Hi all! Firstly I can't thank everyone enough for the amazing contributions. This site has helped me immensely as I decided to dive deeper into the great void. I'm very new to this community and though it has peaked my curiosity for several years I finally decided to brew about four months ago. Prior to my first brew I spent several months researching the technical aspects but also reading trip reports from veterans to first timers. It certainly made me question why I truly wanted to delve into a serious form of medicine and gave more respect for what we are doing here.

There is a depth of understanding that goes without saying in this community when I say the medicine has changed my life forever. It has been a beautiful peeling of layers. Wiping away the grime from conditioned notions about the world we perceive. My thoughts and actions have become more acute and filled with true intention. This has played a profound role in regards to the people in my life. The synchronicities of life have been unfolding at an amazing rate. Sometimes it's hard to savor every beautiful moment. I have been able to tap into greater depths in ways I didn't know I had. A spark of inspiration has lead me on more than a few occasion to write beautiful poetry. I can't help but cry as I write it down. Words resonate with greater meaning now. Music I've heard a thousand times has new depth. New counter melodies I had never heard before, nuances, and sounds are revealed. I previously studied and performed as a classical musician and it has been truly astonishing to be at this level of musical awareness and appreciation.

I am currently studying Chinese medicine and plan to make a life long career out of healing others through acupuncture, herbalism, and energy work. My tea experiences have put me on the proverbial rocket ship to the path I was intended for. Flooded with knowledge and deeper understanding about the facets of eastern medicine, it is a great feeling to know I am exactly where I'm supposed to be in this life. The ancient Chinese texts I read make a whole lot more sense now... Those dudes were definitely pounding down some acacia brew with a few other choice herbs I've come to suspect.

Well, I've had a handful of tea trips with an ongoing process to refine my brewing techniques and have a pretty good system with maybe a trick or two I haven't seen on here yet. I'd love to do a write up on brews sometime. I started with the acacia/ rue brew which turned into acacia with rue capsules for a purge free experience. Now I've been blending a 60/40 of acacia/chaliponga and sticking with rue caps. No vine... yet. It has proven to be a wonderfully powerful experience. A great balance between the two plants. Best of all, it looks like a shot of kool-aid when it's ready to drink.

I hope to bring much light, love, and learning to the community.
Cheers!

My last brew.

Welcome to nexus my freind. I'd love to read about your brewing tricks.

It's pretty amazing when you discover the sacred plant teachers and how to use them isn't it? I lived my whole life without any real intention behind my actions, then I discovered the teacher plants, started growing them and now my life has been totally enriched.

I'll never forget the first time I drank acacia + rue. In my mind, just the fact that such an experience is possible made me realize that way more things are possible in this world than I previously thought. For instance that plants could be intelligent. I would have never believed that one can learn directly from plants, but now that I've experienced it..

And I love to share the brew with friends. So far only 2, but nothing beats seeing them with that new sense of wonder that they haven't had since they were little kids.

Anyway, good luck on your path and again, welcome.

Thanks!

Plants are truly amazing. With the medicine I am studying we students are responsible to know 300+ herbs, the way they interact with the body and with each other. The benefits of one herb can have a list the length of your arm. Absolutely staggering, but these are only the herbs used in Chinese medicine. What about the rest of the world? We already know the amazon has shared many amazing plants with us.

I too have only shared with two friends so far though I am careful about bringing up such a subject since there are many people not even ready to have a conversation about this type of experience. Those two had such a wonderful experience and have been able to take so much out of it. When they finally come down and we get a chance to talk the first thing I say is, "Welcome, I'm glad you could join us."

hello!

Great to have you here, thestrappinglad!

Knowing what career path you want to take, while being so passionate about it, is an amazing thing. Not many people have that privilege. I for one am one of the lucky ones. I love what I do and psychedelics actually inspire me to design and animate to the best of my creative ability.

Looking forward to reading more from you

Yes, the nexus welcomes you.

I think many of us here have had the real purpose of our lives either shown or rearranged by the plants and substances we discuss.

I for one, was taken out of a life of self destructive actions and set on a path of renewed creativity, and use those creative gifts to try to bring the love I've been given to others.

Sounds like that's a common theme among those of us who've taken psychedelic-inspired careers/life paths- the desire to bring the ineffable light out of the darkness that conceals it and give it to others.

As always, peace and
HAPPY TRAILS!

Thanks for the warm welcome. It is great to be in the company of good vibes.

Hi and Welcome Lad!

I really appreciate what you had to say about Chinese medicine and acupuncture. I feel the same way. I've had a sensation of having once with aya and then after that smoking DMT. I feel like I've seen qi while on it also. Are you studying the five elements? It seems like what a lot of people see breaking through and what McKenna called the chrysanthemum is is probably the crown chakra, and when people go through that their soul is traveling to the bardo. so yeah, I agree there's a lot of correspondences!

Would be interested in haring your thoughts and experiences on Eastern medicine...