🌿 “Cannabis: The Sacred Plant of Balance”

pvdbovenkamp
Sep 18
3 min read

Updated: Oct 13

Cannabis is one of humanity’s oldest plant allies. For thousands of years, it has been revered as medicine, sacrament, and teacher. Yet in modern times, it has also been demonised, misunderstood, and reduced to stereotypes. To walk with cannabis consciously is to see beyond the fog of propaganda, misuse, and fear — and to rediscover its sacred role in healing, awakening, and balance.

🌸 Cannabis as a Sacred Herb

Across cultures, cannabis has held a sacred place:

Spiritual Gateway: Shamans, yogis, and mystics used it to enter altered states, expand perception, and commune with spirit. In India, cannabis (bhang) is linked with Lord Shiva, the destroyer of illusion. In Rastafarianism, it is a sacrament that purifies, deepens meditation, and connects to Jah.
Earth Connector: It bridges root and crown — grounding the body while elevating the mind, uniting earth and sky.
Mirror Plant: Cannabis amplifies what is within — clarity if you enter with clarity, chaos if you enter with chaos.

🌱 Benefits of Cannabis

Physical Benefits

Relieves pain, inflammation, and nausea.
Supports sleep, appetite, and digestion.
Neuroprotective properties studied for epilepsy, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s.

Mental & Emotional Benefits

Reduces anxiety and stress (especially CBD-rich strains).
Elevates mood, inspires creativity, enhances focus.
Reveals hidden emotions for healing and integration.

Spiritual Benefits

Deepens meditation and prayer.
Dissolves ego barriers, opening unity consciousness.
Supports ritual, ceremony, and inner vision.

⚖️ The Cons and Risks

Cannabis, like all sacred medicines, has two faces:

Overuse dulls intuition, clouds memory, lowers motivation.
High-THC strains can trigger paranoia or anxiety.
Heavy use may disrupt sleep cycles.
Smoking irritates lungs.
Some use cannabis as escape instead of integration.

👉 The golden rule: Cannabis is a teacher, not a crutch. Respect the plant, and it will respect you.

🚫 Misunderstandings Today

Seen only as a “drug” instead of a sacred medicine.
The “lazy stoner” stereotype hides its true creative and healing potential.
Governments and industries demonised it for profit and control.
Medical myths: either dismissed as useless or idolised as a cure-all.
Confusion between THC (psychoactive visionary fire) and CBD (healing, grounding water).
Some mistake cannabis highs for permanent enlightenment, forgetting the inner work beyond the plant.

🧬 THC vs CBD

THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol): Psychoactive, expands perception, relieves pain, stimulates appetite. Sacredly: fire that burns illusions and opens vision.
CBD (Cannabidiol): Non-psychoactive, calms anxiety, heals inflammation, regulates sleep. Sacredly: water that soothes and balances.
Together they create the entourage effect, working in harmony like fire and water.

🌞 Sativa vs 🌙 Indica

Sativa: Uplifting, cerebral, creative. Best for day, art, and activity. Sacredly: spirit rising to the sky.
Indica: Grounding, calming, body-heavy. Best for night, rest, healing. Sacredly: rooting into the earth.
Hybrids: Balance of both energies, teaching unity of heaven and earth.

🌱 Male vs Female Plants

Female plants: The medicine mothers — producing the buds rich in cannabinoids and terpenes.
Male plants: The guardians — producing pollen to carry the lineage forward.
Hermaphrodites: Dual energy in one body — symbolic of inner balance.

🌼 Sorts (Strains)

Each strain is an ally with its own lesson, shaped by terpenes (aromas):

Limonene = citrus uplift.
Myrcene = earthy grounding.
Pinene = clarity and focus.
Linalool = floral calm.

Choosing a strain is like choosing which teacher-spirit to walk with.

⚙️ Autoflowering Plants

Flower automatically after a set time, regardless of light cycles.
Bred from Cannabis ruderalis, a hardy northern species.
Pros: faster harvest, easier to grow, resilient.
Cons: smaller yields, lower potency than traditional plants.
Sacredly: teachers of self-timing, autonomy, and resilience.

⚖️ Legalisation: Why It Matters

The Netherlands pioneered tolerance with cannabis, and the benefits are clear:

Health: Regulated, safe cannabis replaces dangerous street products.
Medical: Patients gain access to healing without fear.
Freedom: Adults reclaim sovereignty over body and mind.
Crime: Black market power weakens, prisons unclog.
Economy: Taxes fund schools, healthcare, research, jobs.
Environment: Hemp offers eco-friendly paper, textiles, fuel, and building materials.
Consciousness: Legalisation shifts society from fear to acceptance, from punishment to healing, from control to freedom.