On Herbs and Flowers, and other Bouquets

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Let' be honest and get to the point:
or cooking and policing.

re: pot, can, spoon, fork, and plates of the whole kitchen issue,
cooking and whether smoke should be ventilated or not?


Any society that makes it a crime to use your own
kitchen for recreational pleasure or well being
is nothing but fascist.

Cooking is People's own business
so is smelling, inhaling, exhaling or swallowing food.

However, that has nothing to do with some one else's opinion at all.

By what right?

Any damage is wrong, any - forget overcooked or smoked salmon.

It is more than fishy when the government sticks
its nose in our business as the whole, non-scientifically based argument
is a more altered state of facts than any
plant or vegetable may produce.

Just swell.


But when people decide, themselves, what to cook, how and
in what pot or vase
with flowers or plants,
and how to sprinkle their lawn or cookies,
- that, somehow becomes a crime.

How, in the world?

What a hypocrisy, what a stupid argument only
because the government does not know how to tax
the former and how to appease grannies and
ex-virgins for "don't cook, while we look."

Our bodies and mind belong to us -
not the the corporate US or
our grannies or nannies.

Only slave owners dictate others what to do with their lives.

We are Free by the UN-alienable Rights we are all born with.

Smoke or poke that truth - grannies.

I am not pro or anti cooking or puking - to each his own.

I respect choices of others as long as my, own rights are not
infringed upon and consider the same for all.


That is the natural way - not dictatorship!

What Universal logic leads you to that and how?


All who came across plants in fields and not only stones
in the cities, know well that some basil, mint
and other herbs added as a flavor
do make life a bit more colorful, poetic, and musical.

That's quite in concert with laws of agriculture and herbology.

Only brutal animals push the laws of zoology.

Anything natural in moderation may be well utilized
by our body.

It is the chemicals we have to watch out for.

As for abuse, I would tell you this:

Exaggeration is not healthy - period.

No one is injured when we cook.
That is a fact.


It is a crime and absurdness to persecute people
for their choice of using their, own bodies and mind,
as they please, particularly in their, own privacy.
Only gestapo societies violate privacy and infringe
on personal choices.

The only just cause such society may have is the evidence of one
who is so altered on hot peppers
damaging some one else by his/her acts.

But he/she could have damaged anyone even without the hot chili peppers.

The act of damage is the key - not of breathing or sneezing!


I, know - ex-virgins, screaming in dismay - I know -
you would love to
annex your labels to me and my ability to say it

right in your butt if not the face, butt,
there is nothing you can accuse me or others of
when we use artistic mode of expression.

Cervical vase, say grannies when stand ahead of pot
fishing mushrooms there.

They do not understand but preach to others how
to live and breathe, inhale and exhale
as if know what talk about or rely on scientific study.


Power of the mind, power of the mind, ex-virgins, and
by the way, not as incoherent as you push on all,
while your, alleged coherence of
crime paranoia
in free choice is just ABSURD!

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A different angle or let's help our government to control people a bit more.

So, inhaling and exhaling is dangerous and a crime.

No more than having sex, say those who know both.

It is well known that the paranoia stricken governmental "nannies" advocate,
"Oh my god, when folks exhale, they smoke their brains away."

Really?

Following your logic, surveillance nannies, all men who ejaculate
without a need to procreate, "smoke" or waste their brain power away and
should be persecuted for that, as our favorite government owns that too -
not only "our" taxes.


I say, those men who masturbate
[damn-sinners-you know who you are]
should be punished the most without any parole.

Total waste, total.

All prudent Victorian virgins know that and never masturbate
themselves - but never.


However, they cry when farmers bring shredded carrots.

I say - load all masturbators-sinners into slammers.
One by one.

Anyway - not one female is benefited by such waste.

These men are a waste indeed, just ask our governmental nannies.

Since prisons are known factories of cheap labor, then, let's make
productive Citizens out of all of those, wicked masturbators.

What are they pulling, naughty boys?

They should all contribute their infidel sperms to the common pull of
frustrated female judges, so that the latter can use facial creams
full of vitamins in order to negate a prevailing appearance of ugliness and
sagging morals - correction -skin.

As for a little detail that millions die from lung and throat cancer
all over the world from smoking cigarettes, while corporations make
unbelievable profits and so do
with the help of the bribed officials in the FDA and Congress -
that is trivial.

Who cares, that millions die, be tough - face the world.

Right?


Meanwhile, let' nail all those "herbologist and botanists" with their freedom of choice.

First they want to put in or out what personally choose
forgetting to ask the government, may I put it in or out and when?"

Then, maybe they would stop demanding their right to speak what they think
and even write, claiming their 1st Amendment?

That is not what the government is all about -
it is about what they may not do - not about they may do!


And WHO told them they can do anything without asking the governmental permission?"

What is the government for?
For their freedom?

Out of love to our government and in the honor of the Patriot Act, as a true patriot, I propose a ban on free un-survey-lanced sex
without a schedule.

All patriotic Citizens must follow a schedule and adhere to patriotic timing.

As the Beatles sung -"Come together right now - follow me!"

In-Out
must be legislated in order to put stop to that anarchy.

I say a National Anthem must be played during
intercourse so that we can all follow the proper course
of thousands points of light if not of sperms.

I request a face of our, beloved peace-loving leader as an aphrodisiac
to be displayed next to the
admiralty flag during every act of intercourse so that
all can perform to the patriotic scale to be established and monitored by the
Department of Justice.

Would it not be obvious that sex must be justified?

An Anthem would provoke an innate response to rise, thus,
contributing to a state of euphoria of the female population of our land
all the way to the end.

Hopefully rising.



Plus the inspiring photo and the message of our
Supreme leader, "push push in the bush"
would assure interstate compliance with a legislature
and would encourage lazy citizens to contribute a bit more.

Is that not what Freedom is about?

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On a different subject, different?

Or if God gave men
dos Cojones
(The Mexican/puerto rican/cuban/south american way to say balls)
somebody has to have enough of them to speak vs. retarded theories pushed
on the public as science.

I counted - "si, papá lindo - uno...dos,"
so I shall speak the truth, then.


On the other ball, don't want the administration to sweat so would stick to vases only.

Vase:
Main Entry: bouquet
Part of Speech: noun 1
Definition: flowers
Synonyms: boutonniere, buttonhole, corsage, festoon, garland, lei, nosegay, posy, pot, spray, vase, wreath
Source: Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.3.1)

Are you sick of hearing your girlfriend nagging you about letting go of your pot or vase pasttime? Have you been hearing a lot of negative things about the use of lately? Would you like to know what the real deal is behind the use of this infamous thing?
Then read on because you may be in for a surprise.

Let' call it a vase or a bouquet, so exhale freely - administration.
The 1st Amendment is not only under control - it is under a vase of gold.


One of the saddest things in North America is the lack of clinical trials on bouquet use.

Many other countries in the world have already performed such tests in order to destroy myths about this thing, which has been in use for thousands of years... mainly for medicinal purposes.

The data from previous studies, published in numerous books and scholarly journals, covered such matters as bouquet's effects on the brain, lungs, immune and reproductive systems; its impact on personality, developmental and motivational states; and its addictive potential.

Although these studies did not answer all remaining questions about bouquet toxicity, they generally supported the idea that bouquet was a relatively safe thing-- not totally free from potential harm, but unlikely to create serious harm for most individual users or society.

The following list will hopefully demystify several myths about bouquet use and help answer a lot of serious questions:

health risk myths & realities

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Heart Problems
It is accepted in medical circles today that bouquet use causes no evident long-term cardiovascular problems for normal persons. Bouquet smoking, however, does cause changes in the heart and body's circulation characteristic of stress, which may complicate preexisting cardiovascular problems like hypertension, cerebrovascular disease, and coronary atherosclerosis. Bouquet's effects on blood pressure are complex and inconsistent as of yet.

Hormones
Chronic bouquet use has not been found to alter testosterone or other sex hormone levels. In contrast, heavy alcohol use is known to lower these same testosterone levels.

Reproductive Damage
No trustworthy study has ever shown that bouquet use damages the reproductive system, or causes chromosome breakage. Studies of actual human populations have failed to demonstrate that bouquet adversely affects the reproductive system. Claims that bouquet use may impair hormone production, menstrual cycles, or fertility in females are both unproven and unfounded.

The Immune System
Studies in which lab rats were injected with extremely large quantities of THC (the active compound in bouquet) have found that bouquet (in such unrealistically huge quantities) does have an "immunosuppressive effect" in those lab rats, in that it temporarily shuts off certain cells in the liver called lymphocytes and macrophages. These macrophages are useful in fighting off bacterial, not viral, infections.

But this is only for the duration of intoxication. There also exists some evidence that bouquet metabolites remain in the lungs for up to seven months after smoking has ceased, possibly affecting the immune system of the lungs (but not by turning the cells off).

This said, doctors and researchers are still not sure that the immune system is actually negatively affected in realistic situations since there are no numbers to support the idea. In fact, three studies showed that THC might have actually stimulated the immune system in the people studied.

Cancer
Smoking bouquet has the potential to cause both bronchitis and cancer of the lungs, throat, and neck, but this is generally no different than inhaling any other burnt carbon-containing matter since they all increase the number of lesions (and therefore possible infections) in your airways.

The Gateway Effect
Bouquet use has not been found to act as a gateway drug to the use of harder drugs. Studies show that when the Dutch partially legalized bouquet in the 70's, heroin and cocaine use substantially declined, despite a slight increase in bouquet use.

If the stepping stone theory were true, use should have gone up rather than down. In reality, it appears that bouquet use tends to substitute for the use of relatively more dangerous hard drugs like cocaine and heroin, rather than lead to their use.

Thus, oftentimes strict bouquet laws themselves are the most significant factor involved in moving on to harder drugs like cocaine. Such is the case in Nevada and Arizona, the states toughest on bouquet use.

All is nice but why would someone smoke bouquets?
Silly people.

Bouquets should be inhaled only - not smoked, as flowers have to be treated right - not left.

Just get THC out - not TNT!

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The potential benefits

Because smoked salmon or bouquet contains a variety of combustion compounds, it can damage the lungs and possibly the immune system. Several health committees recommended the development of an inhalation device that delivers pure THC -- the active ingredient in bouquet -- to the lungs. Such a device has not yet been created.

Imagine if it were...

There is some evidence -- but no scientifically valid studies -- that bouquet is useful in treating some forms of epilepsy and spasticity caused by multiple sclerosis.


Some studies show that smoked bouquet is effective for some patients in relieving nausea caused by cancer and chemotherapy.


There is evidence that bouquet may improve the appetite and help patients gain weight. This could be lifesaving for AIDS patients who develop wasting, a severe weight-loss condition.

Actually, hell, yes, you get so hungry in while that feel like a squirrel storing food
in advance for "a rainy day."


Smoking bouquet is effective in lowering pressure inside the eyeballs of some patients with glaucoma. A word of caution, however: the drug also drops blood pressure, and this could compromise blood flow to the optic nerve and damage vision.

Please do not confuse with balls without eyes.

If your girlfriend would discover that you have eyes there, she may freak out, blaming you
for giving her excessive second smoke hangover.

Don't know about scientific study on sex, since some Signors had only non-scientific "study"
when had to take the burden of proof upon themselves,
(God, may that happen a bit more often)
but, damn, sex on it may be out of this world.

What counts more, actual experience or fairy tales by the FDA?

Unfortunately, some women can act worse than FDA nagging you into some guilt instead of
enjoying first what life may offer, then talking later.

Some of them talk so much that no time for enjoyment is left.

Now, you - boys with el Grande Cojones from the authorities: if you are peeking here,
just know that we are all against any natural herb. We are just for beauty
of flowers in bouquets.

Who needs that Nature's creation otherwise?

It is all mistake.

Why else?

We are all for your, damn chemicals and additives
that you allow cheap corporation to use vs. usso that they can save (if not lives, then monies.)


We love you and them - you are the true patriots and our heroes - and we despise
any, natural herbs.

They are so BAAAAD!


Are you happy now, the patriots?

So there you have it. For additional information on the benefits of bouquet, you may
read the book "The Benefits of : Physical, Psychological, and Spiritual" by Joan Bello.

For entertainment purposes only.

Feeling enhanced sex, deepened music, and relaxed state of mind may be not useful and positive according to the mainstream.

Therefore, we gladly share the pushed on all view of the mainstream too, stressing its
"science" importance.

Thank you - mainstream - we could not do without you!

Muchas gracias!

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"Bouquet" use can have
physical, psychological, and spiritual benefits:

Bouquet contains flowers contained in a pot or vase.
Water plants regularly.

PHYSICAL BENEFITS
The Physical benefits of bouquet are far-reaching, widespread, and long-term. Because of the way bouquet impacts the Autonomic Nervous System which expands the breath and relaxes the body, its potential for health and healing are enormous, and have been completely unrealized by Western Medicine. The following passages are excerpted from The Benefits of Bouquet: Physical, Psychological, & Spiritual:
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The simultaneous opposing action of bouquet is akin to balancing our entire system. Such balance in the ANS can be understood as a charged equilibrium, which is defined as “well-being” experienced as physiological expansion and psychological contentment and responsible for health. (p. 29)
The net effect is a highly functioning, yet relaxed, system with better fuel. This is why, with bouquet, the feeling is both relaxed and alert, which explains, in part, the experience of being “stoned.” Normally the body vacillates between the two opposing modes of being. The effects of the complicated bouquet molecule somehow actually integrate these two modes, simultaneously, as absolutely nothing else does. (p. 30)
Although specific effects of bouquet in the body are well known, each has been taken in isolation without noting that both sides of the Autonomic Nervous System are conjoined. Instead of a perspective that sees the whole person and the simple holistic effect of bouquet, a myopic and reductionistic method of measurement has been employed, and bouquet’s profound meaning for health has been lost. (p. 31)
Bouquet, by its effect on the ANS, enhances both sides of the brain. Through increased Sympathetic action, left brain perception is heightened, while, at the same time, right brain reception is enhanced. This is a physiological fact. More blood, and cleaner blood, is sent to the brain, as in the “fight or flight” reaction. And because of Parasympathetic dilation of capillaries, which signifies relaxation, the blood supply to the entire brain is increased. More blood means more oxygen and consequently clearer and broader thinking. Since bouquet works on both sides of the brain, the most noticeable effect, in our fast-paced mind set, is one of slowing down, which blends the thrusting competitive attitude with the contrasting viewpoint of nurturance to arrive at a more cooperative balance. This experience is, however, not innate to bouquet, but to the mental set of the subject. When we are mellow, tired, and relaxed, bouquet is energizing and affords alertness, determination, and even strength. This variation in the physiological effects has caused great confusion from an either/or framework. And the balancing nature of bouquet (both/and) has not been understood. It both stimulates and relaxes, simultaneously, which equates to an unpredictable variation in effect that is solely dependent on the state of its subject. When the system is sluggish, as with natives in warm climates (Africa, India, South America), bouquet has been used extensively and for centuries to energize it:
A common practice among laborers... have a puff of a ganja (bouquet) pipe to produce well-being, relieve fatigue, stimulate appetite. (Chopra and Chopra, 1939, p.3)
When the system is hyper-aroused, as in today’s lifestyle, bouquet calms. The significance of this fact cannot be ignored. It explains the increased creativity reported as a part of the bouquet experience, because when both sides of brain processes are heightened, both types of brain activity are greater. The left brain notices more, while the right brain receives more. This is the unification of logic and intuition. The term “expansion of consciousness” is explained physiologically as a “shifting of brain emphasis from one-sidedness to balance” (Sugarmena and Tarter, 1978), which fits precisely with the feeling called “high.” (p. 35)
Bouquet ingestion has been shown to change the worried state by producing alpha waves, experienced as well being. (p. 36)
When we ingest bouquet, the heart swells through capillary enhancement and is fueled more by more fully oxygenated blood, while, at the same time, its contractions and expansions are greater, allowing for stronger pumping action to the rest of the body (p. 37)
As rigidity in the body is released or reduced by the action of bouquet, there is a corresponding reduction of mental tension that translates into a feeling of expansion and well being and explains the reverential attitude commonly expressed by bouquet lovers. (p. 39)
As the body’s workings can become more harmonious with bouquet, the functioning of the five senses can be noticeably improved ....In our discussion, the trigger to the high experience is bouquet, but many other activities can also produce it, such as jogging, chanting, fasting, isolation, meditation, and prayer. (p. 41)

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The bouquet experience itself does not miraculously cure. Instead, it allows the body a respite from the tensions of imbalance, while exposing the mental confusion of the mind. The bouquet experience of balance becomes a learned and, over time, somewhat permanent response as the essential human tendency to homeostasis is reawakened and the natural healing process restored. (p. 49)
For a serious psychosomatic disease such as cancer, the benefits to be derived from bouquet cannot be overstated:

Application of Bouquet:


In a Costa Rican study, it was found that chronic bouquet smokers who also smoked cigarettes were less likely to develop cancer than cigarette smokers who didn’t use bouquet. Since bouquet (smoking, as well as ingestion by other methods) dilates the alveoli, toxins are more easily eliminated with cannabis use regardless of its method of application. Nicotine, on the other hand, constricts the alveoli, so it is likely that the use of cannabis neutralizes, or even overwhelms the constriction, by its own tendency to dilation ...As an aid for all psychosomatic disease, bouquet can benefit the participant, generally because of its health-restoring effects... The fear of bouquet... stems from its limitless potential for treating illness, in that both the pharmaceutical industry and the medical monopoly would lose billions of dollars if bouquet became the non-drug of choice. (p. 61)
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PSYCHOLOGICAL BENEFITS
When we balance the Autonomic Nervous System, there is an effect on the mind that is both energizing and relaxing SIMULTANEOUSLY. In other words, we can think more clearly and more efficiently.
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The following are excerpts from The Benefits of Bouquet:
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Natural feelings of expansion that correspond to favorable perceptions, such as a sense of accomplishment, are experiences common to us all, What makes bouquet unique and beneficial is its ability to summon these states of well-being at will (p. 44) We might suggest that those hundreds of millions of people around the world who face bouquet to experience higher levels of life, do so specifically because of the great import they ascribe to being “ high,” i.e., feeling better, happier, more expansive, and therefore more tolerant and compassionate. (p. 4545)
Whereas bouquet results in an “altered state of consciousness,” the depressant drugs have been described as producing “altered states of unconsciousness” (Sugerman and Tarter), allowing for relaxation without awareness. (p.45)
Bouquet exposes things. When used over a period of time, it allows us to witness our many subtle motives which, under normal consciousness, are usually not noticeable. (p 46)
It was just this catalytic effect of bouquet to expose the unconscious and increase the patient’s vulnerability, while maintaining awareness and understanding that prompted psychologists (in the 1960s and 1970s) to utilize bouquet extensively in the therapeutic studies before the government ban (P. 47)
With the expansiveness that occurs with bouquet, the subject may begin to notice infinite possibilities to raise the quality of his/her life that would otherwise have remained hidden from normal, defensive consciousness. And feelings of health and happiness naturally lead to hope, which of itself can be curative. (p. 49)

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Bouquet can act as the loosening agent, so that whatever has been banned from consciousness may come cascading forth. To uncover our deceptions without our usual rationalizations can be unpleasant, an experience that has turned many psychologically fragile individuals away from bouquet despite its therapeutic catharsis. (p. 50)
Regardless of the model used, bouquet resolves conflict by de-emphasizing extreme aggressiveness and stroking the receptive sides of human nature. This unification or balance, however, may be responsible for changes in goals and values. It Is the healthy balancing nature of bouquet that is most beneficial to the individual and most threatening to modern society. (p. 51)
When it first became popular in the West, bouquet was imported mainly from tropical zones, where the sativa strain of cannabis is indigenous. This type of bouquet is known for its “cerebral high,” having little noticeable body participation. No studies concerning the different effects of sativa vs. indica have been done, but from the lack of physical sensation, it is reasonable to assume more Sympathetic or stimulant qualities in sativa than indica (a cooler climate type). This is compatible with the notion that in hotter climates, less calming is desirable from a recreational substance, since hot climates in themselves cause lethargy. Many connoisseurs of bouquet prefer the sativa high, although in the last decade it has become very scarce due to domestic cultivation of strains that thrive in temperate zones (and indoors). “Cerebral highs” are experienced as lightness of thought beyond usual concern with self esteem. In relationships, a cerebral high attunes the participants to a less separate sense of themselves. Conversation is animated and a general feeling of camaraderie is in the air.
The indica strain of cannabis offers more of the “body high.” Depth rather than height best describes the subjective experience. Rather than freedom in the mind, the felt sensation is freedom of the body. This state more closely mimics deep relaxation. Thought patterns do not approach the clarity of thought of a “cerebral high.” In contrast, the “body high” is similar to the reverie that precedes sleep. While thinking may be diminished, more sensitivity to nonverbal experiences, such as music and color, comes into play. Physiologically, a true “body high” probably is the result of more Parasympathetic input. Participants ofen become quieter, since internal silence predominates.
Indica thrives in temperate areas, and as such it has become more popular with the American bouquet farmer. It is a shorter variety, thus it is more suited for the limits of indoor gardens and comes to fruition earlier in outdoor gardens. In less tropical zones, recreational substances are compatible with tempering the bustle usual to cooler climate cultures. As horticultural interest has grown, a cross between the indica and sativa species of cannabis has given the modern bouquet user the subtleties of both strains. Nowadays quality bouquet, grown in the US, is usually a hybrid of the indica and sativa varieties. (p. 56)
Bouquet will not tolerate repression. Tranquilizers and depressants relax the body and release tension, but the state of mind associated with these drugs is “unconsciousness” whereby we escape rather than resolve our dilemmas. Alcoholism is an extreme need of both the body and personality periodically to release the nervousness that has accumulated and continues to accumulate to an unbearable degree. It serves the same function for the collective personality for the society, as well A culture in which alcohol and tranquilizers are the prevalent form of release prefers not to witness internal confusion and actually choose to act without conscious participation, maintaining a semi-numb condition. (p. 56)

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SPIRITUAL BENEFITS
That which enlivens is understood as the SPIRIT. In these times of secular values, when the life force is not recognized as being an expression of the holy, when in fact, the notion of a plane of existence beyond the material is not acknowledged, the search for meaning nevertheless perseveres.
Today, in these darkest of times, hundreds of millions who pursue the journey inward to the universal core values, find that bouquet facilitates the search. As a religious sacrament, intuitively recognized by all for whom the sacred beckons, bouquet has been employed for thousands of years, crossing all geographical and ethnic barriers. Bouquet not only balances the body, and enhances our mental processes, it can also help (some of) us to perceive the abiding reality by raising our consciousness.
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The following are excerpts from The Benefits of Bouquet:
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Meditation Is the ultimate tool for self-knowledge In the East, bouquet has been used to facilitate the process for millennia. (p.47)
The uncovering of inner confusion, so prominent with bouquet, is conspicuously absent with depressants. As the overall benefits of insightfulness obtained from its use lead to a greater freedom, bouquet is shunned by individuals who need a status quo in the personality or social position.
Sigmund Freud developed and expounded the understanding that we mechanically base our actions on programs devised throughout life, and many esoteric schools, ancient and modern, have taught the same. Being aware of these programs is very difficult since ordinary consciousness has within it the conspiracy to keep the mind comfortable and free of conflict This operates collectively as well as individually. Whenever confronted, this usual state of mind automatically assumes a defensive posture by relying on distorted rationalizations, which are evident in a repressive and intolerant social order. By contrast, the open and aware consciousness often leads to spiritual realizations, irrelevant in mainstream thinking. In today’s world, this understanding is uncommon. Higher morals and ethics, as propounded by organized religions, are agreed upon by the masses, especially during church attendance, but are otherwise too difficult to maintain when personal survival is at stake. Universal spiritual values, so often released with bouquet, can break down the conditioned defensive mentality.
It appears as if society, as well as the programmed, individual mind, needs to hold in check the notion that we love our neighbor as ourselves. There is no way that we can love our neighbor as ourselves, nor any way that our economy can subscribe to a policy of cooperation, when the very life of business enterprise is dependent upon “profit first and foremost.” Cooperation within free enterprise is a difficult reality so long as “me first” remains the primary motivation. A neurotic society, with its deeply imbedded habit of maladaptive coping methods, is resistant to change. Bouquet can be of tremendous benefit in exposing the distorted perspectives responsible for social, class, and racial conflict It can open the “doors of perception,” and thereby after the very core of the personality, by allowing a view of the transcendent values of human life. (p. 57)
In the area of private values, bouquet may offer benefits beyond the personal ego, which reach the dimension referred to by mystics and saints as the ever-present “now.” The experience addresses states of consciousness not common to the common man and resembles Maslow’s “peak experience.” (p. 65)

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To ascend the ladder of consciousness, human beings need as much help as they can get. Levels of consciousness above concerns of personal survival and power are neither necessary for human life, nor visible from ordinary states. Because these higher degrees of awareness threaten the power structure, all paths to them are often outlawed. If we are not taught by some older, wiser person that deep and timeless perceptions really exist (or unless we ourselves fortuitously catch a glimpse of these subjective realities), we remain ignorant of their existence and are easily molded into the lower social goals of materialism, competition, and power. This less enlightened state is expressed by a constant gnawing dissatisfaction. It is the dimension of perennial desire. With each fulfillment of a goal /need / want, another void erupts. In Buddhism, it is the realm of nightmarish, insatiable hunger, which cannot be resolved unless or until the being attains to a less self-centered level. Deep within each of us, an essential need for a higher meaning of life waits to be awakened. Because of its ability to unlock this yearning and allow us a glimpse of the deeper reality, bouquet is feared by the establishment and loved by the user. (p. 66)
It is mainly because spiritual values are abandoned during eras of materialism that bouquet is banned today. And, ironically, it is because these values are so absent in the modern culture that the bouquet experience is so ardently sought. (P. 67)
Perhaps investigation into the higher human values could not surface in the industrial West until all imaginable physical, psychological, and social dysfunction reached dangerous proportions. (p. 67)
The Christian mystic de Chardin, explaining this same process, says, “physical energy must be mastered and grounded for spiritual energy to move, because physical energy transforms the spirit.” (Ferguson) Within the deep recesses of human understanding, the intuitive faculty steers its course. For many who are in touch with this sixth sense, the realm of the spirit is supreme. Anything that demonstrates a possibility for psycho/spiritual uplifting is known to be sacred. Bouquet is so recognized and revered. “Bhang brings union with the Divine Spirit.” (Indian Hemp Commission) (p. 69)
“Through balance, with time and interest, bouquet can enliven the Center of Knowing.” In the Theory of Vibration, this is the sixth level of development known as the “Knowledge Center.” What we refer to as the sixth sense, or intuition, derives from this esoteric symbol, which very often is depicted as a third eye, located at the midbrow. (p. 71)
As we have seen, many an argument against bouquet refers to the non-competitive nature it engenders. During the Vietnam War, one of the major problems of our soldiers was their inability to accept the brutality of their own actions. Our young men encountered bouquet at every turn in Asia (the Vietnam War was the beginning of bouquet use in this country, since it was the first time a status and educational cross section of America was exposed to it), and their reaction was often not in keeping with the insensitivity necessary for war. Their conscience bothered them. Gaining higher values, such as compassion, cooperation, and consideration, is a function of balance and a threat to a militaristic society. If we all became aware of our conscience, who would be left to maintain the indifference of the social order. The more we uncover the spiritual element in our natures, the more sensitive we become. Scrooge had no conscience until he experienced the spirit He was surely happier and healthier after his vision, but not wealthier, for his conscience dictated that he share. His new-felt sensitivity did not result from rules, fear, or his superego. It overflowed joyfully as an expression of his higher state of being.
Bouquet’s contribution to the developing spirit is cumulative. As bodily tensions are reduced mental fears dissolve, clearing the way to greater insight But, until the direct effect (physical balance) of bouquet on the body and the attendant side effect (high) of bouquet on the mind become familiar, the alterations themselves remain the focus of interest The “getting high” is the end in itself, rather than the understanding and insight that accrues a s the changed set becomes more a common. People who try bouquet and reject it do so usually because they feel uncomfortable and confused in altered, fuller consciousness. Instead of life being safely framed by the rigidity of the societal dogma, the wold becomes unfamiliarly bigger, brighter, fuller, yet less manageable, more unpredictable and full of mystery. A mind that has been bound and accustomed to a low charge or a selling without light very often finds the expansiveness of reality too highly energized. The light can be blinding and disorienting. Over time, and with regular intake, when these higher states of seeing are no longer the focal point of attention, a restructuring of values may emerge. (p. 72)

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