Q&A

"It’s called being stoned because you have the IQ of a rock.”"
Some teachers get questions like, "Why are we here?" and "What’s the meaning of life?" In addition to those, The Chemical Buddha also got, "Why do they call it being stoned?" Of course, the people who asked those questions were usually stoned out of their fucking gourds, so it didn't really matter what his reply was, they would just giggle. And because he was stoned, he would just giggle too. Boy those were good times. Just so you know, his answer to, "Why are we here?" Is "Where else should we be?" Or "Why not?" And his answer to "What’s the meaning of life?" was "To live." Now granted, these weren't the greatest answers in the world, and he may have actually said some other things, but we were stoned most of the time we were around him.
What are the big questions you ask about your life?
How satisfied are you with your answers?
Why are you here?
What’s the meaning of your life?

Just Be-ing

“There is another level of ‘being.’ It is called ‘being stoned.’”
The Chemical Buddha believed there were lots of levels of being. And the more awakened you were to those other ways, the more you could put yourself in someone else’s shoes and empathize with their plight. He thought making judgments about someone else's life based on the view from the outside was one of the biggest hurdles people had to overcome before being able to appreciate the total beauty of what was around them. Was he better than some crack whore who sucked dick so she could get high? He thought so until he found himself sucking dick to get the same thing. The view from his knees made him appreciate that he didn’t need money to get high. But then again, maybe the point was lost on him.
Who do you think you’re better than? Who do you think you’re worse than?
How often do you find your judgments about other people to be right? How often do you find that they’re wrong?

Back to the Future

“Too many people worry about what's next instead of what's now.”
The Chemical Buddha was all about the now. Except when he was looking forward to his next high or lay. Which was pretty much all the time. But we digress. He found people worried about what was going to happen next and missed what was happening now. Before someone even had a moment to enjoy the bite of food they were eating, they were already taking the next bite. He thought this was because the brain was all about looking for the 'what’s next.' While the body was about enjoying the what’s now. TCB found being stoned slowed his brain down enough for him to enjoy what’s now. He had heard that other's used meditation to do the same thing.
Do you live your life in the past, present or future?
Where would you prefer to live you life? What would it take for you to do it?

Fuel Injection

“Inject a new reality.”
The Chemical Buddha was deathly afraid of needles. And if he were still around to ask, we’re sure he would say it was the needles that killed him and not the heroin. But that takes us away from the lesson of today’s insight. What TCB would want you to take away from this is how he overcame his fear of needles. And by walking through that which terrified him, he was able to experience things he never dreamed imaginable. In fact, he might have never been able to attain the level of enlightenment he eventually reached. Therefore, he would not have become the TCB we all know, love and follow today. Of course, The Chemical Buddha was already really stoned when he first had someone inject him and he squealed like a baby pig, but that’s another story.
What are you afraid to do?
Is it possible you may find something worthwhile on the other side of that fear? Maybe places you never dreamed imaginable?

Meet Mr. Happy

“We're all fundamentally unhappy.”
The Chemical Buddha couldn’t quite figure people out. Most seemed to focus on what was wrong, rather than what was right. Others seemed to worry more about when the good times would end, rather than enjoying them while they were going on. TCB figured unhappiness was man’s natural state and happiness, therefore, must be the unnatural state. He surmised that we must be fundamentally unhappy. But he couldn’t quite reconcile that with the fact that he spent his waking hours feeling happy. Of course, maybe that was because he was either drunk or stoned most of the time. When he first starting promoting his alternative lifestyle/religion, he made this one of its pillars. But, no matter how unhappy it seemed to make them, most people choose to cling to their current lifestyle.
What do you cling too? Does it make you happy or unhappy?
Would letting go of it free you up for something else or have you convinced yourself it won’t make a difference?