Whilst some here are aiming to have experieces of enightenment (Kensho) I don't think many people are prepared for the breadth of effects it can have. Whilst on the one hand ego-death is a powerful and life-changing event, it does make it very hard to continue having normal relationships and a...

Tao Te Ching, naturaly Zhuangzi (Zhuang Zi) if you can find a translation Daozang (Treasury of Dao). the first part of the Daozang is concerned with meditation and has been described as "highest level of initiation for a Daoist master" relating to Taoist meditative techniques it is worth...

Not quite drug-related, but I agree completely with Max, everything he says is correct from the point of view of Buddhism on the meaning of ego-death - a term we use to mean the loss of desire and the rising of inherent compassion after an experience of enlgihtenment. It would depend on the...

Nice to hear someone doing an interesting style.:) I've only recently begun to explore Taoism over the last few weeks and have read a number of texts, but not actually practiced anything I've read. It's good stuff, and I've been struck by the similarity of it to some aspects of Dzogchen and...

>> When I first started to get this I had been a meditator for about 15 years, meditating in daily sessions covering about 6 hours of each day. I'm now a 'full time' Buddhist (Nyingma Dzogchen), and I teach and write about meditation. Meditation can help existing problems of (straight)...

Yes, I'd agree just about 100% with the above. The only thing I would disagree with is that anxiety gets everyone as soon as they pass through a certain threshold - though obviously, the level of this threshold will vary from person to person. As you say too, cannabis contains effective...

Thanks Psychoid.:) If anyone would like to point out where I've been anything but pro-cannabis I'd be interested to see it. I can add further to this if anyone is interested. Although here I'm calling what's happening 'low blood sugar', it's not really the full picture, as it takes in...

Yes, certainly, as much as it's possible. You can familiarise yourself with the causes and effects of low BSL at any medical website, especially those for diabetics to give yourself a broader picture. Low BSL driven anxiety and depression is well known amongst diabetic circles and is regularly...

There is no 'might'. Does, actually physically does. Certainly, definitely, actually, 100% does; low blood sugar causes feelings of anything from anxiety to paranoia. If you do not get these feelings when you have even moderatly low blood sugar then medical science would like to hear from you...

I'm sorry, I do think we're talking at cross purposes here. In my post I've made it clear that low BSL can contribute to existing AND actually create feelings of anxiety and sometimes paranoia in cannabis users. I'm not saying that blood sugar levels create mental problems, that's not the case...

!!! You did? I'm very interested in this. Can you say if you think the bad taste was due to a spray, or 'inherent' in the weed? Did you get a chance to give it much of a cure before trying it? How much more did you have to have than normal to get a decent high? MelT

I'm sorry you think it's crap, it's already helped a lot of people. But, for those who don't think it's crap: Cannabis can exacerbate existing symptoms of mental illnesss, such as paranoia and anxiety, of course, that's proven. But there is a kind of anxiety - sometimes exceptionally deep -...

I know this won't apply to everyone, but I hope it might help out a few. Tens of people, possibly thousands, unnecessarily come off weed because they don't understand what it does to their blood sugar level - and what that does to your state of mind. The 'right' high can be an absolute mind-fuck...

Why do some cannabis users seem to get shifts in awareness, or find themselves growing more 'spiritually-minded'? And how can a drug that seems to induce soporific states have any place in meditation? Indian holy men use it, some forms of Tibetan Buddhism use it, and tokers the world over...

Meditation and weed are a particular interest of mine. http://forums.headstuffbooks.com/index.php? I certainly think that the best way to explore the high is after eating good hash, the effects come to you rather than you having to do too much work and go to them. Preparation is everything...