I come across people constantly making the mistake of assuming that we're all taking the same class at the same time for the same reason. They think this because of their belief system which is based upon the ideas put forward by others. If the ideas they come across confirm a previously held belief, than it gets affirmed, but if something is at odds with it, it may be disregarded, unless it comes from a source they trust or accept, then they may choose to modify their belief in order to accommodate this new or additional understanding. This goes on all the time, constantly adjusting or affirming, little by little until either a point of conformity with other people is reached, usually called joining a religion, or with fewer people by comparison, but still a group activity, often termed ‘new age', or fewer still, on an individual basis, who perhaps are the true pioneers amongst us. The religious way can make you comfortable quickly and has been doing so for a long time. The ‘new age' way is also becoming comfortable as it's been around for sometime too. This is the problem with forming beliefs based on other people's ideas. For me, the only true way to discover the truth of who you are and what your life is, is to experience it unburdened by another group's comfortable ideas, where you open to allowing the universe to show you, teach you, guide you, on an individual basis, according to what you're ready to understand. To do this there has to be a connection between you and that part of you that's always connected to this. Traditional eastern techniques require many years of quiet, dedicated meditation designed to open you to higher states of connection. And they do work. But they can take so long and as most of us aren't living what is basically an artificial monastic-type life where all the requirements of day to day living get met, so you have few distractions and you're able to devote much time to doing so, makes it so difficult to achieve. That's where cannabis comes in. Yes, people use this plant recreationally and good luck to them, but I'm talking about its specific ability as an aid in meditation, which many of us already use it for, where it's treated as the sacred herb that it actually is. It doesn't have to be too formalised, just regular and with specific intention. But you need to be serious about doing it because you will get tested. It's only by doing this that we can let go of these beliefs as we take control of our own spiritual evolution and move forward without the burden of having to deal with other people's ideas.