geting a buzz or an artform? I look at it as the latter. It's hard to explain. I'll try to explain later when I'm a little more sober.
return to balance. states of "normality". tranquility, alpha brainwaves, etc. healing. the access to all the things that come from the states of healed balanced tranquility, like inspiration. quite vedantic. thought correcting, travelling through thought to learn within. and more. much much more. it goes way back, through our evolution, that this plant and us, have lived together for so long, that for those that have not experienced it in this lifetime yet that when they do, often remember it like the return of a long long forgotten friend.
Thanks for the deep response Digit, +rep. NEway, what I was trying to say is that I don't look at getting high as just getting my buzz or fix. (this is really hard for me to explain so sorry if I don't make since). I look at it as an artform to embrace the high I get from it. This is why I don't do any other drug ('cept I'm gonna try shrooms), or pop any pills. People pop pills to get fucked up. The high you get from popping pills can't be nearly as.... deep? psychadelic? Basically, I noticed a lot of people smoke to get a buzz. I don't look at it as getting a buzz. I look at it as expanding myself. It's an amazing drug, not just a drug to get you a buzz. if you are looking for a buzz, there are better drugs. If you are looking for the experience I am trying to describe, there is no better drug. Again, as much as I tried to make sense, sorry if I didn't.
I think it of as neither. Actually, if it was on a balance between the two, it'd be an art form. It's a way of making normal things, sober things, straight things, jump out and seem incredibly significant. I wonder to myself, if that's how beautiful things were meant to be created, and evolution has just brought down our eyeysight to the point where we can't realize those beautiful small things, in all five senses. So really, in a sentence: THC reacts with the brain and allows you to unleash the five senses on life.
definently an artform. Smoking herb is a beautiful thing and each time to me is special, unfortunately most people dont realize it's power and use it as something to get "fucked up" on. I wish we could all just smoke by ourselves once and just....think. That would definently change alot of minds. BUMP. I wanna hear more thoughts on this.
ive noticed a huge misconception when it comes to this topic. to put it simply, a lot of people look at substances as a door to inebriation. what people forget is that the substance is only have the story. of course, what induces the effects is the interaction it has with the body. so, any substance is more like a key, and id say this is even more so true with LSD, DMT, etc.
I view it as a chance to be super creative. My favorite things to do when I'm stoned are write poetry and doodle on my guitar. When I'm stoned with my friend(s) it gives us a chance to say things that we normally wouldn't say, or think of, when sober. I love getting stoned outside. There's a place close to where I live called Panther Den. It's basically a bunch of rock formations that fell apart in such a way that you can crawl under them, sort of like caves only more open. There's a few ways to get on top of the rock formations for some georgous views. It's all mindblowing, and infinitely inspiring. I'll admit...at first I just wanted to get a "buzz". After a while I started really appreciating Marijuana as much much more than a substance used just to get me high. I'm sure many people feel the same way.
Seeing reality as it is, not as the manmade prison we've built up around ourselves. It's my only way of returning to a natural mindset free of the bullshit that's been pumped into my brain for the past 21 years.
Cannabis is my door to an altered reality of free flowing thought, self awareness and spiritual enlightenment.
Cannabis for me is a kind of highlighter that highlights less dramatic or granduer things and makes me realize how special they are. Like smoking and taking a walk, the scenery, we all take for granted, the beauty in the world is immense. This is what I see when I'm high, this tree is right outside of my house, theres a ton of them, but I never looked at them so close.
CoinOpBoy's got it down. We were given so much to work with, as far as beauty goes... But it can be difficult without the help of our sweet herb. I can look around, and notice leaves, and flowers... As beautiful shapes and colors, not just a flower.
i think a lot of people start out like this...i wonder if it's even possible not to. i can't remember what i specifically thought about weed before i tried it, but i do remember that my opinions about it completely changed the first dozen or half dozen times i smoked. i equated it to alcohol, but anyone who experiences it knows that it is absolutely nothing like alcohol.
artform? idk. I just like to get high, to get high, man. I like it's effects or I wouldn't do it. It's fairly simple at first. Where it gets to be something more is bc I find meaning in getting high bc I enjoy it as a hobby, and not as simply a means to get fucked up. I enjoy the subtleties of weed, like wine grapes, each bud has a story....you know. It's pretty cool. I like smoking weed cuz it makes me feel better about who I am and what I'm doing here...it's something I like doing, and learning about for my own enjoyment, and so I can teach others.
dont get me wrong, i LOVE to get booted... thats the main reason i smoke, to get intouch with myself and reflect upon the things happenening around me. I love seeing clouds of smoking dancing in the dark, around my room. Its just so peaceful and serene how the smoke just clouds up and floats around and then just fades away. I think its an artform. (sry if it doesnt make sense, im blizted.)
No one has touched on this and I need to know. Does anyone else enjoy the feeling of the morning after smoking? Getting up and leaving a friends house to drive home the morning after or simply stepping outside to enjoy the beginning to a new day is such a great feeling to me. For me, smoking cannabis is about finding beauty in the plethora of simple things. There is so much beauty to be found in the world, and you don't have to look so hard to find it. Day to day schedules and factors of stress blind us from these sights, because we simply don't have time to slow down and look at them. I have to say that Chipcago and CoinOpBoy were right on in my opinion. That is how I feel. peace. -marcus
Ah, yes. "Finding beauty in simple things" is a quick sentence way of putting it. Ah, there's nothing better than a nature walk with a bag of weed, a pipe, and a lighter. Nothing better.