In the spirit of making Trees a welcoming and uplifting place for everyone, please follow our Commandments.
Don't fool yourself with this one:
you are even smarter
You're interpreting the world through a different lens and seeing things in ways you otherwise wouldn't, but weed does not make you smarter. I've seen way too many people fall for that trap and pick up some really bad habits
Probably a bit dumber, even. Often times creative in inventive and different ways though.
As an experiment, one can right down their deep thoughts, plans, and revelations... then read them sober... it can be quite entertaining.
I have a couple notebooks my friends and I did write in full of "scripts" we wrote. They're not funny at all to anyone but us but 10 years later we're still quoting them. "Working Dogs Of Hollywood" was a masterpiece, though.
but weed does not make you smarter.
I'm definitely a lot better and creative at solving math problems when high. But I'm also a lot slower lol
I think the only thing I've felt "better" at was music
Ah man, for me it's a lot more. Food, definitely - weed makes me love eating and cooking. And comedy shows, on weed I can just laugh absolutely naturally
Pick out your least favorite song by your most favorite artist. You'll find a new appreciation.
Man, I bet this is why all religions talk about paradise being heaven. All those religious dudes probably got stoned from various shit and then came up with the idea of paradise being on a higher plane of existence.
If this is something you want to explore, check out The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross by John Allegro. It was out of print for a while but I think it has been reprinted and is available all over.
Take it with a grain of salt, though. There’s been plenty of criticism of his ideas, but it’s still interesting to think about. It’s is a very. dry. read. though…
That's not necessarily why it's called being high