Amma on use of pot (was Seattle Q & A Notes)

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Long time ago church clergy man believed the earth to be flat thus

throwing fear of hell to anyone Who even tried to think otherwise lucky for the

few fearless once Who in the mists of percecutions studied researched meditated

and came to astounding conclusion that indeed Earth is not flat , boy o boy

how much longer will it take to realize such beautiful truths even if it is only

for the few

it sure makes difference for the masses.

 

In Amma's love, ..............

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> Will write more if find my notes of someone's

> > notes. Some of what I recall reading: It causes

> > mental illness (It's scientifically verified that it

> > can trigger schizophrenia, esp. in teens who use

> > it.) Bad for health. Causes a dream like state

> > from which we must wake up. The money could be used

> > to help those who are suffering.

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> I get that Amma wouldn't want her devotees to do

> drugs. But surely she can do better than this kind of

> reefer madness fear-mongering. .. for decades parents

> and middle-school teachers have been scaring kids with

> warnings that smoking pot causes mental illness (not

> to mention blindness and impotence) and marijuana is

> the gateway drug that leads to the " hard " stuff like

> acid and crack.

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> Keval

> (tried the hippie lettuce but didn't inhale...my

> roommate in university grew the stuff hydroponically! )

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Ammachi [Ammachi ] On Behalf Of

Mike Brooker

Sunday, June 22, 2008 9:18 PM

Ammachi

Amma on use of pot (was Re: Seattle Q & A Notes)

 

I get that Amma wouldn't want her devotees to do

drugs. But surely she can do better than this kind of

reefer madness fear-mongering... for decades parents

and middle-school teachers have been scaring kids with

warnings that smoking pot causes mental illness (not

to mention blindness and impotence) and marijuana is

the gateway drug that leads to the " hard " stuff like

acid and crack.

 

I smoked a lot of grass during my 17th-18th years and got pretty messed up

and paranoid by the end of it (grass certainly wasn't the only influence).

There are kids in Fairfield, Iowa who grew up in meditating families but

smoked a lot of grass during their early teens and are still basket cases

years later. It doesn't affect everyone this way, but some kids don't react

well at all. I tend to favor legalization of marijuana, but I'm sure there

would be casualties, just as there are from alcohol. If I had to choose

between the two drugs though, I'd say marijuana is far more benign.