Explaining marijuana use in meditation?

One of my favorite passtimes is to smoke cannabis from a chillum and go do meditation in my backyard. My cousin finds this stupid because he believes pot is meant just for fun. When I show him the finer points, He doesn't understand. He thinks meditation is just sitting with your eyes closed.

Is there anyway to enlighten him to the magic of cannabis and meditation?

 

Oh dear

 

not really, waht works for one may not work for others. if he has in his mind the concept of marijuana as purely a recreational drug, then thats' what it will be for him. in fact i think it looses much of its spiritual context when considered a "drug" as opposed to a plant. now, if you want to enlighten him to the creative potentials of cannabis i would suggest smoking some pot and doing something fun and creative like music or art. this will both be enjoyable and productive, and he may see how simple things in life can be done in a meditative style. but when it comes to meditation, we have to pick our methods, and marijuana is not necessary. true, i have found myself at very deep and interesting levels of meditation while high, but it isn't necessary and if you do it too often, one can get the impression that it is the drug rather than the human which is bringing one closer to liberation.