Human Evolution: Clearing out the deadwood - developing the body - tuning the mind - accessing the spirit
The Human Mind
The Holy Herb
The
work is taken from a book called Hemp
Lifeline
to the Future By Chris Conrad, Creative Xpressions publications Los
Angeles,
California.
The reason hemp was made illegal was in order
to sell oil instead of using the oil from hemp seeds.
No-one has ever found any detrimental effects
from the herb.
There is a control mechanism in place, as part
of the veil of illusion which centres around this very point.
Once the veil of illusion is lifted on this
subject,
the answers and reality are blatantly obvious.
Problems in understanding are usually caused
by inexperienced users who classify a normal garden herb along with the
manufactured evil drugs, due to a quirk of the law.
In
1894, the British Raj Commission made
a study
of hemp drugs in Indian belief systems, and reported that.......
"Yogis...
take deep draughts of bhang
that they
may centre their thoughts on the eternal ... By the help of bhang,
ascetics
pass days without food or drink. The supporting power of bhang has
brought
many a Hindu family safe through the miseries of famine. To
forbid,
or even seriously restrict use of so holy and gracious a herb as hemp
would
cause widespread suffering, deep seated anger and annoyance
to
the large bands of worshipped ascetics...
Obviously
the British Commission were not
aware
that ascetics do not have deep seated anger, but nevertheless, their
observations
are reasonably accurate.
The Hindu and the
Holy Herb
One
of the fundamental texts of Hinduism, the Rig Veda, from 1500 BC, says
"Drug plants preceded even the gods by three ages." Cannabis was a gift
from the gods, who spilled a drop of nectar onto the earth. Where it
touched
the ground, the hemp plant sprouted.(2). Hindus believe that Lord Shiva
brought the plant down from the Himalayas for human use and enjoyment.
One day, Shiva went off by himself in the fields. The shade of a tall
cannabis
plant brought him comfort and refuge from the blazing sun. He tasted
its
leaves and felt so refreshed that he adopted it as his favourite food,
hence the title: "Lord of Bhang."(3) Cannabis is also called Indrica,
the
food of the God Indra. The Supreme Lord Krishna at one point in the
Bhagavad-gita,
"I am the Healing Herb."(4)
In late Vedic India, cannabis was used in fire
ceremonies for good fortune as well as for healing. The fourth book of
the Vedas, the last accepted into the orthodox religion, written around
1400 BC, calls it one of the "five kingdoms of herbs ... which release
anxiety.
(2)Schultes,
Richard & hofmann,
Albert. Over
de Planten der Goden. Spectrum Boek.Utrecht Holland. 1983 p.92
(3)Abel, E. Marihuana: The first 12,000 years.
Plenum Press. NY NY. 1980 p.17
(4)Bhagavad-gita Ch 9:16
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What is Hemp?
Hemp is a variety of the Cannabis sativa plant that contains no
psychoactive properties and is grown for fiber and seed production. Hemp can be used to
make over 25,000 different products, including textiles, paper, paint, biofuel, particle
board, plastics, cordage, and food.
Hemp fiber and its seed have a history of human use over 10,000
years old, but is currently illegal to cultivate in the U.S., making us the only
industrialized country in the world that does not allow its farmers to grow this
beneficial crop.
Can you eat hemp seed?
Yes! Hemp grain has been used throughout history as an abundant
and nutritional food source. Hemp grain produces two distinct food products: oil and
flour. The oil is made into salad dressings, soups, butter, and cheese. The flour can be
used as a complement to wheat or corn flour to make breads, pancakes, pizza dough,
cookies, and many other foods.
How do you process the grain?
The hemp grain that we use in our food products is imported from
China and Canada and is sterilized so it will not grow. We press the hemp grain using a
cold expeller press to extract the seed oil, which comprises 30% of the weight of the
seed. After the oil has been removed, a seed "cake" remains. We grind and sift
this cake to produce high-quality hemp flour.
How healthy is hemp grain?
Hemp grain is the most nutritionally complete seed on the planet
for human consumption. Each hemp seed contains 25% protein. This protein is more easily
digestible than the protein in soybeans because it contains a perfect ratio of essential
fatty acids (EFA's). EFA's are important for strengthening your immune system and
protecting you from disease. Fish oil and flax oil are also high in EFA's, but hemp
contains the most perfect ratio of EFA's for human consumption. Hemp grain is also high in
iron and calcium and is an excellent source of dietary fiber (click
here to see more information regarding the health benefits of hemp seed).
What does it taste like?
Delicious! Hemp seeds have a nutty flavor. When processed into
flour and mixed with wheat or corn flour, the taste of the seeds is subtle, but provides
hemp foods with a hearty and healthy flavor. Some say it "tastes like freedom."
Why not "de-hull" the hemp seeds?
The most nutritional benefits come from using the whole seed.
Removing the shell, or "de-hulling", hemp seeds has been touted by some food
manufacturers to make the hemp seed less gritty and to reduce the possibility of using
hemp seeds containing over the Canadian limit of 0.1% THC residue. BHC prefers to use the
whole seed to process into flour, thereby maintaining the healthy fiber contained in the
hull. Our grinding process produces a flour so fine as to eliminate any grittiness that
might be present with less rigorous processing. And we preserve all of the dietary fiber,
one of the main benefits of eating hemp food! De-hulling the seeds is an unnecessary and
expensive process. Since we rely on licensed Canadian producers, we guarantee our products
will not exceed the Canadian limit on THC residue and will not cause a positive urinalysis
test for THC.
Important news!
Researchers working for the Federal Government have been unable to find
a dose of marijuana big enough to reliably kill a rat. In
humans, the lethal dose is at least one-third your body weight,
consumed in fifteen minutes. see What is the lethal dose of marijuana?
at
http://druglibrary.org/schaffer/library/mj_overdose.htm
Human Evolution: Clearing out the deadwood - developing the body - tuning the mind - accessing the spirit
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