^Funny you should mention the 'this is itness', we obviously do think alike.  'This is it' definitely says it, and has been one of my main phrases since my psychedelic journeying began a little over half a decade ago.  We've obviously visited some of the same places .

Not to detour too much here, but I do get the sense though that this is a particularly defining moment in the history of humanity where we will ultimately either plummet or rise up in to the infinite heights beyond (sink or set sail). We're on the brink of the stars, the cusp of eternity, and this IS it.. it's everything we've been leading up towards, and infinitely more (then again, I suppose any time in history is by some arguable measure).  Or maybe what I'm saying only applies to some, and perhaps always has.  Maybe there have always been a handful of people ascending throughout time, but nobody has noticed them because they simply vanish from this plane, be it by synchronicity with biological death or some other thing equally mysterious to us.  Or maybe I'm way off the mark and something else completely is going on, I don't know, these are just my feelings. At any rate, this is it.

I also agree that Cannabis is too overlooked and generally not well-respected enough.  It's typically thought of as being soft, and it's this very attitude I believe that causes people not to be able to delve in to the depths of what it can offer.  Many Cannabis users I know don't toke to get anything out of it, it's just a crutch they use to regulate their state.  Many of them are people who just like 'getting high'.  Whatever you're in to I guess, seems like a bit of a waste to me though.

And some may laugh at this, but like you, I too integrate my pot highs.  I never take the next step until I'm over the last one.

Oh, and come on OP, let's hear that story!!