No problem.

I do meditate a lot, but I never actually looked up the right way to do it or anything, I just set myself up to be able to drift off and contemplate things while pushing out all of the chatter, so to speak. It's actually how I've had some of my more profound experiences with cannabis lately, the more I center myself the more I seem to be able to get out of it.

I was reaching that point of abuse with LSD too, so I'm really glad I got out when I did. I'd already done enough damage by then anyway. I probably won't ever use LSD again as I would want to be completely sure that it was legitimate and I just don't really have that capability anymore, so I'll likely be staying with natural psychedelics and, like I said in the first post, likely just DMT. I might bring something else in eventually though, but I do definitely intend to take it slow and steady.

Yeah, I've used DMT a good few times. I've smoked it with 5-MeO-DMT mixed in twice, and both of those times were significantly more intense. I'm getting the feeling that sub-breakthrough smoked DMT trips (the only kind I really remember) aren't really all that significant, but the mix makes it a bit more mind-bending and visionary for me. Low doses of DMT alone for me are visually intense like a strong mushroom trip, but leave me pretty clear-headed. The 5-MeO-DMT added in some flashing visions and a sense of awe and ego dissolution that I would normally associate with that level of a trip, but that DMT alone seems to save for the deeper voyages. That's been my experience, anyway.

Thanks again for the advice and well wishes.