grayhat
Greenlighter
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- Jan 28, 2015
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idk if any of you are aware of the fairly recent scientific studies of cannabis and neuroplasticity and neurogenesis, on a biologically level cannabis helps creates new neuron pathways and new neuron connections. so technically it benefits your physical brain, but because it is a minor psychedelic it affects your mind and perception. A lot of the reasons why people feel "stupid" is because the new perception that there minds are operating in is "foreign." there mental is so use to thinking in a certain way that when a new way is opened up its like there mind is a newborn baby to this perception. A little analogy would be like when you first try and do calculus you feel completely stupid, you wouldn't be able to figure anything out until you started training your mind to think in this new way, but your good at algebra so you stick with algebra cause thats where your smart. thats why a lot of people get this misconception about weed making you dumb(or you could actually be dumb and you just blame it on the weed lol) but really it just opens up a new door of perception and this new door isnt to far away from your normal door you just have to use and practice your mentality in this new door. Learning to use your psyche in a new perception and break out of the box(hell get rid of the damn box) builds a stronger mentality and is the key to an expanding conscious. And really you dont need drugs for this, the most genuine way to reach a higher consciousness is through meditation, self awareness, free thinking and ego death. All in all though balance is key, cannabis use can act as a catalyst to beneficial states of awareness or it can do the opposite. Even when your sober, whatever thoughts you have or whatever you imagine literally affects your physical body and brain. If there is no environmental threat but your mind is imagining something to be a threat or negative your body and brain react as though it were completely real all though it is only in your head. So you can look at cannabis and stronger psychedelics as almost a magnify glass, if you are feeling anxiety you could smoke weed and your anxiety could become heightened, or the perception change from the cannabis could make you think in a new way where the anxiety disappears because your having more positive thought patterns. This basically can apply to any emotions and thoughts. People try and make things seem so definite when in reality there is a big grey area and a lot of variables to account for. PS sorry for grammar im in a hurry