Mexican-American musician Carlos Santana has been a long time advocate of marijuana, using the plant for decades.
In a recent Forbes interview conducted in Spanglish, Santana has opened up about his use of the plant.
“Cannabis is a frequency that’s been around since before the white people came from Europe. All the shamans, the curanderos, knew how to use this medicine to heal and correct molecular structure and consciousness. So, basically, it’s been around since they brought Jesus to America.”
“When you’re sad, miserable or angry, you have a misalignment too. So, what I’ve learned is that people who were smoking the herb, from Bob Marley to Bob Dylan, Jerry Garcia, or whomever, they have a different way of looking at life than what we were programmed,” he voiced.
“Jesus is not the only one who has a light. You do too. When we were born, we were given, imbued, celestial, heavenly powers. This means you can make miracles and blessings, but in order to do that you have to expand your mind to accept the spirit. And it’s not what religious, corrupt institutions feed you,” he added.
When it comes to federal prohibition of the drug, Santana remarked that it’s about fear and that politicians and religious institutions are “afraid to let people think for themselves.”
“If everyone is healthy and sane, you don’t need therapists; if everyone is saint, you don’t need the Pope. Governments and institutions are in the same business of selling you fear. So, when you light up, you begin to feel like a little child again, fearless. Children laugh at fear because they know it’s phony: Frankenstein, Dracula, a mummy, an illusion created to scare you,” he explained.
“But when you realize your light, tu luz, te salva de toda la estupidez, la oscuridad [your light saves you from all the stupidity and darkness], they are out of business. You won’t pledge your money to the Pope; you’re going to pledge your money to schools, to help people get clean water and roads…
“It’s all about consciousness, man. I’m just talking about consciousness. I’m not talking about communist or liberal, Democrat or Republican, I don’t care about any of that. All I care is: con ganas, se puede hacer todo si lo haces del corazón [with willpower, you can do anything, if you do it from the heart].”
