Ecumenical Relations

Very good rela­tions exist among the var­i­ous cannabis min­istries here. We went to The 1st Sun­day Reg­gae Church in Glen­wood. It’s orga­nized by Jesse Dawn and his band Jah Kine. He gave out free copies of their new CD, “Jah Kine Upris­ing.” There was another band there too. Not many peo­ple were in the audi­ence due to thun­der storms, but those who were there seemed very open and wel­com­ing. My wife and I enjoyed danc­ing dur­ing breaks in the rain includ­ing a cir­cle dance. It was good talk­ing with a local brah around my age who was very wel­com­ing and accepted us as kama’ainas, chil­dren of the land. He invited me to join him and his friends in com­mu­nion and to visit his ranch when­ever I like. That is the true aloha spirit.

Tues­day, Rev. Dan from the Church of Cog­nizance, a Neo-Zoroastrian cannabis sacra­ment min­istry a cou­ple of blocks away, vis­ited me at my home, sanctuary-temple. We com­muned and he explained his beliefs and min­istry to me. I am not very famil­iar with Zoroas­tri­an­ism, so it was inter­est­ing to hear his beliefs and prac­tices. We agreed to stay in touch and he said he would refer per­sons to me.

Wednes­day, I again vis­ited Roger at the Hawai’i Cannabis Min­istry office. We watched great waves in the bay and long board­ers rid­ing them as we talked. He went through the Sanc­tu­ary Kit and explained it to me. We also talked of how we could col­lab­o­rate in min­istry. I feel very at home and com­fort­able with this ministry.

On the way home, I met a neigh­bor and his friend walk­ing up the hill and gave them a ride to his house. He invited me and my wife to a big birth­day party last night at the home of a Rasta neigh­bor I have got­ten to know a lit­tle. It was a won­der­ful gath­er­ing with lots of com­mu­nity and love.

I find that the cannabis sacra­ment def­i­nitely helps build com­mu­nity (com­mu­nion) among many of the diverse per­sons who live in this area. It is truly the heal­ing herb and balm of the nations. May its spir­i­tual bless­ing spread.

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