11-12-2013, 01:53 PM
Someone like Matthieu Ricard exemplifies human potential. His method being meditating around compassion. It certainly has lasting effects while marijuana is temporary (dull psychological or physical pains/issues, temporarily alter consciousness). Marijuana can adversely affect your brain, esp when smoking it at critical developmental stages (childhood to early 20s) and could be used to cope with situations by dulling natural emotive processes.