Dear Mike,
I only spoke here for myself, because that's all "who" I had in mind. I ain't
authoritative about nobody else. ;-)
BTW, I had no reason to drink illegally in New Jersey. I had dual-citizenship:
across the bridge, or tunnel, into NYC was my home away from home, at an Ivy
college, where drinking would not have helped my studies, or grades, anyway.
Nor did Pot, Speed, nor Acid. I never did heavy shit. But they helped my
character. And my life-long interests. To this day.
I was never much of a rebel. I cared less for chemical-agents, because I *WAS*
high on Nature. Whew. In fact; I've never come down. Only gotten higher.
I've been a Natutral Scientist. Do you know how this goes? I hope so. It's
not as bad as it sounds. ;-) It's actually pretty good. And sustainable. If
we have a Practice.
Ch'an practice was the end of all chemical agents. Might as well drink a cup
of TEA! Which I prefer (BTW). Drugs are weaklings, and of no account.
Compared to what we have on-board, Mike. Pretty sure you know this!:
Vipassana-guy; Zen-guy. ;-)
As we say in the South West, "Ain't no 'count!" Well, some folks do; I note
this, like a Sociologist. Or Linguist. Practice trumps all false drop-ins.
I am a Practitioner. No apologies for tastes of drugs in the past.
--J.
> uerusuboyo@... wrote:
>
> Joe, You maybe right about people's use of entheogens to explore a hidden
> side of consciousness, but at the end of the day it's *their* business
> whether they do it or not - not the legislatures. Forgive me of I'm wrong,
> but in an earlier post you mentioned young people should respect the law and
> refrain from taking intoxicants (as well as not entering certain
> relationships not approved of by the law).
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