August 23, 2009

Sharing Medicinal Value

Last evening i experienced a Kava-kava ceremony. A group of eleven were served the herbal extract and encouraged to use the gathering as a declaration of intention. A large single-piece wooded bowl housed the tea, which was served in a coconut shell. There was a specific protocol that the group followed, sharing thoughts and sometimes sharing silence. The individual connectivity allowed me to share some thoughts on 'the system' in order to develop a means of building better systems for the future.

The ceremony had us offering tea to the earth and grounding ourselves through our conversation. The thoughts that i shared concerned developing a different approach to community education. Everybody has a voice that should interact in building community consensus, where we hear to each other out on the issues and address the form of delivery. People learn in different manners - having a mentor that shares your point of view helps us digest what we have learned. It takes us doing the action and applying the lesson to get the feel for how to use the knowledge that we have wisely.

Sometimes we tend to mistake intellegence for wisdom. They are vastly different scales of measure. Wisdom comes from instinct and experience, learning how to deal with situations with acumen. I get the sense that the advanced essence of the Kava-Kava has helped me clarify in my own mind where the action needs to be applied. Each of us should figure out what it is we want to be doing and start doing it - as frequently as possible. As changes come, we will be happy because our work brings us joy. The conscious state is to be here now, with awareness of who we are, where we were and where we are going.

Would like to thank Kiwina for supplying the awa medicine and the stories that share this indigenous knowledge with the world. Learning about the plant was one of the awesome features of the event, there are now eleven distinct species in this genus. This was a pay-it-forward type event - i will find a gift to return to Gaia for the special insight that was shared by the collective. Group intent is to have a local assembly that meets regularly and shares Kava in a meditative setting. This spiritual communication portal will help enhance our grounding of several levels of community.

2 comments:

nina said...

thank the gods and goddesses for plant medicine!

TripSister said...

Hi Doctor Lenny,

What a great experience you had! And being able to share it with such a large group is so fortunate!

The clarity invoked with this natural plant is wonderful for the spirit and if you can share it forward and introduce calm and health in others then please do so!

Peace!