Smokin Moose
Fallen Cannabis Warrior & Ex Moderator
I've sat and followed many threads in this sub-forum and often wondered why there was no interest for me at a deep level. I will try and explain why.
I felt that members discussing or debating God and relgion, and the connection of those two 'entities" to cannabis were missing the point of spirituality. It seemed most debates were about the merits of one form of religion, or one form of following a path to seek enlightenment. It was the 'following' part that bothered me.
You see, I was brought up to be a man who would always walk on new snow. To never follow another man's trail, unless I was hunting him. To be strong in the belief of self.
Follwowing a harrowing experience in a Turkish prison in 1978, I came to a point in my life where I faced my destiny. A chioice of life or death. Sanity or reason. I chose to fight back with my mind to survive. I retreated into myself, and over a period of time I found enlightenment. I literally went to an imaginary Nirvana, with my memories and kismet as the guide. I explored the inner me in the dark, and we became best mates.
There was no God there with me at the time, or a higher power that I could call on for relief, reprieve, or rescue. I realised I had to be my own higher power, and it was that moment when enlightenment came. To realise that I had all the answers myself was escape, reprieve and eventually rescue.
Enlightenment to me comes down to state of acceptance. I've descibed it before as being like the concept of infinity. No end, no beginning, just a middle. You cannot define it, yet we accept it. And to me, acceptance is the key to enlightenment.
Enlightenment let's me see beauty in life way that is pure. Enlightenment gives me a desire to see beyond convention, and an ability to forgive.
Combine this with cannabis and you have a match made in heaven. That sense of being a free spirit when I smoke is profound.
I look to life and enlightenment in a novel way. To me it is so simple. When I see folks struggling in their never ending search to understand and find God, most are following the words or paths of others.
You will never find enlightenment by following another. Enlightenment is unique and as individual as DNA, so why follow someone else's enlightenment. You will never be able to see someone elses. If we could read minds, it would be a different matter.
I'm not knocking religion or God. I am indifferent but accepting. No hassles.
I accept that the world is an undefinable entity. The how and why will never be known. We are just in the middle of an infinite world.
On that basis I just relish the magnificence and awe of natural beauty for what it is. And it is....just there lol. It is that simple. Cannabis to me is a catalyst and an enhancer to enjoying life. I enjoy life without cannabis as well, but being high is next to sitting on a comet for me. And it lets me sleep.
When I am high, I specially feel empathy and love for the world around me. I sense a responsibility to help others by being altruistic. I follow no dogma. I follow where the weed and my mind take me. And I am never bored.
Canna-purity of self. A state of being a good, high person. That is my crede.
I felt that members discussing or debating God and relgion, and the connection of those two 'entities" to cannabis were missing the point of spirituality. It seemed most debates were about the merits of one form of religion, or one form of following a path to seek enlightenment. It was the 'following' part that bothered me.
You see, I was brought up to be a man who would always walk on new snow. To never follow another man's trail, unless I was hunting him. To be strong in the belief of self.
Follwowing a harrowing experience in a Turkish prison in 1978, I came to a point in my life where I faced my destiny. A chioice of life or death. Sanity or reason. I chose to fight back with my mind to survive. I retreated into myself, and over a period of time I found enlightenment. I literally went to an imaginary Nirvana, with my memories and kismet as the guide. I explored the inner me in the dark, and we became best mates.
There was no God there with me at the time, or a higher power that I could call on for relief, reprieve, or rescue. I realised I had to be my own higher power, and it was that moment when enlightenment came. To realise that I had all the answers myself was escape, reprieve and eventually rescue.
Enlightenment to me comes down to state of acceptance. I've descibed it before as being like the concept of infinity. No end, no beginning, just a middle. You cannot define it, yet we accept it. And to me, acceptance is the key to enlightenment.
Enlightenment let's me see beauty in life way that is pure. Enlightenment gives me a desire to see beyond convention, and an ability to forgive.
Combine this with cannabis and you have a match made in heaven. That sense of being a free spirit when I smoke is profound.
I look to life and enlightenment in a novel way. To me it is so simple. When I see folks struggling in their never ending search to understand and find God, most are following the words or paths of others.
You will never find enlightenment by following another. Enlightenment is unique and as individual as DNA, so why follow someone else's enlightenment. You will never be able to see someone elses. If we could read minds, it would be a different matter.
I'm not knocking religion or God. I am indifferent but accepting. No hassles.
I accept that the world is an undefinable entity. The how and why will never be known. We are just in the middle of an infinite world.
On that basis I just relish the magnificence and awe of natural beauty for what it is. And it is....just there lol. It is that simple. Cannabis to me is a catalyst and an enhancer to enjoying life. I enjoy life without cannabis as well, but being high is next to sitting on a comet for me. And it lets me sleep.
When I am high, I specially feel empathy and love for the world around me. I sense a responsibility to help others by being altruistic. I follow no dogma. I follow where the weed and my mind take me. And I am never bored.
Canna-purity of self. A state of being a good, high person. That is my crede.
