New user here, looking for mostly relaxation, fantasy, dream stuff because I don't care for the rest of the stuff here. But let me clear up a few misconceptions that seem to be prevalent within this community.
Shad_Phoenix wrote:Marijuana affects your brain function. What you get is a trance.
No, when you smoke, vaporize or ingest cannabis your perceptions are altered and you feel a 'high'. This is not a trance state.
Nymphaea wrote:In my oppinion, it isnt worth it, and you shouldn't use the stuff in the first place.
So you think listening to hypnosis files, which seem to have no quality control, is any better?
First of all, there is nothing wrong the recreational use of cannabis, there is no legitimate scientific data to support any of the propaganda claims made by federally funded studies. It doesn't impair your memory when your not using, it doesn't kill brain cells, and actually most studied and peer reviewed literature shows that chemicals in pot can help not only alleviate the symptoms of many diseases, but also have a medicinal effect in improving health of those who are sick. (like inducing apoptosis in vitro cancer cultures).
Meanwhile, you think that smoking pot is bad, yet clearly promote these audio files, when left in the hands of the credulous could be very dangerous. Hypnosis is all up to the user to if they want to be put into a state of suggestion and even past that its still the user's responsibility if they want to buy into most of the crap they listen too.
For instance, there are many trans gender files which I listened to out of curiosity and I was somewhat disturbed at what I heard. I'll boil it down quickly, though, but if you think its safer to listen files that support an unrealistic definition of feminine beauty, support eating disorders in order to attain said feminine beauty and essentially promoting one persons hypnotic of what it means to be another gender then you are running into problems. I mean, if you whole sale buy into the power of hypnosis 100% then I think you are having an ethical dilemma here if you think that smoking pot is something 'people shouldn't do' in comparison to some of the crap floating around here.
Now, having said that, cannabis and any mind altering substances should be used responsibly in the given context.
Nymphaea wrote:generally, it impedes brain function, which brain function is what is needed for a decent bit of hypnosis.
I disagree. Pot doesn't impair anything, its simply altering and 'diverting' the amount of activity in certain parts of the brain via neuroendocrines. The high increases one's fascination with what ever they are focusing on. If you can focus on one thing while high then I would have to think it would only heighten the experience if one trained their focus enough.