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Wh e nt h eo p p o r t u n i t yp r e s e n t e di t s e l ft of i n a l l yt r yDMT ,I f el text r emel y appr ehensi ve aboutexper i ment i ng wi t h somet hi ng t hatcoul d possi bl y shed l i ghton whatour exi st enceboi l sdown t o.I thad been a coupl eyear sof swear i ngawayt hei deaofspoi l i ngsomet hi ngr eser ved f ordeat h.Li vi ngi nt hoseshor tmoment sbef or ebr eak i ng t hr ough t o whatmi ghtbe an ent r ance t o an al t er nat e di mensi on.A peek behi nd t he cur t ai n ofan al t er nat e r eal i t y.Oural t er nat er eal i t y. Now j usti ncaseyoursquar eeyesr ol lupi nt ot heback ofyourheadt ocol l udewi t hyourbubbl egum br ai n; open yourmi ndabi t .A l i t t l egoogl esear chont hesubj ectwi l l hel p you r eal i ze t hatsomet hi ng i sver ydi f f er entabout DMT. Whi l e I have per sonal l y exper i ment ed wi t h psychedel i cs,Ihadonl yoneexper i encewi t hLSD wher e If el tani ndescr i babl ef eel i ngofi nf or mat i onbei ngt hr ow atme.Butnot hi ngt hathel dmuchwei ghtaf t ert hef act . Ther ewer eacoupl ei nst ancesoft el epat hywher eIwas answer i ng quest i ons r i ght bef or et he quest i on was ask ed.I tmademewonderwhatmymi ndwasact ual l y capabl eofdur i ngt heset r i ps.Wi t hsomuchhi st or yand pr act i ce behi nd t hese chemi calcompounds you can' t deny t he possi bi l i t y ofa somewhatdi vi ne i nt er vent i on wheni tcomest ot hepsychedel i cexper i ence,especi al l y wi t hDMT.I ti samazi ngwhatt hemi ndcancr eat ei nan i magi nedspacebutcer t ai nsi mi l ar i t i esandcoi nci dences cannotbet ak enl i ght l y.Thesubj ecthasbeent hor oughl y r esear chedbysomanyext r emel yi nt el l i gentmi nds,yet anyval i di t yi nt heeyesofacommonschmuckwi l lst amp an enl i ght ened man a l unat i caboutt he subj ect .Ti mes have changed and whi l e mar i j uana l aws have f i nal l y st ar t ed t o cr umbl e,Ist i l lr emai n ver y wear y oft el l i ng peopl et hatI ' m notaf r ai dofl osi ngmymi ndf oracoupl e hour st ogai ni nspi r at i onort ounwi ndf r om t hegr i ndi ng f r i ct i onofdeal i ngwi t hr i ch,pr i vi l egedasshol es5daysa week .Somet i mesaheadchangei sneeded,f orbet t eror wor se.Al soIf eelIhavet odi st i ngui shmysel fagai nstt he st er eot ypi calvi ew oft he“ new age�dr uguser .Ther ei sa
huge di f f er ence bet ween my exper i ences and t he exper i ence many ar e havi ng dur i ng t he musi cf est i valf r enzyt hathasbeensweepi ngup unl i k el y, ot her wi senonwei r docandi dat est obuy t i ck et s and l ose t hemsel ves t ot ons ofdr ugs, al cohol andbr ai ndr ai ni ngsunf ordaysatat i me. Pr obabl y a gr eatt i me butIpr ef ermor e ofa medi t at i ve appr oach.Lastyear It ook si ngl e dosesofLSD a f ew t i mesand spentmyt i me dr awi ng and wat chi ng vi sual l y i nt er est i ng movi esonmut ewhi l el i st eni ngt omusi c.Typi cal yes, but I pr ef er t hi s over goi ng out and compl et el yl osi ngi tt ol i vemusi cbecauseIenj oy havi ngt het i met ot hi nk .Ispendmyt i mewor k i ng out i deas, sk et ches, f i ndi ng i nspi r at i on and smi l i ngal ot .If el ti twasnecessar yt opoi ntt hi s outt oanyonewhomi ghtr eadt hi st hathasno exper i ence wi t h psychedel i cs;t o maybe weed outt he whol e -ar e you seei ng f l oat i ng cl own headsr i ghtnow?I smyhead a huge di nosaur t oot h?I sever yt hi ngmadeofJ oeBi den?-t ypeof ment al i t y.I t ' snotl i k et hat ,maybe i tcan be at cer t ai n doses or combi nat i ons butt hat ' s not whyIdoi t . Hopef ul l yt hat wi l lhel p you under st and my per spect i veabi twheni tcomest ot hei deaof DMTbecausest i l lt ot hi sdayAyahuascai sused t o evok e a hi gher spi r i t ualsel f .Al one or i n gr oupsofmen,women and chi l dr en,chant i ng Sant oDai mehymnst oexper i encet hedi vi ne.I t i sal sousedt ohealordet ox.If oundt hi sr eal l y i nt er est i nganddi dsomel i ghtr esear chbutf or some r eason Icoul dn' tgetmysel ft ot r yi t . Somet hi ng i n my head was t el l i ng me t o st ay away.Ther ewasnomot i vat i ont ospoi lavi si on orf eel i ngt hatImi ghtexper i encedur i ngdeat h or near deat h.Iwas happy wi t h my past psychedel i cexper i encesandhadnor easont o add anyt hi ng new t o t he l i st . Ter r ence McKenna' s exper i ment s and hi st heor i es on “ machi ne el ves� had def i ni t el y spar k ed somet hi ngi nmebutIsoongotcaughtup and never r eal l yr esear ched t he subj ect f ur t her . Abouta yearhad pastbef or et he oppor t uni t y ar ose t o t r y DMT f r om a t r ust ed sour ce. Al t houghIwasst i l lver yappr ehensi veIdeci ded t hatami nut el ongt r i pcoul dn' tdomuchdamage andIagr eedt odoi t .DMTi sashor tt r i p,l ast i ng a f ew mi nut es at most whi l e l eavi ng you wonder i ng whatyou j ustexper i enced f or 20 mi nut esaf t ert hat .
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