EP 171 — Ryan Sprague — the Cannabist — Healing Through Science and Ceremony

"Wolfgang Polly" and Spirituality Benefits of Plant Medicines Key takeaways: - Wolfgang Polly was a famous quantum physicist known for his temperamental nature and criticism of 'shiddy ideasha' - The speaker has had beautiful experiences with cannabis and believes it can help people connect with nature and feel chee - Plant medicines can teach people how to open their pathways and communicate with plants Transcript: Speaker 1 Wolfgang polly, for those you don't know, was a famous quanum physicist, but he was known to be quite temperamental and not very nice to people that had what he called shiddy ideasha. He would say, that idea is not even wrong, it's worse than wrong. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. Speaker 2 A feather ruffler, you know. Speaker 1 And, you know, on the spiritual benefits i've had, and taught many of my students for this reason, but i've had absolutely beautiful experiences with the right a cannabas, doing things like walking in nature, talking to plants and trees, connecting to them, a doing tiche i've, i've had many peop that can't feel chee. You know, that's pretty common in our western culture. But you give somebody a little bit of good pot like you grow, and then take em out and teach em ti chee. And i haven't met anybody that can't feel the chee field when they're on the right medicine. So one of the things that the plant medicines of all types have taught me is that they they actually teach you how to get the pathways open. So once yo recognize that your plant does communicate with you, and you know that it's real, then you don't need the pot 100 %. (Time 0:17:59)

Learning from Plant Medicines, Using Cannabis as Support and Teacher Key takeaways: - The speaker believes that cannabis can be a helpful tool in learning and exploration, but emphasizes the importance of not becoming overly reliant on it. - Plant medicines should be viewed as powerful teachers, but it is important to eventually integrate the lessons learned without the use of the medicine. Transcript: Speaker 1 If i was a gardener, i'd probably really enjoy smoking pot and going to work, ye. But then i'd have to be worried about clogging my system, you know. He but, but i like to use it to learn from the plant. And that's, you know, like when i'm, ah, you know, doing meditations or, like i do a lot of astral travel ord remote viewing, find that the canabus can be very supportive. That you get the right strain, and it can really be supportive. But the point i'm making is that i say, ok, wow, you know, i learn that i can go into this dimension, then i say, ok, now let me do it without the pot because i don't want to become chained to anything. And i think, you know, if we look at plant medicines as teachers, they are very, very powerful teachers. But, you know, a good analogy as if you're, if you're a six year old and mommy's trying to teach you how to tie a shoe. You don't want to end up being 26 still asking your mam how to tie a shoe. Yes, exactly. You know, if you don't learn from the plants, then you start abusing the plants. Speaker 2 It goes from a medicine to a substance. Yes, that's a big shift. They're right. It's not simply a medicine, simply a substance. (Time 1:32:08)

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