[Mayor_LaLa]

I, like other silent potheads, have a different philosophy of weed, and the effects it can have on the body, but more importantly, what it allows the mind to do.

I am not a long-time smoker, at least not yet, having only been smoking for a little more than a year (constant smoking that is, I KNEW what pot was, but like many uninformed people, had been taught all the "evils" and none of the benefits). Having been raised by "Christian" parents, real ones, not the Jerry Fartwells of 'religion', I was taught a great respect for all/most natural things of this world. However, my parents also instilled their belief of the Christian God, and that is where weed has helped me.

Have you ever noticed that when high your mind seems to race.... in my opinion this is what many would refer to when they say short term memory is "shot" while high on pot... you are not able to focus in on any one thought, because of the rapid sucession that they come in. This happened to me also, the first couple of times that I smoked. Then, I began to take more notice of all things.... politics, conspiracy theories, historical writtings, geography, and to a lesser extent, mainly because it has always left me baffled, astrophysics, metaphysics, and mythical & mystical studies (Tarot, Astral projection, meditation).

Last night (while high) another "thing" hit me..... I didn't start starving for knowledge until AFTER I started to smoke on a regular basis. What weed did for me was stir up, awaken that part of me that KNOWS, without a doubt that there is something greater than me, that KNOWS the "church" has everything so completely wrong, it is both sorrowful and infuriating.

I would hazard that this is the TRUE threat that keeps the weed illegal and from the hands of the general public. The thought process that many "potheads" discover within themselves helps them to shake off the shackles of this world, and begin to come into focus on the things that really are important in the cosmic sense of the word.
Therein is where the vast types of "potheads" come from, whether they are artists, musicians, writers, or whatever it is they use to get their "thoughts" out.

Of course, this is just the philosophy of a "pothead" and therefore should be taken in the spirit in which it is offered, simply something for you to think about.....

Love,

LaLa