shaman Gatherings

[Senbecc]

wren said:

I suffer from MS and it has been indicated that smoking marijuana may help ease my pain. This would also be illegal. I have two pre-teen children, taught to say no to all illegal drugs and to mis-using drugs of any kind, legal or otherwise. Do I smoke pot to ease my pain and tell them that I am above the law of the land? Or, do I seek to change what may be a bad law instead? In fact, I discussed this very point with them, asking for their opinions and HONORING their feelings that I forgo this drug use. Which is the better lesson, for them or me?

I have found, through meditation, the first pain relief I have ever known, with nothing more than the assistance of the Deities. They needed no assistance in lifting me up and I needed none to turn myself over to Them. We could also offer human sacrifice if our ancestors believed in it but we do not. There is TRUTH beyond such practices and it is this we should honor.

I didn't mean that herbal drugs like "pot" had no use...Or even that I don't partake occasionally myself. However to say that it is nessisary for one's religious practice, or that you somehow have less ability in the other worlds w/o drug use is what I had a problem with here.

I just can't have people saying that drug use is fine among a site which has teenage posters...I feel whole heartedly that pot should be legal if alcohol is.

[wren]

admin said:

I didn't mean that herbal drugs like "pot" had no use...Or even that I don't partake occasionally myself. However to say that it is nessisary for one's religious practice, or that you somehow have less ability in the other worlds w/o drug use is what I had a problem with here.

I just can't have people saying that drug use is fine among a site which has teenage posters...I feel whole heartedly that pot should be legal if alcohol is.

My turn to say it wasn't you to whom I was responding, Senbecc. It was to the original thread's guest poster (who is probably long gone by now...). Should have quoted him to avoid misunderstanding.

I simply wanted to add my experience of being able to transcend this body of clay without drugs (legal or illegal) and that the subject made for great discussion with my kids. They are part of all my decisions in life, as everything I do affects them. We all discussed the possible end results of my trying pot to ease my pain. They were part of the discussion and the decision not to use it.