{"id":2222,"date":"2011-07-18T16:00:09","date_gmt":"2011-07-18T15:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mpdspace.com\/blog\/?p=2222"},"modified":"2011-10-29T13:12:16","modified_gmt":"2011-10-29T12:12:16","slug":"the-law-of-gunja-smoking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mpdspace.com\/blog\/personal-development\/the-law-of-gunja-smoking\/","title":{"rendered":"The Law of Ganja Smoking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>*Disclaimer this article doe&#8217;s not promote use of ganja, by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mpdspace.com\/blog\/personal-development\/11-sign%E2%80%99s-of-a-weed-dummie-marijuana\/\">weed dummies<\/a>*<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #008000;\">The Rasta law of Ganja<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Deepak Chopra tells a story of being in a taxi with his brother in India and seeing a group of sudhu\u2019s which are Indian holly men. Looking at the men Deepak and his brother were amazed, Deepak said they looked totally stoned. Deepak brother asked the taxi driver what are they taking &#8211; the drive turned and said ganja sir. The next question Deepak brother asked was can we get some? \u00a0The taxi driver said No you need to be enlightened to get it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In the west there is a distortion as to how to use, marijuana.<\/strong> The majority of people today use gunja recreationally to help them chill out, but as Deepak story demonstrated there are traditions though out the world that use ganja as a spiritual tool in personal\/spiritual development. Marijuana, has\u00a0a long history of use in ritual and ceremonial work to help the user enter into trance and experience altered states of conciousness.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When used in trance work ganja can be used to\u00a0influence and programme sugestions in the mind.<\/li>\n<li>When ganja is used for meditation ganja can trigger mystical experiences insights.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #008000;\">The Gunja man, Ras Rock<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Because of \u00a0abuse misuse and ignorance around gunja, I would like to share some of the words of wisdom from Ras Rock, I met ras rock at a time in my life when I was mis using weed. Ras Rock initiated me into a philosophies of personal growth centred around the disciplined use of what \u00a0Ras Rock calls the Holy sacrament (marijuana). \u00a0His teaching promoted what some people call Gunja Yoga and a personal code\/ discipline of the use of gunja.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>{Were possible I have tried to keep Ras Rocks wording and language in other case\u2019s I have added further explanation for clarity}<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #008000;\">The law of the herb from Ras rock<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Man fi have respect for the herb it must be used with discipline as part of I man\u00a0climb up the ladder (growth) any other use is abuse<\/p>\n<p>1.If man gains insight when taking the herb man fi write it down<\/p>\n<p>2.The temple (body) is the vehicles of the most high<\/p>\n<p>3.The body fi kept fit and vital<\/p>\n<p>2. Weed is to service the meditation of the heart and mind<\/p>\n<p>3. Man fi meditate on the positive<\/p>\n<p>4. The herb is reserved for the temple use<\/p>\n<p>5. Man fi concentrate\u00a0eem attention to the development of\u00a0eem person<\/p>\n<p>6. \u00a0Man fi concentrate eem\u00a0 attention to the up lift ment of the mind<\/p>\n<p>7. I man concentration I man meditation to the betterment of I man skills<\/p>\n<p>8. I man concentrate I mind to right reasoning<\/p>\n<p>9. I man engage in reasoning with upfull (posistive) people<\/p>\n<p>10. Man fi eat ital food and drink<\/p>\n<p>11. Man must fast to vitalise the body<\/p>\n<p>12. I man works I man works\u00a0(keeping on purpose)<\/p>\n<p>13. I man stands as a positive Example (role modal) for the youth<\/p>\n<p>14. I Man plants and reeps I man harvest<\/p>\n<p>15. I man lives\u2019 up full and respectful<\/p>\n<p>16. I man tends the earth<\/p>\n<p>17. I man gives praises<\/p>\n<p>18. Fi work hard, to be purified by the I\u2019s sweat<\/p>\n<p>19. Man fi drink plenty\u00a0a wata<\/p>\n<p>20. Man na fi mix gunja and liquors<\/p>\n<p>21. I man farm (work) is I man discipline, so I man work is praise to the most high<\/p>\n<p>22. 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