Marijuana and Mediumship
Q: Would smoking marijuana be detrimental to the development of mediumship? (The person also commented that she knew that Native Americans used to put it in their Peace Pipes).
Hai: We would say to her that it is best not to rely on the drugs of this world for these drugs bring about a transitory change, transitory development. It is best if you can practice your Zen (smiling) to bring about more permanent enduring change and development. For the development of which she speaks of are possible through other means than these drugs of which she speaks. They are possible through other practices, through meditative practices, through developmental practices. Thereby she may make them particularly her own. They will no longer be transitory, but will be permanent. They will be enduring. They will be aspects of herself which she has internalised; which she has brought about; which she has achieved by her own efforts.
So we would suggest that this drug is of limited use, of no necessity, when it comes to development. However, we would not say that it would prohibit her from her development. We would not say that it would prevent her from her mediumistic development if indulged in without excess, in moderation. It would not be detrimental to her development. But we would also say that there is danger with all these drugs. What starts off in moderation may become addiction in some form or other. Therefore we would counsel that it is better to avoid them in the first place. But it would not prohibit or prescribe her from developing her mediumistic ability merely by the use of this drug. But it is these other considerations which we would counsel her to think about.
with reference to the Native Americans and their peace pipes Hai joked about there being peace for as long as they smoked their peace pipes, but after they finished perhaps tomahawks come out pretty fast.