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title: The emWave2, Marijuana, Religion and Flowstates? - Limitless Mindset
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# The emWave2, Marijuana, Religion and Flowstates?

Ⓒ By **Jonathan Roseland**

Applied Neuroscience Strategist, K-Selected Biohacker, Tantric husband, Promethean peaceful parent, Adventuring philosopher, Raconteur, and Author. He spent +14 years researching the intersection of human performance enhancement and advanced personal growth in his obsessive quest - spanning three continents - to find real-life "NZT-48."

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One night, after completing 92 days of [intermittent sobriety](https://www.limitlessmindset.com/blog/limitless-lifestyle/774-lifehacking-sobriety-ethical-hedonism-in-south-america-vice-city), I smoked a joint with friends in a lovely park overlooking the city. In between laughing, coughing, and making plans to get snacks, I started wondering if - high on Marijuana - *I was in a state of Coherence*?

Getting my laptop, firing up the Heartmath software, and connecting the USB cord seemed like too much work (*hey, I was stoned!*) So I just laid in bed and used the **[emWave2](https://www.limitlessmindset.com/emwave2)** (*I doubt I'm the first biohacker to do this*).

It turns out **I wasn't in a state of Coherence; it** was a pretty normal meditative HRV training session. I started in the red zone and completed four green Coherence levels in about 15 minutes, with a big smile on my face, taking a lackadaisical tour of my mental happy places. What's interesting, though, is what happened a few moments after I finished; I found myself in a vivid flowstate.

The sensation that hit me mere moments after powering off the emWave2...

*I was transported through time and space back to the evangelical church in suburban Colorado, where I used to worship with a degree of passion that matched a few other things I have embraced over the years. **I felt an immense sense of clarity, introspection, and optimism.** *

It was one of those few times when I felt just like the character in the movie *Limitless*. Had I simply dwelt on this sensation, I probably would have been moved to tears, but I also had a *creative high* that kept my mind very busy. This sensation with weed and the emWave2 was completely novel to me; I rarely smoke weed, as it mostly just makes me feel bored and lazy. But in this instance, I kept coming up with ideas for my writing and businesses.

I tried to read a [novel that I'm engrossed in right now](https://amzn.to/3eyKpHy) and barely made it two pages, as the book inspired a whole host of other ideas. I was also still a little stoned, though, which made typing ideas into Evernote very annoying - when I'm high, I find using technology very tedious. Obviously, I would have been more productive if I weren't high.

It ended up being a double-peaked flowstate. About 40 minutes later, as I was finally about to go to sleep, *I had a rush of atmospheric sensations; I felt the universe breathe a little on the back of my eyes, and again, I was moved almost to tears as ideas flowed out of my unconscious.*

[![](https://www.limitlessmindset.com/images/stories/blog/Rise_of_Superman.jpg)](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BW54XVO/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00BW54XVO&linkCode=as2&tag=limitminds-20&linkId=MTVVOWUV22HSQM7N)I recently finished Steven Kotler's excellent book, *The Rise of Superman,* on [flow science and its application](https://www.limitlessmindset.com/books/923-rise-of-superman), where it's explained that the religious experience of worship or the personal feeling of connection to a higher power is a classic flowstate. This hit a cord for me because I was very religious for a number of years and have had some very deep religious flowstates.

A search of PubMed cross-referencing Marijuana and flowstates yields no results, but the Internet is rife with similar [reports](http://www.tokeofthetown.com/2012/02/worth_repeating_marijuana_and_the_psychology_of_op.php) as mine.

I've since done over 300 HRV training sessions with [Heartmath's](https://www.limitlessmindset.com/Heartmath) biofeedback devices

And unfortunately, I haven't enjoyed the same sort of sublime flowstate (although I haven't smoked any more weed.) See my biohacker reviews...

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