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Originally Posted by Boddhi  the problem with drugs is this......u cant just stop the effect whenever you want to. you have to wait till its through your system. and here comes something...your back where you started, once the drugs are out of your system. the drugs and trust me i was heavily addicted to MANY different type of drugs out there from light to hard and all it does is offer a glimpse of the other side, and only for a short time too..... if you meditate the right way for you, you will hit a spot that is much higher than any drug. Permanent relax state af mind. peace and love have a good sleep. |
I have also been a recreational and more than recreational drug user in my day. I have to say that I feel more resonance with Alphonse Daudet's "homo duplex" in Notes sur la Vie:
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"This horrible duality has often given me matter for reflection. Oh, this terrible second me, always seated whilst the other is on foot, acting, living, suffering, bestirring itself. This second me that I have never been able to intoxicate, to make shed tears, or put to sleep. And how it sees into things, and how it mocks!"
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I've been on 5 different substances before and there's just part of me that never gets intoxicated. I suppose that's what led to the 5 substances. Desperate attempts at self induced anesthesia.
I realize that this is not the common experience, though, being that I was surrounded by oafs who were very obviously intoxicated to the point of ridiculousness.
Anyways, on the topic of marijuana....
Did you know that
bhang was first used as part of a religious observation in India starting around 1000 B.C.?
I recall that this herb is associated with Shiva - used to go into eons-long meditative trances. Sufis use cannabis to attain states of spiritual ecstasy.
Just another perspective from around the world and through time.