How Smoking Weed Can Take Your Meditation to New Heights

Meditation is an ancient practice, fundamental to religions like Buddhism and Hinduism. Individuals who’re new to it often struggle to settle their minds. Settling one’s mind is an integral and essential part of meditation. Until you can find internal peace, meditation won’t be possible. Cannabis can help people to improve their focus when they are meditating and ultimately devote themselves to the practice.

If you have had trouble settling your mind then now’s the time to turn to marijuana. This post will tell you how it can help you and what you need to know about it:

Trying Alternatives

While marijuana is indeed an extremely effective way of inducing a sense of calmness in oneself, derivatives of the Cannabis plant, of which marijuana falls under the umbrella of, can be equally as effective. The problem with marijuana is that while smoking it can indeed be very relaxing, the high can be a little too intense for some people. You’ll be pleased to know that CBD hemp is a fantastic alternative because it still helps people to feel incredibly relaxed but doesn’t get users high, meaning they can focus on meditation and not an intense feeling of confusion or intoxication.  If you are planning on using CBD then you should ideally find products derived from organic plants. If a plant is not organic, it means that chemicals were used to grow it. In addition to looking for organic plants, you should only use products extracted without the use of solvents. Solvents leave trace amounts of residue in CBD products post-extraction.

Psychedelic Experiences

Something a lot of marijuana users overlook is that as a drug, marijuana can be psychedelic. That being said, marijuana is usually only psychedelic in very high doses or when it is consumed as an edible. The term ‘psychedelic’ refers to a category of drugs that produce hallucinations like psilocybin mushrooms and LSD (or lysergic acid). If you are planning on performing a meditation that is more spiritual, like transcendental meditation, marijuana can help you to have more vivid and enjoyable hallucinations.

Spiritual Focus

The modern world is horrifying. Join any motorway or main road in our nation, and you’ll find the carcasses of flattened animals littering the hard shoulder. People hardly notice because they are numb and used to what modernity entails. Most people are so out of touch with their spiritualities that they have no reactions to such horrors. Marijuana can help bring you in touch with your spirituality and your deeper self, allowing you to focus on what is going on around you and to pay attention to things you normally wouldn’t. In meditation, this can be very helpful.

Becoming Hyperalert

During meditation, many experts say that it is good to pay attention to what is going on around you, as in the sounds of your street or the noises of your household. If you have never settled yourself and just listened to the world before then it is likely that this is not something you will be used to. Marijuana is known for making people paranoid. It is also known for making people more aware. Using it prior to meditation will help you to become more aware of your surroundings and as a consequence improve your focus on things like your breathing.

Sense of Calmness

For the reasons mentioned above, many people find themselves unable to relax or unwind. This is mostly because they are literally addicted to technology. If you want to find calmness in life, marijuana use can help you. Using marijuana can help to prevent anxiety and help you relax. Being less anxious and more relaxed during meditation is very good for you. If you are suffering from intense anxiety unrelated to meditation or life as you see it, consider getting in touch with a doctor. A doctor will be able to refer you to a therapist and help you to overcome your issues.

Overusing Marijuana

As an aid, marijuana can help you to meditate. At the same time though it can also be very addictive. The high from marijuana is very enjoyable which is why people get so addicted to the drug. If you are planning on using it then you need to make sure that you don’t get carried away. Only use as much as you are comfortable using and if you feel like you are getting addicted then stop yourself and get back in control, so you don’t get addicted.

Marijuana use can be fun. It can also be great if you are trying to meditate. For all of the reasons listed in this post, you might want to consider incorporating the drug into your meditation preparations.