The Sacred Balance & The Sacred Series

ME 10YRS AGO -> https://youtu.be/DASOrHxLCNo?si=wFpSfNMqLs-CyL5l

Watching myself on this video above, at such an early point in my body painting career, is like a time warp. I marvel: I was so young, so bold so beautifully confident and clear and empowered! Definitely have been on a ride of a lifetime - so to speak.

Painting people into the world has been the biggest most awesome project, a passion that never fades, Between painting over 170 people into the world, my magicksticks which have taught me the depth of the sacred balance and 22 years of travel, I have learnt a lot.

Its time to share.

At this point, there is no doubt for me that the visions come through me like a rocket of divine expression. Creativity is the best way for me to expel my tremendous amount of creative/destructive energy…. in a heartfelt message to the world. Joy & elation, Grief & pain. We are all of it.

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A lot happened since this younger me shared….. I sit watching myself 10 years later, and hear a voice inside saying “hey that’s still you!” only 10 years wiser after an incredibly challenging but necessary chunk of life.

Today, 2025 I feel myself in another very important chapter of my journey of life playing out. It’s so clear right now that i needed to experience everything i have experienced in life, to be ABLE to express the next bit - IN WRITING. it is time for me to review, edit and publish the books i have written, (70000 words and 20000 words already written) and get on with writing My Main contribution…. A culmination of what I have learnt, that redefines balance in a way that is transformational by nature, integrating spirit and science.

BACKGROUND & EXCERPT FROM THE BOOKS

7 years ago, (A few years after I made the above video), i splattered my-self all over the cosmos after one too many cups of ayahuasca-soul-searching. I went to Peru and fearlessly dove into the spiracular dimensions of consciousness, handing myself over to the medicine without realizing the magnitude of danger that exists when our spiritual boundaries dissolve. I wanted to get to the bottom of it all—rid myself of darkness and access my highest self. My intentions seemed noble; I wanted to be the best version of myself. But unconsciously, I was still trying to escape being me.

In surrendering to the infinite, I unknowingly let go of the steering wheel of my destiny. It took time for me to understand what that meant—to recognize that I wasn’t taking active responsibility for my choice to be alive, that I owed it to myself to protect my human vessel. At that point, I didn’t even understand what it meant to be a 'vessel'* so none of it made sense. We can’t grasp what we’re not ready to grasp. Life has a way of preparing us for stages of evolution, but the process can’t be rushed.

By 2016, despite reaching peaks of success in my career painting people into the world, I was riddled with a rash and a sense of confusion. I flew back in Peru, dived into ceremonies until i found myself looping-the-loop; the light in the dark in the light in the dark…. everything became somewhat indistinguishable. Life and death, light and dark were always chasing each other down - so what was the point? It felt like there was no point because everything just went round and round. The wholeness consisted of ALL of it - which made it ALL effectively empty - no-thingness. And there I was, losing faith, dissolving into the ether, fading out of existence….

Multiple shamans worked their magic to rein me back, insisting I smoke the sacred (malacho) tobacco saving me from being engulfed by darkness. I had succeeded in breaking myself down to the smallest possible unit, and there I was; infinitely fragmented, with no way out. By 2017, a feeling of despondency took over my life.

Life is spiracular. Like mornings where we stub our toe and the whole day sucks. From 2016 things started to fall apart, I chronicled my adventures which included a bunch of failed collaborations which seems to spiral into the next.. and as I read back over my 70000 words, It seemed plain to see that I was the common denominator of the chaos and crumble, the fire ball that had ravaged my own creations. Sadness and disappointment came over me. I didn't understand myself yet... clearly, my story wasnt ready to share.

So Instead of publishing, I stopped writing and became a shadow of myself; self-persecutory, disempowered and defeated. My incessant self enquiry merged with my youthful lack of self awareness, causing me to spiral into deeply painful feelings of frustration and confusion and depression…

During ceeremonies of 2016, Aya told me in the most direct sense, that if I rely on the confirmation of others I am DOOMED. I heard her at that time but didn’t get it - i was deeply hurt by the thought of others judging me… and i couldn’t transcend it. All the while, the Sacred Series was brewing… a series that would ultimately challenge me to stand tall in the face of criticism.

Needless to say, it’s been a massive process to put myself back together over the last 7yrs. Real hard work to regain self confidence, esteem, faith, self conviction and an ability to trust myself, the world or spirit at all. And I never entirely feel as if it’s in the bag, I live in the awareness that nothing is a given and that everything can be taken away at any moment. I am humbled by my life but aspire to always doing my best to bring my best work to the world.

Over this time I learnt that there is no ‘bottom’ to get to, but rather an insatiable momentum for transformation, where darkness begets light, shrouded in darkness with a unilateral directional flow, we find the alchemy of life itself. We are not static disconnected robots or simply bodies moving upon a giant rock. We are dynamic channels for spirit, brought to life from the light and from the dark. The cycles of our lives exist in divine timing. 2025 is the divine timing for us to focus acutely on our life purpose.

Having now completed the first round of the sacred series I work on how to present it to the world. www.thesacredseries.art has been a chunk of my lifework, and being on the brink of releasing this message to the world is scary. But today, i have a far deeper appreciation for Mama Aya’s sentiments - and the necessity to divorce my conception of self-worth from the world's affirmation of me. I can now see how important it is for me to recognise my purpose, and deliver my message, which takes an epic amount of solitude, meditation and focus to translate it into pictures and words for all to read, feel and resonate wit - This fundraiser is your chance to support me to disperse this message.

2025, a perfect square, I inhabit my 40 year old vessel with a determination to birth the message that wants to be shared.

My book: The Sacred Balance explores the human experience, the meeting of science and spirit, and how the momentum of passing ‘time’ is multidimensional.

My Art Series, The Sacred Series brings the Goddesses back to life through a merging of body painting, architecture and the enquiry of what is holy.

Outcomes

With your support, I will complete The Sacred Balance book, and continue to develop my VR presentation for my latest Body Painting Series.

My promise, to shake things up & nudge the planet and humanity further into Sacred re-Alignment.

Blessings and power to exponential ideas being birthed, shared and transformation on the planet. ⭐️❤️

Orly Faya

Learn more: The SACRED SERIES