked as if it had just been created
used to be.
After being in touch with my consciousness in the tranquility of the universe, I experienced one
enormous energy to live. After the trip I skipped a night, where I barely had time
suffered from fatigue. I tried to sleep because I thought my body and...
my thinking would need that. But my thinking was mainly concerned with all the new patterns
to explore and discover. My body discharged so much after the trip that it seemed as if it had released all the toxins
wanted to secede. Both my physical and mental health were full of energy after the trip. The first
yoga series that I practiced after the trip, I was more flexible and energetic than I was before the trip. It seems
whether the connections in my body have released certain tensions. Also in dealing with the
people around me I notice a huge change. The mantra 'I am loving respect' continues
my head sounds during conversations, I am more open and notice that I experience great love and joy
the contacts I have.
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