Six Weeks Of Sananga: The Traditional Eye Drop That Sting Like Fresh Chilli
By: Caiyuda Kiora
Tags: Psychedelics, Ayahuasca, Healing, Sacred

What benefits did I notice?

I can’t help but bring a degree of curious skepticism when it comes to various claims about resetting or rebalancing one’s energetic field. I mean, how accurately and objectively can we quantify these claims? How do we know what shift is attributable to the actual modality, and to the power of placebo??

The ultimate answer might be, does it really matter?

If one is experiencing some sort of beneficial change, whether placebo or not, that’s the path we’re generally wanting to move towards. In the case of discerning what stems from the modality in question, and what stems from placebo, perhaps the best we can do without any tools of measurement, is to purely EXPERIENCE how we FEEL.

One of the benefits that Sananga has bestowed upon me, (AFTER the burning sensations have stopped radiating throughout my skull, and my eyes don’t feel the need to clamp shut anymore) is the feeling of being super present and grounded in my body.

On a subtle level, it FEELS like energy flows more naturally throughout my body. As if blockages have been somewhat cleared or opened. I tend to embody a relaxed focus and calm awareness.

A stillness of the mind.

If other people try to project their irrational emotions or negative energy onto me, or if I find myself in a situation where I might normally be triggered to some extent, it doesn’t seem to land as hard as it otherwise might have.

It’s a feeling of being more centered, and having more composure — but not in a controlling kind of way.

In terms of vision, I would often (paradoxically) notice a sharpness, yet softening, of my immediate environment. Colours would often seem a bit more vibrant, especially when noticing things outside, such as the shimmering of the sunlight in and amongst leaves and plant foliage.

Another key thing I’ve noticed over time is the ease in which I’m able to take in more information from my visual field of perception. With this relaxed awareness, especially immediately after the initial sting subsides, I tend to have a heightened capacity to notice the tiniest of bugs springing out from the grass, or a bird bouncing on a branch right out to my peripheries.

It’s as if the amount of visual information I can process increases directly after Sananga. This ranged from 15 to 30 minutes after, to sometimes being highly sensitive to visual stimuli for a couple of hours afterwards, depending on what I was doing and the environment I was in.

If I was to sit down shortly after and focus on writing at my laptop, the effects were not as pronounced as they were if I was outside walking in nature, or being away from blue light and electronic screens in general.

I suspect the reasoning behind the heightened awareness and visual perception may come from either:

1) A physical cleansing, recorrecting, or recalibrating effect on both my eyes, or something in relation to the visual cortex component of the brain.

2) Consciously developing a daily connection with this plant and how it affects me, which in turn, makes me more aware of what’s happening in my visual field. Hence, my capacity to notice more, with more ease.

Perhaps, a little from both categories?

All in all, I definitely experienced the shifts in visual acuity and energetic recalibrations that are said to come with Sananga, and since the six week practice, have continued to work with Sananga as a powerful ally.