More Zen than the Pope

[mythteller]

I was at a birthday party a couple of weekends ago and I was chatting with a girl I hadn't seen for awhile, catching up on our news.

As the birthday boy passed, he made a comment that caused her to reply "I smoke pot and work with clay everyday. I'm so Zen, you would not believe it."

To which I burst out laughing. "Smoking pot does not make you Zen. Achieving a Zen state is about conditionning your mind and body to achieve a higher state of being, giving you access to your higher self and the enlightenment and peace that comes with that. Getting stoned and saying that it's a true Zen state is like eating a bagel and saying you're Jewish!"

She promptly shut me down and said that I was not allowed to contradict her for the rest of the night. Seeing how this was supposed to be a joyous occasion, I did not challenge her further, but it kinda killed the conversation.

And she wonders why I don't keep in touch much anymore.

Comments

[concordantnexus.livejournal.com]

Pot smokers use Buddhist imagery and vocabulary cause they think it's cool.

A Buddha is a joint amongst other things and you often see the wooden big bellied Buddhas in student's cribs coz they supposed to be good luck.


But yeah, I'd tend to agree with you. :)