IN DEFENSE OF INTOXICATION, INEBRIATION AND GETTING HIGH
AN APPEAL TO SOBER PEOPLE.
Let the artists of all the world intoxicate themselves as they wish. They voluntarily approach death through intoxication because of their love for humanity, for they wish to approach Eternity as closely as possible in order to bring back with them some gift of the Divine which they then seek to express thru their art.
All of you sober teetotalers of the world have absolutely NO RIGHT to stop anyone from engaging in voluntarily inebriation if they choose to do so.
Name one, just one sober person in history, who has ever brought anything liberating and uplifting to the world. It can’t be done. Every extraordinary person who has brought something noble to the world has engaged in some form of intoxication, be it drugs, drinks or even spiritual rituals that alter consciousness in some way. All are forms of intoxication and inebriation.
Consciousness must be altered in some way to approach the Divine realms. Whether this alteration takes place through external means (chemicals, rituals, shamanic practices) or internal techniques (meditation, visualization, hypnosis) is of no consequence. For the body is the altar where we alter ourselves, to commune with Spirit.
No one has any right to stop, prevent or otherwise openly and forcefully restrict anyone from engaging in some kind of consciousness altering of their own choosing, as it pertains to their own personal experience of Divine communication, artistic inspiration, or even just to enjoy the company of friends. As long as the intent is noble, then no one entity be it a single person or a government, nor any group of entities, has ever had, currently has, or ever will have the right to stop any other one entity or group of entities from engaging in whatever mode of consciousness alteration if they so freely choose to do so, as long as the reasons for such engagement are not in any way intentionally harmful to or otherwise directed at someone/something else.
Such a mode of conduct is a firm foundation upon which all great societies can rely with eternal confidence.
If sober people choose to remain so, then let them be. For they have no right to restrict others possessing noble intent from being non-sober if they so choose.
If people wish to intoxicate themselves, then let them be. For they have no right to coerce or otherwise force anyone who choosing to remain sober to abandon their sobriety and engage in any form of intoxication.
