Pamela Dharani was asked about the fear people carry before a ceremony: that you throw up, and that you go into the pits of darkness.
Her answer is that fear is part of it, and part of the medicine. It is a way of showing respect, and it is normal, because it is like jumping into the abyss.
She describes the trust underneath it: that once you jump, the hands of God will be holding you, and that Ayahuasca is the medicine of forgiveness and the medicine of love. Sometimes, she says, it is like a grandmother who slaps because we need to wake certain things up, but everything is with love.
Her conclusion: it is okay to be afraid, but it is better to do it with fear than not to do it at all, because that is also how we break the habits and the system of the brain that do not allow us to become stronger.
The full answer is in the video above, and the transcript is underneath it.
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