Shiva is associated with the Bilva leaf, with the Cannabis 🌿 etc. Here is an extract that you may find illuminating, May Lord Shiva bless you with calmness and Intellect. Remember Intoxication is not Illumination. One does not need to be intoxicated to realize the truth and godhood. 1.Lord Shiva's association with Ganja: God is absolute. He is all powerful and supreme. He is the source of all energy and he does not need any input from outside to be able to function or act. In fact, since he is all pervasive, there is nothing which is not him. All that we see in the material universe are nothing other than his manifestations. In Hinduism, Lord Shiva is considered as the embodiment of the Highest reality. He is the Supreme Godhead worshipped as Linga. 2.God is absolute: Lord Shiva is often depicted as a mendicant with the ash from the burial grounds smeared all over his body. He wears a ragged animal skin and moves about like a weird one in the crematory grounds dancing in ecstasy. ...
Why bad things happen to good people? ” is an excellent question. There are no easy answers. Lord Krishna said: CREATION IS HIS LEELA - childlike expression of God. * Lord Krishna said, good and bad things happen to people according to their accumulated karmic debt. * Sometimes those "karmic debt" may be due to the actions done in this life BUT also it could be due to the "Karmic debt" inherited through previous lives. * God has given us absolute freedom of thoughts and actions and what we do with that freedom is left to each one of us. Lord Krishna said: “God does not decide Karma each one of us should do, nor he induce people to act, nor does he creates fruits of any action. Each person acts according to his Vasanas (Past and present perceptions of mind).” ( B.G 5:15 ) Lord Krishna said: “God is not responsible for anyone’s sinful (Papa) activities or pious (Punya) activities. People are mistaken about this Since their knowledge is covered by ignorance. ( B....