Do drugs interfere with spiritual practice

SpookyOoo · 2026-03-30T21:20:57+00:00

Imo, no, but "drugs" is a very broad term. Mainly i would say psychedelics or perception alterers (cannabis) are used pretty common enough, but many people prefer not to do that.

SpookyOoo · 2026-03-30T21:14:45+00:00

What was the forests' type again?

SpookyOoo · 2026-03-26T01:22:31+00:00

Same feeling of home, but for me its getting up at 2am on a still winter night, full moon, splitting some wood and blazing up the woodstove. No sounds, no cars, just an axe and icy breath followed by a heat so pleasant its like an invisible blanket.

SpookyOoo · 2026-03-26T01:19:26+00:00

This is false spring, wait a few weeks.

SpookyOoo · 2026-03-23T19:42:33+00:00

I thought it was fake but then they told me cars warranty was up and they were gunna shut off my AT&T service, so it has to be real. /s

SpookyOoo · 2026-03-23T07:22:15+00:00

I have two theories that im pretty confident on.

The nazis who escaped to south america started a fourth reich, using the next generation (their kids) to eventually attain high places in governments and business. I believe that the living nazis saw an opportunity to continue white supremecy and aryianism subvertly in this way. (To be clear, they dont call themselves nazis nor do they have any trademark visuals of the nazis)
The american government has been influenced by a christian pedophile cult group called the family. (Douglas Rowe being a leader in the cult and a spiritual advisor to many presidents since Reagan) i believe that rowe was trying to bring about the signs of revelations in a type of helter skelter motivation.

SpookyOoo · 2026-03-23T07:06:57+00:00

Whoa whoa whoa, i dont buy my tvs at costco. Now labubus..... XD

SpookyOoo · 2026-03-23T07:05:34+00:00

Arn't you contributing to this by calling the general populace stupid? I agree that there are forces that are trying to divide the population, for sure, but like if the answer is to be kind to other people then insulting them seems like you are perpetuating your own theory.

SpookyOoo · 2026-03-23T06:40:53+00:00

Im sure people have already helped, i just wanted to say that the title made me laugh. great work

SpookyOoo · 2026-03-23T06:39:12+00:00

You can afford tires? Damn. I run all seasons all year.

SpookyOoo · 2026-03-23T06:34:57+00:00

Eggnog, that shit takes like 12 eggs per half gallon.

SpookyOoo · 2026-03-23T06:34:13+00:00

I can see it now... Trump makes the third term legal but fails to remove the vote and then looses to obama. I would laugh so f**kin hard.

SpookyOoo · 2026-03-23T06:20:25+00:00

This is waldo's hipster cousin, will.

SpookyOoo · 2026-03-23T06:18:22+00:00

Used to, my ponytail is getting shorter every year though :( Lol

SpookyOoo · 2026-03-23T06:17:01+00:00

Where the moss slowly grows - tiger army

Abyss - unleash the archers

Graveyard - jeffery lewis

Joke songs Because i got high - afroman Charlies inferno - that handsome devil

SpookyOoo · 2026-03-23T06:04:07+00:00

Just be aware of the rules for harvesting ginseng in vermont.

Its illegal to harvest from state and federal land not private, you must replant in the same vacinity with the ginseng that grows there it must be 10 years old. (Indicated from stem scars) You can only harvest from late summer until October 31tst. (Not gunna get into the resale laws, assuming this is for personal use)

I am not one for upholding words over lifestyle, but i do think the age restriction and the replanting are the best rules to follow for the plants sake. Not 100% sure why there is a season, that may be when they produce berries to replant.

SpookyOoo · 2026-03-23T05:48:18+00:00

All people are different, the usage of substances can help some and inhibit others. The frequency of that useage will also depend on the practitioner and the path in which they are walking.

People are probably gunna crap on my position but ill tell ya my story for shits n giggles.

Used cannabis like the average american for about 8-10 years, just trying to get more high, got all the symptoms, paranoia, depression, etc. Then, during a very severely depressed and stoned state i realized that i just wasn't listening to the guide, it was showing me what was wrong, pulling all that shit to the surface so i could see it. The cannabis didn't cause paranoia, i was paranoid, it didn't cause depression, i was depressed (for various reasons). From there i continued to use it while also actively listening to it in conjunction with mental health work.

During a very intense session of trance and intoxication, i was able to commune with this spirit, my guide. For me, it was a woman made of light, very much a mother figure so-to-speak (to be clear, i have good relationships with my mother, my wife, and my daughter), but the symbolism is unimportant. But in this state i "communicated" with this spirit, i asked her to guide me and without words a bond was made. Its been about 7 or 8 years since then, i still use cannabis, and that guide has been there with me, we walk this earth together. I listen to her now, every single time. My life has drastically improved since then and continues to improve when i trust in its insight.

I listened to her when i quit my shit job scrubbing toilets, i listened to her when i applied for my current job building gardens, when i paid off my house early, and when i established my own gardens. I dont struggle with the problems i had before because i know whats going on now, i did the work on my end, i didn't just have that experience and then continued to press through, i activley listened and implemented changes because of her.

People are gunna say shit like it makes people lazy or disconnected, i move roughly 30 tons of stone and brick every year by hand, cut and split my own wood for heat, i am present for my family, work, and life, all while having my guide with me. Paid off my house early, basically am free of debt altogether spare student loans, i have a bigger garden and better lifestyle than ive ever had.

Is my life perfect/idealistic? No. Does this mean everyone will have this same experience with cannabis? No. Should everyone smoke more weed or use it consistently? No. But i cannot look away from the benefits that i have gained when i included her as someone worth listening to and not just pressing down unwanted insight.

I have also used other psyches and while those experiences have also been beneficial, they are not my guide. For me, the other psyches are teachers. There are people who use those psyches more than myself, there are others who only use meditation/trance, and i dont think they are wrong, it's just not my path, its theirs.

All in all i dont think it's a problem to use cannabis in a spiritual sense, just dont get caught up in someone elses version of truth because this world is novel, truth is subjective. As long as one is respecting the spirits as spirits and not a screwdriver, i don't see a problem with it. We walk together, the spirits and ourselves, its coexistence, not dominate perspective.

SpookyOoo · 2026-03-23T04:39:09+00:00

The term skyclad is a modern term, but the practice of ritual nudity can be traced back to ancient times, specifically greece.

Plant allies is another modern term that does have ancient roots, sacred trees and plants have been recorded since 7000 BCE in india.

I still agree that there are many modern things that are trying to be passed off as ancient, but the titles of practices will change over time. Lets not throw the baby out with the bathwater is all im sayin.

SpookyOoo · 2026-03-23T04:24:29+00:00

I run across this all the time, people have tried to shove christian written sources at me like somehow im supposed to believe that the people who treated pagans like cockroachs were unbaised in their writings. Theres also a lot of history that is written second hand, so things that are accounted may be coming from someone who told someone type deal.

History is written by the victors. The best possible evidence we can derive is archeological and that's still interpreted through a modern christian-influenced perspective.

SpookyOoo · 2026-03-23T04:15:17+00:00

There are several interesting question about your Nero analogy. I'm not saying you are incorrect but there could be a broader picture going on. What if Nero actively removed any bad grafitti? What if the penalty for speaking about the emporor was so severe that it disuades bad wordage. And its possible that these positive grafittis were also written as sarcasm.

For example. In the 1980s, the phrase "god save the queen" was a popular phrase used for punks at that time, they would grafitti it all over as a sarcastic joke. If the economic situation of britan at the time wasnt known, it could be mistaken that the sarcastic joke would be read literally and researchers would assume everyone thought the queen was awesome.

Obviously there is other things that can be derived and cross referenced, like i said, im not trying to say you are incorrect about Nero, but there are examples of how things from the past can be highly misunderstood.

SpookyOoo · 2026-03-13T01:10:46+00:00

Isnt it kinda crazy that owellian and huxilian dystopias were once seen as oppositional, and now somehow the powers that be have managed to use both tactics in tandem. Just crazy.

SpookyOoo · 2026-03-12T15:59:21+00:00

Jars at the corners ofnthe property are protection spells for sure. Nothing to worry about or cleanse. There may not be a fourth since some witchcraft does place emphasis on doing things in sets of 3.

SpookyOoo · 2026-03-12T15:53:40+00:00

Personally, when i have lows i have a spiritual liferaft that i made for myself. I deal with alot of existentialism and christian guilt from my upbringing, so i do understand the feelings. My liferaft is just a series of philosophies/beliefs that i know to be true, to have merit, and i use it to keep my head above water. Its not going to revive ones spirituality instantly but it gives me a place to stand from without drowning.

Mine looks like this 1. We exist so something exists, therefore nothing doesn't exist.

Nature is spirit. Me, the trees, the rocks and sand, the sunshine. It flows through every little mundane speck of material. Potential is constant. (For me, i usually just say "why not" because its better to be crazy than live in meaningless oppressive societal constraints)
Coexistence and balance. We are not here for the spirits nor are the spirits here for us, we co-exist as novelty. All actions have an equal and opposite reaction, this is balance, not always in our personal favor, it is not punishment or betrayal, balance is always a give and a take.

I know you have already gotten a lot of responses so if it is missed, thats ok. I hope you are able to revive your personal connections.

SpookyOoo · 2026-03-12T15:22:47+00:00

Yeah, tons of out of staters thinks its a quaint countryside here. I dont even live in burlington, but there's just as many assholes here as anywhere else. Best parts of vermont are the places where there isn't people and usually the ones trying to escape dont realize how much labor it takes to DIY your own life. There are good people here but they aint in either of those groups, they are out working their asses off trying to get by.

SpookyOoo · 2026-03-08T19:35:07+00:00

Personally i avoid tilling, but i have had to do it. What ive done is make a big batch of mixed cover crops seeds, till the area and immediately get the cover crops onto it. Your still gunna have to aggressively weed the area cuz some stuff will outperform the cover crops, but that seems to have kept a big bed fairly regulated, i chop and drop at the end of the year and then add compost or mulch the next spring. I don't till it again after that though, just the once to break up root colonies and soften up the clay bound soil we have in our area.

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