इम्तेल्लेक्टुँल Marijuana

I do not do drugs. Never did. Have scant respect for people who do drugs. Incidentally, to me, marijuana (or pot or weed, or call-it-what-you-will) comes under the broad category of drugs.

However, there is something called intellectual marijuana. It gives an all time high. I wonder how many experience this. Totally non-addictive (not that marijuana is....) and hugely satisfying.

Actually, this blog comes as a direct response to my email, "random thoughts" . The mail brought in a lot of flack and a lot of kudos too. Why, the flack, I don't know, because surely I am entitled to an opinion, just as much others are. Besides, there was that disclaimer in the word "most". Today's youth apart from being bland, insipid and docile (for all the wrong reasons) do not read fine print.

Intellectual marijuana can be a good and satisfying read/book, music, an adda session over a cup of chai, a sheer blank-thought hour lying on the couch.....anything. Even a skype chat over the net rejuvenates the mind. A holiday in the hills, or a trip to Paris is even better. Does not require marijuana.

What one does require, however, are
a) a huge mental expanse.
b) strength of character.
c) a wild and fertile imagination.
d) some (read few) friends, who are actually friends.
e) an intellect (or mind) which you own, and is nobody elses property.
f) a non-insular, non parochial environment.
A cup of tea helps, so does a rainy afternoon. Sometimes a feeling of ennui.

Whatever be your vice.....partake of it. Drugs are a stupid second.