ducdevil
Rising Star
hello Nexians,
thank you in advance for reading this somewhat lengthy piece...
i hope this finds you all well and thriving. i wanted to put some thoughts out there; not a “conclusion”, but rather some experiences i have been having and see if it resonates in any way with some of you.
for a long time i have abstained from Cannabis. many reasons exist for this, but in general i find it a distraction from my life, an agent that certainly de-motivates me and sometimes clouds my judgement. i have also found that these “symptoms” or side-effects are present even when not ingesting, but when sober between ingesting. for these reasons i have found that for my life using Cannabis sparingly or not at all suits my life best.
recently, however, i have been using a wee bit of the herb. usually at night before bed, and only a few vapor-puffs. my days of heavy use, dabbing, bonging and edibles are long gone. just a wee bit before bed is nice; i doubt few of you would disagree.
it has been shown in a lot of sleep research that Cannabis inhibits the phase of sleep during which we dream. it was once thought that we just couldn’t remember our dreams, but actually we bypass the phase during which we dream. for this reason they concluded that we actually get “better” sleep because it is more undisturbed. i am not claiming this to be the gospel; just things i’ve read while researching the effects of weed, both while stoned and sober.
so….if there is some link - some correlation between dreaming; the dream state, the part of our brain that is most active when dreaming and the DMT space…well this is what has raised my questions.
since i have started to use Cannabis again - even in these small amounts - the nature of my DMT voyages has changed significantly. i should add i have never smoalked and used weed at the same time. yet, i cannot ignore the timing; ever since i have started weed again, DMT trips are different.
not worse - not better - just much different. the most significant change is in my recollection of the trip. when i was totally without weed, i would remember the trip vividly, whether it was a smaller, sub-breakthrough or a larger, more epic dose taking me directly to the entities, the palace, the chapel of geometry….etc. since the weed, coming back it all seems so cloudy, so distant; just like trying to remember a dream…having a small taste of it - a glimpse of it - but nothing vivid. and even while i can feel that something very profound happened, all details are gone.
so, obviously i am wondering if this is more than just coincidence; is there a brain chemistry thing going on that creates a much cloudier recall, even when not stoned? or, perhaps, am i going through a phase of the different types of journeys that are not immediately recallable?
i am sure that many of you who don’t use Cannabis have had experiences that you don’t remember, and i’m also sure many of you who use weed regularly remember everything. i just would love to hear your thoughts and experiences on this.
i am, of course, going to do my own research: i’m going to stop all Cannabis use for a period of a couple of weeks to flush it from my system and see what changes i can observe, if any.
really looking forward to hearing your thoughts; thanks for reading all of this!
Namaste
thank you in advance for reading this somewhat lengthy piece...
i hope this finds you all well and thriving. i wanted to put some thoughts out there; not a “conclusion”, but rather some experiences i have been having and see if it resonates in any way with some of you.
for a long time i have abstained from Cannabis. many reasons exist for this, but in general i find it a distraction from my life, an agent that certainly de-motivates me and sometimes clouds my judgement. i have also found that these “symptoms” or side-effects are present even when not ingesting, but when sober between ingesting. for these reasons i have found that for my life using Cannabis sparingly or not at all suits my life best.
recently, however, i have been using a wee bit of the herb. usually at night before bed, and only a few vapor-puffs. my days of heavy use, dabbing, bonging and edibles are long gone. just a wee bit before bed is nice; i doubt few of you would disagree.
it has been shown in a lot of sleep research that Cannabis inhibits the phase of sleep during which we dream. it was once thought that we just couldn’t remember our dreams, but actually we bypass the phase during which we dream. for this reason they concluded that we actually get “better” sleep because it is more undisturbed. i am not claiming this to be the gospel; just things i’ve read while researching the effects of weed, both while stoned and sober.
so….if there is some link - some correlation between dreaming; the dream state, the part of our brain that is most active when dreaming and the DMT space…well this is what has raised my questions.
since i have started to use Cannabis again - even in these small amounts - the nature of my DMT voyages has changed significantly. i should add i have never smoalked and used weed at the same time. yet, i cannot ignore the timing; ever since i have started weed again, DMT trips are different.
not worse - not better - just much different. the most significant change is in my recollection of the trip. when i was totally without weed, i would remember the trip vividly, whether it was a smaller, sub-breakthrough or a larger, more epic dose taking me directly to the entities, the palace, the chapel of geometry….etc. since the weed, coming back it all seems so cloudy, so distant; just like trying to remember a dream…having a small taste of it - a glimpse of it - but nothing vivid. and even while i can feel that something very profound happened, all details are gone.
so, obviously i am wondering if this is more than just coincidence; is there a brain chemistry thing going on that creates a much cloudier recall, even when not stoned? or, perhaps, am i going through a phase of the different types of journeys that are not immediately recallable?
i am sure that many of you who don’t use Cannabis have had experiences that you don’t remember, and i’m also sure many of you who use weed regularly remember everything. i just would love to hear your thoughts and experiences on this.
i am, of course, going to do my own research: i’m going to stop all Cannabis use for a period of a couple of weeks to flush it from my system and see what changes i can observe, if any.
really looking forward to hearing your thoughts; thanks for reading all of this!
Namaste