It’s been 2 years since I really began to connect with Mama Cacao. In that time my connection with her has ebbed and flowed. Ive had regular, daily doses that became part of my routine, I’ve had times where I’ve stepped back from her, and I’ve had times where she called me in to dive deep within myself. 

I am currently coming back into deep connection with her as I feel her calling me back. I’m at a point where I feel stuck. Like I’m in the void. I hear her gentle whisper beckon me to go within. To find my centre again, as this world has shaken me to the core. 

There are so many voices these days. They’re loud, they’re judging, they fight and attack, and they have unlimited access to our energy. Through social media, and news, our constant connection with the world sometimes breeds disconnection with ourselves and source. 

My biggest struggle has been navigating this ‘spiritual’ space online. Where many work out of alignment, and many more spread accusations of misalignment. I feel there is an attack on those trying to connect and share their journeys. I have seen and felt attack towards those connecting with Mama Cacao. And I have to admit it made me step back from her. 

I questioned my own connection with her. Believed that I was disrespectful to her by not honouring her in a particular way, or not following the way of those who bring her to us. 

I was recently reminded and reconnected with the truth that Mama Cacao brings. And that is that she is here to work with us. That open heart means open heart. The rest is secondary. The practices, rituals, ceremonies, are important and transformative, but they are not rules for how you must connect. For true connection is from the heart and comes in many forms. Mama Cacao is reminding me of this.

I feel a call back to community, back to connection. With self, with source, with medicine. Like the mother medicine she is, Mama Cacao is always there, ready, waiting, to walk through it all with me. 

To guide me where it is I need to go, to bring comfort to the discomfort, light to the darkness, and to remind me to keep my heart open when it just wants to close. 

So I say thank you, to my sweet Mama Cacao, for reminding me of my truth. For always being there to open me up to the beauty of this world. Especially when it becomes hard to see.

GRÁ

Jess x 

Cacao & Me is a series where we’ve asked people to tell us about their relationship with cacao, how they work with it, what impact it’s had on their lives & so on.
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