🔥Fireside Chat: Ayahuasca Wisdom on Finding Clarity
During one of our ceremonies I decided to ask the medicine about an internal dilemma I had been sitting on..
The kind that no amount of walking, meditating, journaling, written lists or Forged / ChatGPT brainstorming sessions can shed light on.
I'm in the process of building a movement and a series of tools that carry my life's work around grounded transformation and practical spirituality..
Yet my inbox is full with juicy opportunities for business coaching, story-telling mentoring and easy to make, low-effort, "instant-results" kind of money.
The old Heart vs Mind kind of question.
You probably have something like this too, if not in business in your relationships or in your health.
Knowing the rational, logical, planned and controlled (almost guaranteed) way forward that you "should" choose..
While your gut pulls you straight into what seems like crazy ideas, chaos and dancing with the mystery.
So I asked the medicine:
"What entrepreneurial path should I follow?"
And she answered:
"Entrepreneurial path? or Spiritual path?"
And my heart cracked open..
In that instant I saw that my problem was not in deciding between two seemingly opposed paths... My problem was the question itself.
My problem was much deeper than a decision, it was THE ROOT of my indecision:
The fact I had forgotten my north star and -in my rush to be a good husband, provide for my family, support others and build something great that serves the world- I had forgotten why I did what I did.
I forgot that above being an entrepreneur, I AM a spiritual being. A man of God..
And as such, it is FAITH not FUNNELS which must lead the way.
It is in SERVING not in SELLING that I build a tribe.
And that my work lies in keeping my connection to the divine clear and clean, so I may hear its guidance and follow it..
Even if it doesn't make "business sense"...
Especially when it doesn't.
The medicine showed me that what I wanted was not to decide between two paths but to feel my heart and listen to my inner guidance clearly and proceeded to show me (and help me purge) all the ways in which this signal had been scrambled:
- Poor diet during my travels
- Compulsive thoughts around sex
- Excessive time sitting on screens
- Lack of dynamic movement of my spine
- Rushing through the day and not meditating or slowing down
- Anxiety about creating more and more without appreciating what had already been created
Among many other..
The places I frequented, the food I ate, the people I spent time with and even the music I listened to..
It all created either a clear channel to hear Spirit talk, or a lot of noise where my Mind got the megaphone and stepped in to try and control.
So if you're in the middle of a difficult decision, understand that any problem you have a hard time finding an answer to is often a poorly formulated question
AND
a problem you're trying to solve by focusing on the wrong things.
It's never about deciding between this or that...
and always about exploring how we got so disconnected from ourselves that we no longer know what we truly want.
With you on the path,
Nico Canon
PS: We've opened up registrations for The Way of Fire - Ayahuasca Retreat in November 6-14th. (5 spots have already been claimed, 6 remain.) Reply "Interested" to this email and I'll send you more details on how to secure one of our remaining spots.
