If I had all the money I spent on smoking marijuana I would be writing this blog from the Maldives in one of those fancy little water bungalows with its own jacuzzi. I used to love getting high and believed that every experience I had could always be improved by another toke on a joint. I kept a steady supply of clear-eyes and would venture out into the world daily with a bud in my back pocket and a joint hidden in my dreadlocks. But what was smoking weed doing for my health? Since reprogramming and freeing myself from the fake feel good pleasure of inhaling a cloud of smoke, I've decided to take a look at what the whacky baccy was really doing to me and what the ruling class stands to benefit from it's legalisation.
All around the world ganja is becoming more and more legally accessible, even here in Australia we're now not too far away from following in the footsteps of Canada and legalising it medicinally under federal law. I personally know many folks that have gone to see the herb doctor with a 'bad back' or 'sleeping issues' and left with a prescription to pick from a variety of different strains, vapes and oils like a kid in a candy store. For many stoners their cloudy dreams have become a reality, but is there something else being played out here?
In my previous blog post, I mentioned how the ruling class (operating from behind the scenes) maintains their power by destroying ours. A weak and powerless populace are easier to rule, dominate, control, govern, lie to, manipulate and steal from. You don't really need any degree in political science to figure that out. The weaker and more screwed up the population, the easier they are to boss or bully in any direction they wish. Historical records prove conclusively that drugs have always been used to subdue the working class, in order to make them easier to rule over. Everything from the modern opioid crisis to the fabricated invasion of Afghanistan (to control the opium producing poppy fields), all the way from the opium wars with China in the late 1700's to this current weed legalisation tsunami we are witnessing today. The group currently in charge doesn't stay in charge by making the public healthy, empowered or disease free. It's the exact opposite. Drugging the people into various levels of disease and disempowerment is all part and parcel of how the ruling group maintains their power and unfortunately smoking a doobie and kicking back on the sofa in a comfort coma isn't going to change that.
The truth about Mary-Jane is simple. Smoking marijuana destroys the hippocampus, a complex brain structure embedded deep into our temporal lobe, which has a major role in learning and memory. Below is a short 4.5 minute video that discusses how smoking weed leads to the dysfunction and shrinkage of the hippocampus and cognitive impairment.
So from the research above we see that smoking weed shrinks the hippocampus and causes overall brain damage (that's not to mention the documented cancer-causing effects of both THC and CBD). That brain damage being more permanent the earlier we start smoking dope and the more dope we smoke. Even though the video above explains quite clearly the overall brain damaging effects of smoking marijuana, it's the shrinking of the hippocampus that the ruling group cashes in on and why the ruling group is legalising it around the world.
If we have a dysfunctional hippocampus we don't have what's called full access to our autobiographical memory, which means our brains can never work as designed, in regards to protecting ourselves from danger or using our past experiences to formulate logical and rational decisions for navigating life successfully. In short, a dysfunctional hippocampus won't allow us to logically navigate life, especially dangerous situations. To logically navigate life, you need to remember what's dangerous and what's safe, based on your past experiences. The hippocampus is where these key memories are stored and if your hippocampus is atrophied (shrunken and damaged from smoking weed) your past memories can't be processed properly (or at all) in order for you to make life easier, in relation to what worked and what didn't work in the past. So hitting the bong therefore also makes it much harder for us to recognise any self-sabotaging behaviours that we are inflicting upon ourselves, keeping us treading water in pleasure-town at the detriment of our health. If we combine this with the repetitive content we are subjected to when it comes to getting baked, it’s no surprise we then mimic this behaviour as our subconscious mind is baited into emulating the actions of whatever it sees through the eyes and hears through the ears. The more repetitive the thoughts, actions or ideas observed through the senses, the more the subconscious knows that those observed behaviours classify as the safest behaviours to act out. So if we want to stop smoking, we can start by turning off Pineapple Express and Cypress Hill and begin reprogramming our subconscious mind with positive health based content to allow for our graceful exit from the pothead tribe.
Are we really thinking logically with a long term based mindset when we crank up the Bob Marley and roll up the next fatty boom batty? Or are we in fact ignoring our pain teacher that's reminding us to face our reality and take personal responsibility for our actions? Our childhood fantasies whisper gently to us and calmly reassure us that's not the case, but from standing over in the no-smoking section it becomes clear that we step into our power by taking on that burden of personal responsibility.
On a planet where the word on the street is that pot isn't addictive at all, I can personally say that for me it was the toughest addiction to overcome. My life was slowly spiralling out of control but with every puff on a spliff this daunting realisation was held off until the next day. I couldn't focus, I had no ambition and my dream machine was broken, I had no clear idea of what I wanted to achieve from this life or how to go about getting it. I smoked marijuana for 12 straight years (forgive me, hippocampus)Â and now after being 11 months smoke-free I can honestly say it has been one of the best decisions I have ever made. I feel like I am finally able to perceive the world for how it was meant to be discovered, rather than through foggy eyes from a substance that was only holding me back.
Stay tuned for more blog posts like this, as I continue to discuss key areas of self-sabotage and ways to overcome them. Getting high keeps us off the ground and unable to start building the life we desire. Check out my new Stop Playing Small program, which offers an abundance of information on how to stick it to the ruling class and level up. You're more powerful than you know. Thanks for reading!
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