Best wishes Aegel..

I think the FDA should do their job and ban cigarettes..
Tobacco is a HEALING plant..cigarettes are a poison.

I hate cigarettes. They are filled with discusting toxins..bleached paper..filters that deposit fiberglass into the lungs..

Real organic tobacco should be legal..and used properly for the medicine it is..cigarettes shold be gone.

Terribly sorry to hear about your dad. I hope he gets well.
As for me Im about 2 months free and am never going back. This was encouraging to tell you the least.

This is a point, FE, legalized cigarets are cut with loads of shits to help hooking up people, that is a really nasty way of using chemie...
Tobacco itself is not the problem.

thanks for the post aegle...just want to say that i think you are a beautiful person, from reading your posts i can tell you are a very sensitive person.
i did pass the message to my wife, i think about this often...cigarettes are just useless in my opinion.
peace and love

I dislike cigarettes on so many levels, they smell, they cost a lot of money, the high sucks, they're extremely addicting and most of all they're very unhealthy.

Of my close friends almost all of them smoke, its sad to think that because of their stupid habit some of them might not get to live life to the fullest.

I don't however think that any drugs should be criminalized, including cigarettes.

rOm

You are too kind my friend, yip as a non-smoker i really battle being around smokers. Even more so now then ever after my dad had his heart attack and operation. Mushies are truly really special, they have such an immense ability to heal...For you to help your girlfriend to stop smoking is such a compassionate thing to do. I have felt the heart beat of our beautiful earth, swum through the ocean with my whale bothers and sisters (I was one of them once) during my mushie journeys. Mushies definitely hold a special and sacred place within my heart, I'm really moved that mushies have also touched you in a deep and profound way my friend. Indeed my father has grown and changed so much since the heart attack and operation its really a beautiful metamorphosis to witness...

Much Love and Courage to you to my friend!


Much Peace and Compassion

Fractal Enchantment

Thank you for the wishes my friend, I don't think that the FDA has any ones best interests at heart sadly. I couldn't agree with you more, brilliantly said indeed..
Again thank you so much for the kind thoughts it really means a lot.


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Aegle - There is nothing I can say to ease the fright, pain, and acute realism of the experience you and your dad are going going through. I lost my dad a few years ago in a sudden and tragic incident related (indirectly) to improper use of legal, "symptom masking", addictive drugs, so on some level I can relate. I am glad that your dad is recovering, and I'm glad his perspective on life and health has changed for the better.

As hard as I'm sure it was to share, I'm glad you did decide to share. My deepest and most sincere healing energy goes out to both you and your dad.

Peace, health, and a speedy recovery to you both.
-idt

Nodice

Thank you, i hope he makes a complete recovery to. It warms my heart greatly that my post was some sort of encouragement to you my friend, the one and only reason that i made this thread was to encourage and inspire others to make the change in their lives and stop smoking...Keep going strong, i know that you can keep it up.


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Aegle,
I am very sorry to hear about your dad. The only advise I can give is to make sure you let him know how truly special he is to you and live your lives as though it could end tomorrow. My dad passed away 4 months ago to lung and throat cancer from a life of smoking. He was diagnosed and and told he had six months. He died a week later. I was very close to him and we constantly told each other how we felt. When he passed I felt so grateful that we had always voiced our love for each other and there were no words unsaid or emotions kept hidden. I dont know what your relationship to him is. You sound as though you love him very much. Make sure he knows that.
As for cigarettes being illegal I do not think that is the answer. Yes there are corporations making millions of dollars but the fact is people will smoke and if its illegal the criminals will be the ones making millions and bringing the extra violence etc that comes with criminal networks. At least people know what they are buying when legal. I think all drugs should be legal. Every weekend there are kids popping pills that have no idea of what they are actually taking. If these thing were legal people would know exactly what they are getting and far less people would die from poisoning or overdose.

Tell your dad good luck with his new life and freedom from cigarettes.

Teotenakeltje

No worries, thank you for your more than kind words I'm greatly moved that you think so... Your post brought tears to my eyes, i just try in my own small little way to bring a ray of light into any ones life as we all have our own difficulties and troubles. If i can spread compassion and give someone a helping hand, even in a small way i will...
I'm delighted that you have passed on my message my friend.


Much Peace and Love

Allnatural

Perfectly said my friend


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Idtravlr

Such beautiful words my friend, I am so deeply sorry to hear about your dad... I wish you much peace and love...
It was really difficult for me to even post this thread but i knew that i had to. If i could even help one person in some small way with this thread than my heart would beam with great joy as nothing makes me happier than helping others.

Thank you so much for sending your deepest and most sincere healing energy my friend it is greatly appreciated...


Much Peace and Rainbows

Sillysyban

Things have changed a lot with my dad i can see that he takes life far more seriously and he appreciates everyday, i really love my dad a lot and i do let him know all the time how special he is to me and how grateful I am everyday to have him in my life. I'm really so deeply sorry for your loss my friend it cant be easy losing your dad... I hope that you have found some peace...

I agree with you that cigarettes should not be made illegal, I'm just horrified by the way our society has so many entheogens so tightly and heavily controlled. When it comes to seriously harmful and damaging substances like cigarettes and alcohol they aren't regulated at all and are made freely available... It would make far more sense if you were going to prohibit anything should it not rather be cigarettes and alcohol?

Thank you for the luck its always needed...


Much Peace and Happiness

For what it's worth Aegle. Your avatar brings a ray of light into my life every time I see it.

I've tried to think of how to say this in a way that doesn't sound all creepy and stalker-ish, cuz it's not... But your avatar just pulls me in and surrounds me with an incredible sense of genuine warmth, love, passion, and beauty. I think I'm in love with her... She's very much as I see the soul of my wife during experiences of the higher fungi. Pure, warm, understanding, and true.

Sorry, not meant to derail your post, I just wanted to relate back to the "ray of light" bit, and let you know that even in this small way, you are sharing one.

Peace,
-idt

I am pretty sure I know that picture from your avatar. Isnt it a picture of a fairy? If it is its funny because I saw that picture in a newspaper about 8 years ago. I cut it out and framed it for my girlfriend. Thanks also for your kind words. It was and is still hard but you know I didnt do it as hard as the rest of my family. Because of my experiences with entheogens I see the world differently. I am not religious in the classical sense but I know he is with the spirit of the earth. It is where he belongs.

im so sorry to hear this Aegle.

its times like this that words fail me.

your just an amazing and inspirational tyrade of positivity, love and compassion on here. your one of the 1st to help others and always have a kind and reassuring words of influence for us all. you dont deserve to go through such horrific times.

your sincerity and empathy you radiate has the most profound effect on us here.

my thoughts are also with you my dear.

xxx

Idtravlr

Thank you for saying so my friend, I'm beaming with great joy that my avatar brings even a small ray of light into your life. I don't find what your saying creepy at all, i am greatly honoured and touched that you feel that way about my avatar. When i first stumbled upon the drawing i knew it had a special something... I love how she has stone growing over her arms and neck, she is of the earth...pure and strong.

No worries I'm am over joyed that even through something as small as my avatar, I can bring a ray of light into your life...
Compassion is my purpose...


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Sillysyban

Thats amazing my friend, its incredible how we are all interconnected even through small little things like a picture... I think it was really beautiful of you to frame the picture for your girlfriend. No worries, any time that you need a kind word or two let me know... Entheogens are such precious treasures, the knowledge and wisdom gained from journeying with these sacred medicines is infinte. I think when we all die its just a moment of transition into something new and beautiful, we all become part of the earth and everything that exists within conciousness...


Much Peace and Sunshine

Ambi-Lysergance

I'm doing ok my friend thank you so much for your lovely words, my dad is recovering really well and he has been completely transformed in a powerful and positive way from this awful series of events. I'm am greatly humbled and moved by your too kind words my friend. I just try my best to spread as much love and compassion as i can, life isn't easy and i think we all have our really hard and difficult times. I hope that you are ok my friend if i can help in any way please let me know... Thank you for all your warmth and kindness it really means a lot to me...


My thoughts are also with you Kind Sir.


Much Peace and Rainbows