hi wet rabbit,

man i really enjoyed your intro essay. thank you for sharing it with the community. your story is powerful my freind and im glad that you seem to know this.

there arent a lot of people that can comfortably eat 5g of cubes and those that can seem to be a special breed imo. a true psychonaught. at those doses mushrooms seem to take on many characteristics of dmt and even more so after you have used dmt. the trips tend to over lap, at least that has been my experience. for me mushrooms in the lower doses (2-3.5g) have a very organic signature to the trip, higher doses 4g and up tend to take on a much more alien, atom like, science-y strange character. that may not make much sense. words always fall short when describing these matters. 

it sounds like you have a good head on your shoulder and you are approaching dmt in a very solid manner. i have one piece of advice for you. although you only have enough for a few journeys try not to put pressure of success on them. dmt can be tricky and it seems the more you want it and try to force it the more the breakthrough will elude you. try to approach it as a humble explorer willing and ready to accept whatever the molecule gives you whether thats a full breakthrough or just an introduction. there are no bad journeys per say.

it would be best to do an extraction and have a good supply on hand. like i said dmt can be tricky while you develop your own personal relationship. having plenty around helps keep the expectations off the trips.

the other best advice i can give you is to invest in a glass vapor genie or similar type smoking tool. it will speed up your technique immensely. once you have mastered the gvg some say that breakthroughs are almost certain.

again welcome to the nexus, i hope you stick around and keep updating us with your progress and experiences. you will soon be greeting other new comers and helping them the way we will help you. its how this place works. :d