Tobacco and Spirituality

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 I can take my time to write about my various pipes, but this morning I thought I’d say something about my tobacco choices and my Spirituality.  It seems I can relax with most any pipe, but I enjoy having various tobaccos I can choose from.  I told my wife yesterday that I can probably meditate very well without a pipe, but she suggested after some fifty years of smoking a pipe and given I have smoked so much in the past number of years she suggested it might be hard for me to give up my pipes and she might be right.  

I had a budget of about fifty dollars a month for tobacco and my purchases have been at least a couple of times closer to seventy or seventy-five.  But is a pipe necessary?  Pipe smoking is a hobby, not an addiction.  If there is an addiction it might be more psychological than physical.  Some tobaccos have a higher nicotine content than others.  

But what is it about a pipe and can I do without it?  I could probably save myself a few hundred a year if I just gave them up.  But I’m so used to meditating with a pipe.  I’m not real fussy about tobaccos any longer.  But I don’t know as long as I don’t spend a lot of time caring for my pipes.  The fact is my pipe can be a distraction, but it gives me something to do other than just sitting here smoking.  

But can I do without it?  I’m thinking I could.  I could go other places and meditate without disturbing others with a pipe.  But a pipe keeps me home knowing I can’t just smoke it anywhere.  I’m not sure being away from my wife for long periods of time is such a great idea.  So, my thinking is that I am at home smoking my pipe where my wife can get ahold of me if she needs me.  I am right here.

I enjoy the solitude of being home mostly by myself and if needed I am tight here.  As long as I’m healthy I can smoke my pipe and be at home.  This is my thinking for now.  This morning it is my Peterson Irish Haro pipe with Constellation tobacco and my coffee this morning is Bella Maria.  Thank you for your time and Peace to each one of you.

Dave

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