Comments on: The Temple of Advanced Enlightenment: using marijuana for spiritual enrichment

By: chris

chris — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:34:57 +0000

I was diagnosed wit psychosis a few years ago so when i was unwell it seamed like a uncontrolled enlightenment i was just wondering any ones thoughts on this subject ps. i was a smoker at the time

By: Vince

Vince — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:15:07 +0000

Well Andrei, thats a good question. I stop using marijuana for about 2 months after smoking for about a year straight everyday. The break did me very well, and the first time I smoked again, it felt as if I got a flawed taste of “enlightenment”. It felt that no matter how spontaneous the universe around me became, i was completely open to it because I felt and knew that the universe was me. Very hard to explain but think of it like this:
Usually you are sober and perceiving the universe through a singular mind. While on weed, you feel expansion that not only lets you realize all life is made of the same love and matter of the universe, you feel a general compliance with everything else as well.
Anyway, why I’m kind of sitting on the fence is because it does not lead to eternal bliss, which is what I feel enlightenment would be. And god knows, I can’t just be high all the time I want to be enlightened. To want it, makes it a desire, and at the root of all of my desires is the basis of me suffering without it. The point of living an enlightened life is to live without suffering and to live an ordinary life in a superior realm, not to live a superior life in an ordinary realm. I don’t think marijuana is enlightenment, not saying its bad, especially if you want a taste of it. But the destination is the journey and the journey is one you are already following whether you know it or not. It seems like any euphoric feeling that has a dependance of a substance to happen is not very real to me, because when I’m not high I am just me again. That is shortlived and I’m looking for something greater.

By: andrei PS:

andrei PS: — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:58:23 +0000

Almost forgot, i missplaced a “to” earlier, on the last row. Lets say its our choice :)

By: andrei

andrei — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:53:54 +0000

Hi all, for those who may find interesting a short from my experience(s) with(in) the domain, i could advance that: thc i s a adug that interfere with and modulates “Attention Flight Scheduller”, in the prefrontal cortex, kind of a lesse for the inner eye :)via serotonin activity, at some levels. Anyhow, question would be: how can one, who cannot perceive his inner life in an objective manner, with guided attention, to attain a good and reliable and joyfull perception of life???

By: theseekeroftheoath

theseekeroftheoath — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:03:20 +0000

any group of people that consumes a herb together can (and should?) also be viewed as a participants in a ritual of celebration of spirit of the herb, weather they are aware of this or not. (?)