MJ detox advice

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I actually think that its not that marijuana prevents dreams but rather, just makes the memories of them far more "slippery". Dream memories are often slippery anyway, for most people, unless one actively practices remembering them, or becoming conscious in them. One of the benefits of marijuana is it shakes up the normal habitual patterns of thoughts, allowing consciousness to traverse along nodes it doesn't normally (you make unusual associations -- creative thoughts). But anything can be bad or good depending on the nature of the individual circumstance. I feel complete respect for someone wanting to be completely sober. Intense trance states can often mimic states induced by drugs.

I haven't smoked it in months. And prior to that, it had been years. But my favorite way used to be those electronic vape cigarette thingies. So convenient!

I used to have lots of judgments about people that used medications (drugs) or even plants to alter their consciousness. I thought it was some objective indicator of imbalance (the fact that they "needed" something outside of themselves to feel good). Over the course of time those judgments have completely evaporated. Every balance is unique. Each creature requires different things on the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual level to be in balance with the universe (every being has a different "chemical reflection" which goes beyond the confines of your body, but rather everything that body interfaces with). Everything is a "drug" when you think about it. Every piece of food you ingest alters your body in some way, we just call it a "drug" when the effect is very strong and obvious.

The best way to indicate balance I have found is to ask myself or someone else: do you feel excited and fulfilled about what life is offering you, experience wise? If the answer is yes, you are probably mostly in balance. Because excitement, passion, enthusiasm, and intense curiosity is the feeling of intelligent energy moving through you, calling you towards your destiny. In depression, there is complete anhedonia. This is the perception of the complete blockage of life force.

Emotions are the most powerful spiritual compass. To reach for a feeling of well being is like the secret back door to finding the Focus (or the conscious gestalt), that will attract the reality you are really yearning for. In fact, I've gotten to the point where I no longer say: "beliefs create reality". Rather, emotions do (but then emotions are the synthesis of thought and belief). But it helps gets rid of most of the intellectual struggle.

As far as detox advice, I would just end with saying: find the bliss in the sober state of mind. Notice those aspects of being sober which please you and they will become more active players in your experience. We often call things "addictions" when they are causing us to have more negative experiences than positive, but we have plenty of addictions that are good (I call good addictions "devotions"). So the idea is to create reinforcement mechanisms that reward traversing the sober nodes of consciousness (if that is what you are seeking to establish -- again, no
judgement on those who have found their balance in altered consciousness). Again, make it a habit to find the bliss in the moment, wherever it is. And when you have found the bliss, look for the next piece, and then the next piece, and so on. Create a devotion towards a feeling of well being. A feeling of connection with the universe.

When the habit is sufficiently stable, it will become the default reality.