Nice thread.
I tend to burn incense and listen to some music lightly as I am preparing (I even tend to have music playing during my trips). I almost always smoke a little bud beforehand to slowly introduce myself to a little dissolution and then I sit Indian-style for about 5-10 minutes, breathing deeply and thinking about what question I want to address. (I believe sitting Indian-style on the ground is very important, as it allows you to "let go" much easier. You are literally as grounded as you can get and if the experience obliges you, you can crouch your head down and "go inward." A picture that shows this pose well is the following, called a weeping Buddha:
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At the end of my trips, I often find myself in that exact position, with my head in my hands, crouched forward. It is as if it allows you to just "melt" into your surroundings.
This being your second time, I would devote about a good hour to preparing for the trip and another hour after it to let it truly sink in. Just sit there and think. Let whatever is on your mind out and let your unconscious just manifest whatever the hell bubbles out of it. Most importantly, don't resist any of the visions. You give negative visions more energy when you let them know that they make you afraid (because YOU are manifesting them); you must be acutely aware during the entire experience that it is, in fact, just an experience. DMT can trick you; that is it's primary quality as a mind-blowing substance. You will learn with time how to control what you manifest, but at first, just try to let whatever is beneath your psychic surface out, because, chances are, they are going to come out anyway. Any psychic build-ups that you have; be it problems with your parents, a significant other - anything; it's going to come out during your trips. DMT is essentially a device that systematically clears the skeletons out of your closet until you are ready to be revealed the throne of God, that which lies within your mind; the gateway to Eternity. When you get there, you will know that you have truly broken through...
I think that it is important that you go into the experience with an intention, otherwise you may be toyed with by the entities, or you may have nothing at all happen (this always depends on how much you take, obviously). If you prepare yourself with a question, or even just some sort of mantra, chances are you will have a trip more directed toward yourself and not necessarily have it be so "alien." You probably haven't seen them yet, but when you do, don't give into their machinations, that is, of course, unless they are being nice. :lol: Most of the time they just feel like playing around.
These are consciousness-expanding plants. They are going to magnify whatever lies in your consciousness; especially your unconscious. Chances are, if you take enough, you will experience complete and utter ego-death. This will lead to the entire apocalypse of your psyche; everything that was previously unconscious is immediately made available to consciousness and the experience itself can be so overwhelming, that we all too often miss the entire procession due to our complete and utter shock. This is why so often people who smoke DMT will come out of it and say, "I don't know what happened, I can't even really remember it." It is like a dream and yet, it is much more than a dream, because you are entirely awake and your Self is left untouched; in fact, it is the first time you will ever experience your true Self.
So, yeah.
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Good luck, be careful, and let go.
That, and take huge hits.
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