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Hello, welcome to my blog!

This entry is for the new readers who may have been directed here via Google or even by my hand.

My recent entries may appear to be more political and religious than previous years' entries. I encourage the gentle readers to scrutinize what I have written.

Please note that my blog is a work in progress, so a page or two might be upgraded, edited to, or deleted, depending what I consider needs being done.

Contrary to what others may believe about opinions i.e. that it's fixed forever, I feel that opinions are made based on how close to the truth each of us wishes to tread.

When we base our opinions on other people's opinions without even considering the facts, our opinions are this close to being gossip and rumors.

So I try to base any opinions I make in posts which are not related to Buddhism on facts, even the ones that are political.

For example, my comments on the Islamic terrorism suspects is that bullying and racism fuels such terrorism. This is not a naive position.

As a Buddhist I am more for non-violent confrontation than for violent confrontation.

For I am dedicated keep the peace, by letting peace be my guide, and inspiring future meditations of peace to inspire my future blog posts.

Just So You Know...

Hi again!

Juat so you know, despite my recent promotional writing in favor of marijuana, the last time I got high on pot was prior to March 2005.

How can someone who's quit pot promote it? Doesn't that violate a Canadian law?

Let me answer the second question: with respect to marijuana, not promoting marijuana would violate human rights. I am not promoting getting high on marijuana.

I support the educated use of marijuana, and would consider anyone who tries to smoke a whole doob in one sitting to be no different from an alcoholic or a drug addict.

Now, let's get to the first question: I quit marijuana because:

1. It's illegal in Canada


2. I don't have a medical illness to be registered as a Medical Marijuana user


3. Too many people who use marijuana are stuck in a "let's get high" rut and are boring

So instead, for my insomnia, I have to use diphenhydramine or Gravol to sleep sometimes. There's an cumulative risk of developing heart disease from diphenhydramine use as well as building tolerance to the stuff. Though currently (Dec. 24, 2012) I use gabapentin and flexeril.

Also, I refuse to take more than 50 mg of the stuff due to the risk of psychosis from large doses. That is what causes those weird visions and other side effects.

Even though diphenhydramine does sedate me and keeps me from freaking out, I just don't want to talk to my subconscious and inner daemons.

While I know two puffs of a doob would chill me out and get me ready for sleep, I will not knowingly break a law or risk psychosis from ingesting too much THC.

However, I still feel it is my duty to educate people about marijuana to the best of my ability.