From cold-blooded killers to peacemakers!

[shastarSingh]

https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/a-brief-global-history-of-the-war-on-cannabis/

In the mid-19th century, the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in central Africa was a vast wilderness, and it was controlled by the Bashilange tribe. The Bashilange were ruthless fighters, eating the bodies of their victims and enslaving their prisoners. They enacted few laws, save a requirement that other tribes in the region pay tribute to their supremacy or face a certain death. While exploring these lands, however, the Governor of German East Africa observed a remarkable shift in the Bashilange’s culture. The tribe had discovered marijuana, and rapidly embraced the plant as a pillar of their tribe’s identity.

Tribesmen of the Bashilange dubbed themselves the Sons of Cannabis, and soon passed laws to promote peace and friendship. They rejected cannibalism and were no longer permitted to carry weapons in the village. They stopped killing their rivals, and started having more sex. Marijuana was smoked regularly and at most important events, including religious ceremonies, holidays, and political alliances. Formerly known for being cold-blooded killers, the Sons of Cannabis became tranquil marijuana-growing peacemakers.

[shastarSingh]

Sufis are much less violent group of Muslims compared to other Muslims.

They love cannabis and they also appreciated music. Sunni orthodox Muslims strongly dislike music.

https://www.cannabisculture.com/content/2001/04/14/1883/

Cannabis was made into a chewy medicinal confection called ma’joun, and to the Sufis eating hashish was an act of worship. The benefits they claimed from their use of hashish included otherwise unattainable insights into themselves, as well as laughter, happiness, reduced anxiety, reduced worry, and increased music appreciation. But most importantly, as the Sufi al-Is’irdi noted, was the “secret” of the drug, which permits “the spirit to ascend to the highest points in a heavenly ascension of disembodied understanding.” It was for this reason that many of the more mystically inclined of the Sufi preferred cannabis over wine.

 

[shastarSingh]

8 minutes ago, shastarSingh said:

Sufis are much less violent group of Muslims compared to other Muslims.

They love cannabis and they also appreciated music. Sunni orthodox Muslims strongly dislike music.

https://www.cannabisculture.com/content/2001/04/14/1883/

Cannabis was made into a chewy medicinal confection called ma’joun, and to the Sufis eating hashish was an act of worship. The benefits they claimed from their use of hashish included otherwise unattainable insights into themselves, as well as laughter, happiness, reduced anxiety, reduced worry, and increased music appreciation. But most importantly, as the Sufi al-Is’irdi noted, was the “secret” of the drug, which permits “the spirit to ascend to the highest points in a heavenly ascension of disembodied understanding.” It was for this reason that many of the more mystically inclined of the Sufi preferred cannabis over wine.

 

According to legend, hashish was first introduced to the Sufis by Shayk Haydar, (1155-1221), the Persian founder of one of their religious sects. The story has it that after years of silent recluse, Haydar one day decided to leave his monastery. While walking in the desert, he noticed a plant that seemed to sparkle and shiver as it basked in the still desert heat. Wondering what this mysterious plant was, he felt compelled to taste of its leaves and flowers.

Usually a reserved and silent man, when he returned to his monastery afterwards his disciples were amazed at how talkative and animated he seemed. Cajoling Haydar into telling them what he had done to make himself so happy, his disciples ran off into the desert to try the magical plant for themselves.

Upon the return of the plant’s new devotees, Haydar made them take an oath to refrain from revealing the mystery of the herb, telling them “God has granted you the privilege of knowing the secret of these leaves. Thus when you eat it, your dense worries may disappear and your exalted minds may become polished.”

After living another ten years as the Sufi’s psychedelic shaykh, subsisting mainly on cannabis preparations, Haydar passed on, leaving the request that seeds of his holy plant be sown around his tomb, so that even in death he might enjoy the shade of its leaves and scent of its flowers.

[shastarSingh]

http://deghtegh.blogspot.com/?m=1

Cannabis Facilitates Compromise

By calming emotion, promoting self-reflection, and enhancing gentleness, cannabis promotes forgiveness and compromise, and thereby can aid powerfully in the resolution of a wide array of disputes, from lovers quarrels to business matters to political disagreements. Science may not yet have begun to study this one, but the ability of cannabis to promote forgiveness is a regular topic at on-line cannabis related discussion forums.

[shastarSingh]

6 hours ago, shastarSingh said:

https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/a-brief-global-history-of-the-war-on-cannabis/

In the mid-19th century, the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in central Africa was a vast wilderness, and it was controlled by the Bashilange tribe. The Bashilange were ruthless fighters, eating the bodies of their victims and enslaving their prisoners. They enacted few laws, save a requirement that other tribes in the region pay tribute to their supremacy or face a certain death. While exploring these lands, however, the Governor of German East Africa observed a remarkable shift in the Bashilange’s culture. The tribe had discovered marijuana, and rapidly embraced the plant as a pillar of their tribe’s identity.

Tribesmen of the Bashilange dubbed themselves the Sons of Cannabis, and soon passed laws to promote peace and friendship. They rejected cannibalism and were no longer permitted to carry weapons in the village. They stopped killing their rivals, and started having more sex. Marijuana was smoked regularly and at most important events, including religious ceremonies, holidays, and political alliances. Formerly known for being cold-blooded killers, the Sons of Cannabis became tranquil marijuana-growing peacemakers.

@GurjantGnostic

@dalsingh101

If u read the history of the world, armed group of people whether it's armies, militia etc hv done so much innocent killings, rapes etc . Their minds were full of revenge and hatred.

Khalsa is God's Army which is always armed with weapons and ready for dharam yudh.

Is it possible that Guru Sahib gave us cannabis/shaheedi degh to cool our minds during war time. Guru Sahib wanted His Khalsa to be free of hatred and possess feelings like forgiveness, friendliness and peacefulness???

[shastarSingh]

@dalsingh101 I am unable to understand the below. Plz help

https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/a-brief-global-history-of-the-war-on-cannabis/

The history of marijuana farming tells us that when prohibitions are imposed, they almost always come from the ruling class. Marijuana’s role as a spiritual, medicinal, or recreational drug of the poor working classes stokes fears among the elite that the political, religious, or economic order that has served them so well may be disrupted. There aren’t, therefore, many cases where marijuana was embraced by the ruling class and persecuted from below

[GurjantGnostic]

12 hours ago, shastarSingh said:

@GurjantGnostic

@dalsingh101

If u read the history of the world, armed group of people whether it's armies, militia etc hv done so much innocent killings, rapes etc . Their minds were full of revenge and hatred.

Khalsa is God's Army which is always armed with weapons and ready for dharam yudh.

Is it possible that Guru Sahib gave us cannabis/shaheedi degh to cool our minds during war time. Guru Sahib wanted His Khalsa to be free of hatred and possess feelings like forgiveness, friendliness and peacefulness???

I firmly beleive the use of, or freedom at least to use, Sukha in Sikhi is beyond intentional and for our benefit. 

[GurjantGnostic]

9 hours ago, shastarSingh said:

@dalsingh101 I am unable to understand the below. Plz help

https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/a-brief-global-history-of-the-war-on-cannabis/

The history of marijuana farming tells us that when prohibitions are imposed, they almost always come from the ruling class. Marijuana’s role as a spiritual, medicinal, or recreational drug of the poor working classes stokes fears among the elite that the political, religious, or economic order that has served them so well may be disrupted. There aren’t, therefore, many cases where marijuana was embraced by the ruling class and persecuted from below

Rich people think if we slaves get high, we'll get well enough to get free and they aren't going to allow that. 

 

[shastarSingh]

19 hours ago, shastarSingh said:

http://deghtegh.blogspot.com/?m=1

Cannabis Facilitates Compromise

By calming emotion, promoting self-reflection, and enhancing gentleness, cannabis promotes forgiveness and compromise, and thereby can aid powerfully in the resolution of a wide array of disputes, from lovers quarrels to business matters to political disagreements. Science may not yet have begun to study this one, but the ability of cannabis to promote forgiveness is a regular topic at on-line cannabis related discussion forums.

There is a bollaa of Nihang Singhs.

Laggde rehange shaheedi deghaan de raggrree

Mitt jaange saare jhaggre

It means that Khalsa will keep on making shaheedi degh and the conflicts will automatically get resolved.

[GurjantGnostic]

5 hours ago, shastarSingh said:

There is a bollaa of Nihang Singhs.

Laggde rehange shaheedi deghaan de raggrree

Mitt jaange saare jhaggre

It means that Khalsa will keep on making shaheedi degh and the conflicts will automatically get resolved.

Amen bro. That's just leaf tea people. Calm down. Cbds and terpines very low th anythings. 

The holes in the floor and names of misls and Ithias don't lie. We are lying today when we malign cannabis hemp. And do beadbi of Guru Sahiban and Shaheed Singhs in the process. ...on YouTube as if that's the Truth. Smh bro. I hope to God they read these and tell the Truth. 

[shastarSingh]

On 7/28/2022 at 8:24 PM, shastarSingh said:

@GurjantGnostic

@dalsingh101

If u read the history of the world, armed group of people whether it's armies, militia etc hv done so much innocent killings, rapes etc . Their minds were full of revenge and hatred.

Khalsa is God's Army which is always armed with weapons and ready for dharam yudh.

Is it possible that Guru Sahib gave us cannabis/shaheedi degh to cool our minds during war time. Guru Sahib wanted His Khalsa to be free of hatred and possess feelings like forgiveness, friendliness and peacefulness???

@dalsingh101

Plz give ur opinion

[shastarSingh]

On 7/28/2022 at 10:50 PM, shastarSingh said:

@dalsingh101 I am unable to understand the below. Plz help

https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/a-brief-global-history-of-the-war-on-cannabis/

The history of marijuana farming tells us that when prohibitions are imposed, they almost always come from the ruling class. Marijuana’s role as a spiritual, medicinal, or recreational drug of the poor working classes stokes fears among the elite that the political, religious, or economic order that has served them so well may be disrupted. There aren’t, therefore, many cases where marijuana was embraced by the ruling class and persecuted from below

@dalsingh101

Plz give ur opinion

[shastarSingh]

On 7/28/2022 at 4:13 PM, shastarSingh said:

http://deghtegh.blogspot.com/?m=1

Cannabis Facilitates Compromise

By calming emotion, promoting self-reflection, and enhancing gentleness, cannabis promotes forgiveness and compromise, and thereby can aid powerfully in the resolution of a wide array of disputes, from lovers quarrels to business matters to political disagreements. Science may not yet have begun to study this one, but the ability of cannabis to promote forgiveness is a regular topic at on-line cannabis related discussion forums.

https://cannabis.net/blog/opinion/how-to-use-cannabis-to-practice-acceptance-and-transcend-physical-and-emotional-suffering

[shastarSingh]

Cannabis makes her a better person.

https://www.popsugar.com/fitness/Weed-Makes-Me-Better-Person-Essay-44806825

[shastarSingh]

On 7/29/2022 at 8:39 AM, GurjantGnostic said:

Rich people think if we slaves get high, we'll get well enough to get free and they aren't going to allow that. 

 

https://cliftonmiddleton.medium.com/the-hippie-revolution-650b9efd4c40

[shastarSingh]

17 minutes ago, shastarSingh said:

https://cliftonmiddleton.medium.com/the-hippie-revolution-650b9efd4c40

We replaced alcohol with marijuana and that made all of the difference. The herb carries a spirit, a spirit of unfaltering righteousness that opened our minds to the hope and glory of peace and love. It was a moral and spiritual rearmament the likes of which had never been seen before. The music of the times records the vitality of the anti War movement, our disdain and rejection of the military industrial complex and the corrupt Nationalism it rode in on, fake patriotism

[shastarSingh]

18 minutes ago, shastarSingh said:

https://cliftonmiddleton.medium.com/the-hippie-revolution-650b9efd4c40

The Hippies invented ride sharing and took it to a celestial level. People hitch hiked everywhere, by the thousands everyday in the major cities. We would hitch hike from New York to Iowa City and then to San Francisco, without fear, without fear. We showed the world what sharing was all about and how sweet and easy life can be when the spirit of the People is cool, that’s right, being cool is the tool.

[shastarSingh]

59 minutes ago, shastarSingh said:

https://cliftonmiddleton.medium.com/the-hippie-revolution-650b9efd4c40

We smoked some pot and wanted to start civilization over again, clean slate both sides, replacing the evils of slavery, capitalism, communism, politics, commerce and religion with a New World View of brotherhood and a shared destiny. We started with the idea of Universal Birthright, it is a ganja thing, an acknowledgment that everyone has a righteous claim to a share of the blessing, that the Earth and Life itself was an interdependent, shared inheritance.

@GurjantGnostic

Hippies were against war and believed in universal brotherhood and peace. They were against materialism too.

[GurjantGnostic]

4 minutes ago, shastarSingh said:

We smoked some pot and wanted to start civilization over again, clean slate both sides, replacing the evils of slavery, capitalism, communism, politics, commerce and religion with a New World View of brotherhood and a shared destiny. We started with the idea of Universal Birthright, it is a ganja thing, an acknowledgment that everyone has a righteous claim to a share of the blessing, that the Earth and Life itself was an interdependent, shared inheritance.

@GurjantGnostic

Hippies were against war and believed in universal brotherhood and peace. They were against materialism too.

They had a lot going for them. But they were also self entitled, naive, and sold out to become the yuppies and then the corrupt leaders of today. They went on to be prosecutors, legislators etc who locked up people for...pot ...they also sewed the seeds that made pot legal, them and cartel competition. 

Were they Sikhs they would have endured. Very few old hippies left. 

I did love the article. 

If you took the hippie movement and added Gurmat to it, and Shastars, and Grishte Jeevan it would have endured. A lot tkf fake hippies were just in it to get laid and go back to hate. 

[GurjantGnostic]

That was my mothers, my aunts, uncles generation. Interestingly my mother was the least of a hippie, but stayed the same her whole life. And demonstartes those ideals while not liking hippies really. But her siblings who were hippies all changed into absolute sell outs. You'd never think they'd ever puffed a joint or been a hippie if you met them now. I don't really particularly like or respect them. They're very fake people. Backstabbing, selfish, nindaks. God bless them. 

[shastarSingh]

9 minutes ago, GurjantGnostic said:

They had a lot going for them. But they were also self entitled, naive, and sold out to become the yuppies and then the corrupt leaders of today. They went on to be prosecutors, legislators etc who locked up people for...pot ...they also sewed the seeds that made pot legal, them and cartel competition. 

Were they Sikhs they would have endured. Very few old hippies left. 

I did love the article. 

If you took the hippie movement and added Gurmat to it, and Shastars, and Grishte Jeevan it would have endured. A lot tkf fake hippies were just in it to get laid and go back to hate. 

Hippies believed in universal brotherhood and sharing.

If humans believe in whole world as their country and share their resources with each other, most problems and conflicts will get solved.

[GurjantGnostic]

1 minute ago, shastarSingh said:

Hippies believed in universal brotherhood and sharing.

If humans believe in whole world as their country and share their resources with each other, most problems and conflicts will get solved.

True but out of the 100 people that will cleave to that ideal you'll have 5 real ones. And the hippie fad wasn't strong enough to change people into actually being able to do that long term. Gurmat is. 

[GurjantGnostic]

Kalyug and selfishness is so strong it's a miracle anything works. Especially without Gurmat and Ghanja. 

Only Sikhi, and rare contenders, result in loyalty, and fearlessness. Selflessness. Result in the kind of person you can rely on and even we have our fakes and traitors.

Without Sikhi? Or a miracle? Good movements don't last. Only the cruel, selfish, imposed ones. 

[shastarSingh]

4 minutes ago, GurjantGnostic said:

Kalyug and selfishness is so strong it's a miracle anything works. Especially without Gurmat and Ghanja. 

Only Sikhi, and rare contenders, result in loyalty, and fearlessness. Selflessness. Result in the kind of person you can rely on and even we have our fakes and traitors.

Without Sikhi? Or a miracle? Good movements don't last. Only the cruel, selfish, imposed ones. 

Without Naam (gurmantar), human mind is under the control of 5 thieves like greed, attachment, lust, arrogance etc.