Hey Jay!

[Guest guest]

Whenever you use a drug like marijauna,it expands your mind and

allows spiritual forces to come in.A good mantra for this is"Aum

Bhoom

bapur Svahi"which means Hail to the enlightened rogue.Then you

should

face towards India and say "Jaya Girnari" which is the mountain with

the shrine of Lord Guru Dattatreya.It is rumored that Siva likes to

live in the cremation grounds,surrounded by ghosts and goblins,and

smoke pot.The Holy name of Shiva,Virupaksa means"half open and

bloodshot.Some Aghoras say that Shivas nature is Bliss,smoking pot

helps you to identify with Shiva.Other Hindus might say his pot

smoking is to be understood as a metaphor(of bliss).They might think

that implying Hindus are drug addicts is an insult to their

religion.More powerful drugs like hallucinogens will leave your

astral

body stuck open for long periods which can be dangerous.Uppers and

downers are just narcotics that tend to attract demons(Like

Beelzebub,lord of the flies,and ghosts of alcoholics).The main reason

pot is illegal is because you can make paper out of it so it would

hurt the lumber industry.It causes free thinking and people think it

would hurt the economy so the rightwingers are very much against it.A

drug like meth tends to make people retarded and awake so people make

a good labor force without too much thinking.The people who really

need it bad are people on Chemotherapy.Listening to holy music like

theGuruGita or Sivaratri is a good way to protect yourself.Aum Namah

Virupaksaya"is a mantra you could use.Hope this helps you!

[Guest guest]

> The Holy name of Shiva,Virupaksa means"half open and

> bloodshot.

virupaksha literally means - "having deformed eyes"

With regard to Siva it points to His having an unusual number of eyes, rather

than half-open, bloodshot eyes.

> Some Aghoras say that Shivas nature is Bliss,smoking pot

> helps you to identify with Shiva.Other Hindus might say his pot

> smoking is to be understood as a metaphor(of bliss).

In Talks there is an interesting account of ganja (hashish) and ananda (bliss) by Bhagavan:

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560. When Bhagavan was taking His bath a few bhaktas were around Him, speaking

to themselves. Then they asked Him about the use of ganja (hashish). Sri

Bhagavan had finished His bath by that time. He said: "Oh ganja! The users feel

immensely happy when they are under its influence. How shall I describe their

happiness! They simply shout ananda! ananda... " Saying so, He walked as if

tipsy. The bhaktas laughed. He appeared as if He stumbled, placed His hands

round 'A' and cried "ananda! ananda!"

'A' records that his very being was transformed from that time. He had remained

an inmate for the past eight years. He further says that his mind now remains

at peace.

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As for mantras ... I would recommend "Om namo bhagavate sri ramanaya". Although

there are many, many more mantras which might also appeal to Ramana's devotees.

Miles