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MY THOUGHTS
MY THOUGHTS
Addictive behaviours are often misunderstood as lifestyle choices, which are willingly entered into, and by the same token, can be stopped by force of our will. This is partly true, but once in the grip of an addiction, whether it is to drugs, alcohol, gambling, cannabis, or whether it is an eating disorder- which have some similarities to addictions, it is a choice and a spiritual path out of them.
As women in western culture, perhaps we are not taught to honour and pay attention to our wombs- unless there is dis-ease there. Prevention is far better than cure, and if there is dis-ease or dysfunction, a good place to start with healing is listening to our bodies, allowing them to speak to us about the distress or oversight.
Cacao is a very versatile plant sprit medicine, and is not subject to the strict dietas (preparation diets and ways of being before and after ceremonies) that are common with the use of other plant teacher medicines.
The cacao tree was named by botanist Linnaeus Theobroma cacao. Theobroma means food of the Gods, and the fruits of this magical tree certainly live up to their reputation! Cacao is a small to mid-sized tree that grows well in the shade of the rainforest canopy in the planet’s equatorial regions. It is thought to have evolved…