more info on marijuana and dreaming.
[i'm not that experienced at lucid dreaming, so all this is hypothetical but i still believe it has some weight to it for those whom may be interested.]
this is long and slightly off topic. please forgive me.
i read a thread about wilding on marijuana and thought this might be helplful. it was a little off topic so i decided to start a new thread.
i am brand new to lucid dreaming. literally i read about it last night. i smoke a fair amount of weed. usually everyday. okay i admit i'm on like a month long streak. smoked everyday... but that's a little beside the point. it's time to school. i think the kind of weed you use could be very important in successfully using marijuana to help attain access to certain steps in becoming lucid [i.e. SP, sporadic imagery.] different kinds create different highs.
there are two general species of pot. cannabis sativa and cannabis indica. [there are also many hybrids of the two i.e. 25 percent sativa 75 percent indica.]
ganja does different things to everyone but generally speaking these are the the differences between the two and how they might relate to lucid dreaming and you.
sativa: the more common of the two. light clean smell [good stuff smells very strong but still light.] smokes and tastes that way too. a uplifting giggly high. more of a head high than indica. expands thoughts and mind. stimulates abstract or interesting thought patterns. very trippy sort of thing. for me sativa gives way better visuals. [not that visuals are really a pot thing].
high best described as extremely "cerebral".
indica: very strong skunky smell. compared to catpiss but definetly smells way better! is more of a body high. like a sort of *laying on the floor drooling* high. it gives users strange but usually pleasent feelings such as a sensation of spinning when your eyes are closed. or feeling your limbs tingle. when i didn't have a tolerance i used to feel like i was being pushed outward from the inside of my body. users may feel wind or pressure that isn't there. these sensations can and usually do involve the entire body. the sensations may be different in different areas but usually if your leg feels wierd so does everything else. [yeah even there]. really good indica can make people feel as if every movement is slow, tedious and as if moving is nearly impossible and sensitive indiviuals can sometimes find themselves fully paralyzed at high doses. very good pain killing qualities. indica is less getting stoned and more getting bouldered.
[THIS IS A GENERAL STATEMENT!!! POT WILL AFFECT YOU DIFFERENTLY THAN THAT ONE GUY YOU KNEW THAT TIME AND EVERYONE ELSE AS WELL!!! there is a head high that goes with indica sometimes and a body high with sativa sometimes depending on specific strain, setting, mind set and indiviual. i am merely outlining the main differences between the two species.]
if you have trouble with keeping your mind awake while your body sleeps then it seems to me weed won't help at all because this shit has a tendency to knock you out after awhile. but if you want to try it i say go for it. if weed makes you very sleepy try some sativa at first. sativian strains include: durban poison, purple haze, silver haze [or another color haze. it doesn't matter as long as it's <insert favorite color> haze.] northern lights is also a good sativian strain. be careful. alot of sativa will make your mind race sometimes. especially if smoking a shit ton right before bed. some strains are know to acutally wake you up. [i know it's beside the point but this makes sativa perfect for the all infamous "wake and bake!!!"
indica should be helpful if you have alot of trouble relaxing your body. indica would not be my choice for helping with lucid dreams because it's makes your mind sluggish as well as you body. it's generally easier to find because it's high is more stupifying to most people. generally prefered by heavy smokers and heavy smokers buy more than light smokers. supply and demand guys... anyway if your mind has trouble relaxing this would be good to try. be careful because too much and you'll just pass out and end up not waking up for your r.e.m. alarm at all. you'll wake and look at the clock and notice you slept for 12 hours. good indica strains include, orange kush, lemon skunk, and afghani.
these can be somewhat hard to come by still. most people have some mid with orange hairs they're trying to pass off as orange kush or something. try for dro. real dro is all indica but what you get well most likely still be considered dro but with a little sativa in it's genetics. still a good place to start because it is pretty easy to find. at least where i live.
[it is rare to find pure indica or sativa. shit just gets mixed up over the years. buying seeds and growing your own is the only foolproof way of knowing what you have 100%. most seeds from amsterdam and shit that you find on the internet can be trusted to be what they say they are. most not all!!! it's usually easy to tell which strain is more prominent in what you've got once you've had a good whif of both species. indica and sativa smell very similar but very different at the same time.]
all the strains listed in this thread are almost always extremely potent if they are what you're dealer claims. just as general rule, orange kush will have an orangish smell. lemon skunk/lemon ect. purple haze should be purple tinted. all should glitter from thc crystals [thc is what gets you high] be very sticky and knock you back when you smell it. the listed strains are name brands that are on every amsterdam coffeeshop menu. they will kick your ass. dosage differs but i suggest take a hit every two minutes until you feel like it's time to try to attain lucidity. you'll learn how to pace yourself and know when to stop after time. gauging your high isn't all that difficult. just a little practice. any questions over authenticity of weed can usually be answered with a internet search. if you aren't sure then Private Message me [sn is lysergic] and be prepared with a couple of pictures of it.
for me i think a hybrid would be most effective in this experiment. about a 60% sativa 40% indica would be ideal for me but i'll pursue this when i know how to attain lucidity a little better. white widow is the all-mighty godess of weed. it's a hybrid which shows it doesn't have to be pure strain to be extremely potent. this is honestly the only hybrid i recommend just because if you ever set out specifically to try a hybrid this is the one to try. hybrids are the easiest to find just because like i said, shit gets mixed up over the years.
other hybrids include: holland's hope [on par with white widow. a must try as well], hindu kush, crytal and blue mystic.
i don't like indica alot it makes my teeth feel super wierd. :banana:
any question about any drug can usually be answered by erowid.com you should visit that website everytime you try a drug you aren't familar with. know what you are putting in your body. IT CAN KILL YOU. weed won't. but everything else except lsd/lsa can do it fairly easy. please please please please please, be one hundred percent sure about what you're taking.
disclaimer [lysergic is not responsible for your drug habits. different people do and experience many different things. your choices are your own decisions. i'm merely trying to give you some information on the subject.] those whom are interested i encourage to try it. those who aren't shouldn't have read this far.
