Xhosa Styles!: CAN CANNABIS CURE GREED?

CAN CANNABIS CURE GREED?

The Risk of greed…

As humans we only have two primary emotions from which all other emotions stem and these two are LOVE and FEAR. Fear is controlled by the EGO where love is guided from the INTUITION or SPIRIT so clearly you can see that one is negative and the other is positive.

From love will flow joy, hope, happiness, bliss, wonderment, truth, enlightenment, peace, love, unity, understanding, respect, friendship, loyalty, brotherhood and sisterhood, harmony, creativity, self- confidence, positivity and sharing.

From fear we can expect hatred, jealousy, envy, resentment, self- hate, depression, anger, rage, regret, indignation, shame, humiliation, confusion, negativity, unfulfillment, revenge, blame, bitterness and also greed.

Greed stems from fear and the cause is scarcity. Greed is a lot like alcohol because it can make you act foolishly and irrationally when you have too much of it in your system. When it gets to the point where greed clouds your judgment then you know that you are basically drunk with it.

Do you think you are greedy?

Do you have an excessive desire for food, wealth or power? Do you find that you often wish to possess more than you actually require? Are you always hungry and craving for food? Do you have an insatiable hunger for power? Are you a selfish person, devoted only to yourself with little or no consideration for the needs of others or our Mother Earth?

In fairness if you have answered yes to only one of these questions you should start to take a closer look at your character.

A person who is not greedy displays traits of generosity, altruism, sharing, benevolence, self-restraints, unselfishness and love.

Is greed natural?

I think that it is important for everyone to be conscious of this matter.

In primitive communities social life was a continuous interchange of gift giving, blessings and reciprocation. When there was food there was food for all when there was scarcity everyone shared in this scarcity. When ii was living in the rural Transkei with my Xhosa family ii learnt the valuable lesson of sharing both abundance and scarcity and if ii may say so without offending anyone, from my experiences with the Xhosa nation ii would gladly take "black poverty" over "white poverty" any time. Through my travels ii have met many poor white people who choose to live with their black brothers and sisters for this very reason so ii believe this is something to consider when discussing greed.

Primitive man was judged not by the greatness of his accumulated wealth but rather by the greatness of his shared wealth.

If you look at history you will realize that greed is a new thing as primitive humans were not greedy they shared the wealth, and this was their secret to success in the early days.

Today we live in an absolutely artificial system which we have been brainwashed to accept as natural living. Our economic system is one of acquisition with little or no regard for the rest of society which is not our naturally evolved culture which focused on sharing and community.

The people who control this system keep us ignorant of many things and this is how they manage to maintain control of social policy and especially the education systems. This is the consciousness of the profit system. Sadly the way ii see things the profit system requires that you should charge someone a higher price than you paid for a product in order to survive so survival is now almost always at the expense of others. So as consciousness is shifting we are witnessing a lot of people forming communities based on the barter system...in Africa we call this Ubuntu (oo-boon-two) which loosely translated it means the spirit of sharing.

We are kept in this semi sophisticated state of ignorance in order to prevent us from seriously evaluating our institutions and changing them in a manner that is less separated from our very nature.

We are all now commodities in a self-regulating market system which places a high value on materialism and so by extension greed. It seems that we have placed so much importance on greed that we may have become immune to satisfaction.

Is there anything positive about greed?

Some people reason that if there was no greed then a person, community or society might lack the motivation to build or achieve and may also fall vulnerable to other people’s greed.

We might admire acts of generosity but the truth is our society encourages and rewards greed.

Greed might be good for economies, but it is not be so good for individuals. A person who is consumed by greed becomes utterly fanatical about the object of their greed. Life with all its blessings and intricacies is condensed down to little more than a pursuit to accumulate and stockpile as much as possible of whatever it is that the person craves.

On a deeper level greed manifests physically with negative emotional states for example stress, exhaustion, anxiety, depression and despair which later on manifest as physical diseases like liver and kidney failure, digestive disorders and even cancer.

The damage which greed does to our environment ii don’t even have to mention here but you can just look around and witness all sorts of negative effects of what we are doing to one another and to the planet like rising sea levels, more frequent extreme weather events, deforestation, ocean acidification, and species extinctions, to name but a few.

How does the Universal Law of Abundance work?

The truth is that all the Universal Laws, also known as the Laws of Nature exist everywhere and all the time so it is a dominant force that never makes a mistake and never hesitates. Sadly our education systems worldwide are sorely lacking in teaching the youth the relevance that the Universal Laws hold in our daily lives.

All of the Universal Laws go well beyond the physical realm and are really laws intended to focus on aspects of spiritual consciousness which truly is the most important aspect of our lives here on Earth in this realm, and we need to embrace these laws to avoid our struggles and internal battles.

So Abundance does exist and is thriving not only in a physical world that we can easily observe with our 5 senses but also way beyond the physical in the unseen, metaphysical or spiritual realm as well.

The entire Universe is created in such a way that doesn't need any human help or intervention whatsoever in producing an abundance of all things far in excess of what could ever possibly be consumed by our world.

The Universe is continually producing, growing, expanding and thriving in an endless cycle of plenty. Lack and Limitation are unfamiliar concepts to Mother Earth so you could say that abundance together with the law which governs and sustains it is infinite in nature.

So even with man's ongoing unconscious indifference for the conservation of nature, because of the Law Of Abundance, our world continues to flourish and provide a generous and limitless supply of resources and new species of plant, animal and fish life are being created and discovered on a daily basis.

Look at the birds that you see on a day to day basis. The resources they use to build their nests are always in plentiful supply. When they become hungry there is always an abundance of food for them to eat. The skies that they inhabit and utilize for travel, although invisible to the human eye, have an abundant supply of whatever it takes for them to achieve flight.

So why does there seem to be so much lack and limitation in the world?

The truth is that the Law of Abundance is absolutely always at work and absolutely always producing an abundance of something irrespective of a person’s own perception of what abundance actually is.

It doesn’t matter which way you look at it, in fact it doesn’t even matter whether you believe in the Universal Laws or not, you, me, everyone and everything are part of nature and if you are not personally experiencing the kind of abundance which you desire for yourself then there must be a reason, but what could this reason possibly be?

Everyone wants abundance and ii don’t think anyone knows someone who actually doesn’t want abundance. Gosh even Monks pray for abundance!

What you think about you bring about…

The very first thing that we all need to understand is that all things in life both the seen and the unseen are the result of consciousness and this consciousness comes about through the use and misuse of a powerful piece of equipment we have all been given to use freely…the mind.

Our consciousness is derived from our individual thoughts and this is how we choose the quality of our own consciousness and we become personally responsible for our thoughts at the end of the day. It is vitally important to be aware that our thoughts in fact create our consciousness and therefore our reality so when you hear people say that we create our own realities this is what they are referring to and believe me this is the truth so best to embrace it.

So the quality of your abundance is directly related to the quality of your consciousness and therefore your thoughts.

If you are constantly thinking about lack and limitation you will by the very nature of the Law of Abundance receive an abundance of lack and limitation in your life. It really is as simple as this…what you think about you will bring about…each and every time. The universe doesn't calculate our emotions for example we are thinking "Ahh ii really hate bills, ii wish there were no bills!" And all the Universe hears is "bills" and that is exactly what we receive until we realise this important factor.

The Law of Abundance is unfailingly working and producing in the exact and precise way that it was designed to by providing you with an Abundance of whatever it is that you are asking it to give you through your thoughts and your words which are your thoughts being manifested which is why we need to be super conscious of what rolls off our tongues.

So if you are struggling financially and faced with lots of bills and debts, you should not be entertaining thoughts about lack and limitation but instead you should be thinking thoughts of being debt free as opposed to thinking about the actual debts and bills because if you continue to think about the debts and bills…guess what? You will without doubt attract more bills and debts into your life and less abundance. Make sense?

It is exactly the same with relationships, if your thoughts are focused on a “lack of love” in your relationships then the Universe, through the Law of Abundance, will give you an abundance of exactly what you are focusing on…more lack of love.

Truly it does not get any simpler than this, if you are constantly focusing and thinking about a lack of money and material resources, then the Universe will deliver to you an abundance of lack of money and resources.

If you are continually thinking about sickness and disease, the Law of Abundance is working to provide you with exactly what you are asking it to give you…more sickness and disease.

So by embracing a full understanding of the Universal Laws and their principles which have existed since the beginning of time, you will come to realize that whatever you are focusing on, through your thoughts and continuous self talk, you will receive an abundance of whatever that is.

Whether you do so consciously or unconsciously you will definitely continue to receive an abundance of “something” regardless of whether you like what you are receiving or not.

If you have a sincere and heartfelt desire to change the quality of abundance you are receiving then it is going to be necessary to learn and understand how to recognize and shift the quality of thoughts that you are choosing to think. In other words you need to have a complete change of mind and unlearn your old thinking patterns and replace them with a new and positive thought process.

Personally ii have studied this scripture over and over and through intense reasoning with many holy men and women ii conclude that this scripture refers to a shift in consciousness where we may be given a ‘complete change of mind’ which ii understand to refer to our thoughts (consciousness) which we now know control our lives. Our loving Father God and our ever loving Mother Nature both wish for us to live lives of abundance filled with love peace joy and peaches.

This is how we come to realize that we truly have the power to change our lives simply by changing the quality of our thoughts by consciously aligning and harmonizing our thoughts with the things we desire to attract into our lives and in this way the Law of Abundance will deliver them without fail…each and every time.

There is abundance everywhere and an unlimited supply is available to each and every one of us…right now…today.

Whatever type of abundance you are focusing on The Law Of Abundance assures that you will receive, whether it's an abundance of lack or an abundance of plenty…this will all depend on your thoughts and always remember that your prayers are part of your thoughts.

You will know at once when you are in alignment with the Law of Abundance because you will start experiencing outpourings of love and positive connections with people, animals and nature which will be accompanied by feelings of lightness and harmony with all of life. This will also tell you that you are on the right path to beginning to experience True Universal Unconditional Love.

Joy and gratitude will well up and overflow in your life as exciting avenues of abundance begin to open up everywhere for you to pursue. You will be blessed with sudden insights, realizations and all manner of “good things” will start to come your way and at the same time you will experience strong urges to share all that you have been given…you may even find yourself in tears for no particular reason and you will know instinctively that these are tears of joy and this will mean that you are that much closer to experiencing true unconditional love which is a feeling of oneness with the entire Universe.

At the very core of the Law of Abundance is the fact that we have actually already been given everything that we want. Those who are not living abundant lives need to take a closer look at their thoughts because sadly a lot of people only accept what they think they deserve and this then blocks abundance. It is the same with love, some people will only accept the love that they think they deserve and this is why we often see good people in bad relationships and this all stems from a negative thought process which stems from fear. If you are truly joyous and happy abundance will flow easily to your life and you just need to decide exactly how much abundance you can actually handle!

The basic principles of Law of Abundance

Have to give more than you receive

2. What you think about you bring about

The Law of Attraction, the Bible as well as Buddha all state that our thoughts control our lives and this is the truth.

3. Cultivate an attitude of gratitude

Throughout the Bible we are taught to always give thanks with a grateful heart and the reason for this is because the heart that is filled with gratitude attracts the most abundance. So in other words when we are filled with gratitude we are ready to receive abundance. This is why you will always hear a "Brother Judah" and most other followers of JAH Rastafari will always say "Give Thanks!" with a massive smile on his face. Praise JAH!

A grateful heart is not developed in a single moment it is the result of thousands of choices and it is constructed of sincere intentions which again boils down to our thoughts.

4. Always give thanks as though your blessing has already been received.

Abundance flourishes in a grateful heart so gratitude is the secret to love and love is the secret to everything.

How can Cannabis cure greed?

Cannabis brings us awareness that we spend a lifetime being trained to overlook and forget and put out of our minds.”~ Carl Sagan

Like many other worthy efforts, overcoming greed requires a lot of effort and discipline. It isn’t easy, but it can be done. It’s all a matter of taming your ego.

You will have to admit and accept that you have a problem as with all other problems.

As a young girl ii remember my Elders saying “The Herb reveals YOU to YOU!” and truly it took me some years to fully over-stand this concept in relation to the effects of psychedelics and truly this is exactly what this plant does and more…so you look inside yourself and you contemplate your emotions and feelings and this is what aids the human to become closer to the Source or Spirit or his God and closer to becoming a better human of high moral intent and filled with love for the universe…this is the consciousness of Cannabis.

Cannabis is all about Abundance…

The only thing really worth contemplating is how we are feeling…Cannabis helps you to embrace your light and your darkness and always makes you feel better…and this increased feeling of positivity is what brings us enlightment and helps us to grow spiritually. This is the abundance of the Cannabis plant.

The consciousness of the Cannabis plant is most concerned about the universe and the lesson of universal unconditional love through acceptance of the idea of connectivity and this feeling of oneness with the universe which is the idea that we are all one and the same and part of the same consciousness.

When a person has reached this level of consciousness there is no space in their lives to entertain greed because this type of consciousness is all about sharing the abundance.

Through the consciousness of the Cannabis plant we expand our own consciousness!

When we consume Cannabis, there is a strong tendency for the chakras to open wider to accommodate the increased flow of energy created by the high vibration of the plant.

Quite literally the consciousness of Cannabis improves the psychic connection from one person to another. So Cannabis consciously opens the chakras and raises our vibration to increase psychic power and connectivity.

The chakra system is not a physical system but rather a system made up of aspects of consciousness and it certainly seems clear that it is definitely the consciousness of the Cannabis plant alongside the newly discovered physiological system now known as The Endocannabinoid System, which is required to ensure that this system functions effectively. In other words we need Cannabis to survive!

There is a definite relationship between Cannabis and spirituality since the plant allows us to open our minds to the understanding of the universe and everything. The truth is this is one of the main reasons why Cannabis is still out of the reach of the average person because it would not suit the plans of the people who control our current system if we were to become conscious of their intentions.

Cannabis can change the way we behave…

Cannabis has the ability to alter human behavior, mood perception and consciousness and often promotes the meditation of sharing, humor and creativity, and feelings of euphoria or positive vibrations.

If Cannabis has something to tell us, what’s it saying?

Cannabis has earned the right to be respected, loved, adored, praised, and certainly the plant deserves to be explored in its entirety and it deserves to not be exploited but rather protected from the very people who are trying to keep it away from the people.

If we treat this plant with love we will instinctively know that positive benefits and outcomes are guaranteed for the entire universe physically, mentally, economically, medicinally and spiritually.

This sacred and life giving plant wants us to know that it has a consciousness which we are quite able to communicate with and tap into if we can just open our minds. People need to recognize that we have evolved with this plant practically since the beginning of time and the Cannabis plant has quite literally followed mankind across the Earth from Central Asia since after the last ice age.

If you look around the world today you can clearly see that almost daily we are being surprised, delighted, amazed and indeed healed by the miraculous properties hidden inside this once globally forbidden plant.

Cannabis wants us to stop seeing ourselves as separate from the universe and from one another. The Holy Herb wishes for us to become aware of our connection to Mother Earth, other planets and the entire universe but especially to one another and once we can grasp this truth then we will see that there is no need for greed and only Cannabis can teach us this vital lesson.

As a society we have become programmed to function for consumption and this has resulted in a culture of people addicted to abundance and extravagance.

And it is not just the wealthy who suffer from this addiction after all the greed of the elite actually depends on the relentless consumption by the rest of us so consumerism is needed to keep on feeding greed so without consumerism ii doubt there would be much greed.

One can just see the effects of consumer campaigns such as “Black Friday” where people are brainwashed by runaway materialism.

The message we keep hearing is to buy, buy, buy! It is both obvious and hidden. The manifested message in our society is that you'll be happier after you make your next purchase. You'll be more attractive, sexier, smarter and life will be better.

In my work as Cannabis Medicine Practitioner ii see a lot of people getting fatter, sicker, less sexy, less smart and mostly depressed. Often times ii have thought to write a letter to someone important at a food manufacturer and suggest that instead of using msg to make people more hungry to increase sales why don't they simply add Cannabis since it is a known fact that Cannabis makes people more hungry.

Believe me when ii say that there can never be enough Cannabis and this is how we experience "dry seasons" when sometimes there is literally no Cannabis available...so this is another reason why Cannabis can cure greed.

Greed can become a destructive habit that can be just as painful for the person with the greed problem as it is for those around him so we must be conscious that greed is a social problem and we should strive to live by example of the changes which we wish to see in our lifetimes only in this way will consciousness eventually shift towards the positive.

Cannabis is a known mood enhancer and also has the ability to reduce verbal and internal hostility towards other people. The reason for this is that Cannabis has the ability to relax people and a relaxed person is automatically in a better mood and less likely to become angry, irritable or anxious. So basically Cannabis ‘chills’ people out.

Cannabis is known to help people with sleep disorders and this in itself goes a long way to improving the mood.

Cannabis makes you laugh because it encourages your Pineal gland to produce Serotonin, your "feel good" hormone. Cannabis makes you sleep so well because it stimulates the Pineal gland to produce Melatonin the hormone responsible for regulating our sleep and wake patterns by communicating information about environmental lighting to various parts of the body.

In the end greed even fails the greedy…

Cannabis is quite literally the substance of which the bridge between body and mind is made up of and by gaining an understanding of this plant and its remarkable healing properties we begin to see how Cannabis is the fuel which drives the physiological engine of the Endocannabinoid system.

This understanding goes a long way to explaining how our positive state of consciousness can promote our physical and mental health in the exact same way as a negative state of consciousness can destroy our health and our lives.

“If everyone knew when enough was enough then there would be enough for everyone.” ~ Unknown