trying keep an open mind...

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well people, lets get goin...
firstly, id like to say i have never tried dmt; rather my interest in trying it has led me here. After reading a huge array of reports and doing somewhat shallow research into the mysterious substance(at least to me)that is dmt, i have opted to join here as i feel theres alot to be gained. what that is, im honestly no quite sure.
to be more specific, i have always had a great deal of interest in what i deem to be 'other perspectives' or rather the subtle changes in reality that so many things can bring. The knowledge that there is more to here than meets the eye. Of corse, dabbling in substances has been the most successful catalyst to these aforementioned perspectives....and so i have meandered my way to the supposed 'mecca' of drugs. (no blasphemous insult intended.)
along my way, i do believe i have experienced vague teases, poor immitations, of what i believe is often described as the "breakthrough"
in one exceptionaly large bong cap of salvia divinorum came the beginings of what i could only describe as layered dimensions, trivialised as it manifested itself in a stop smoking advert (one UNEXPECTED trip). In dabling with ketemine i have a fuzzy memory of being hurled through my being (as if feeling extreme g-force) only to end up curled on a dark floor, with three...possibly more, alien being's sitting on what i can only relate to as court-like stations. (curiously, experiencing a similar 'head rush' years prior on cannabis.....minus the E.T's n all)
heres my issue...i have a great deal of faith in my strength of mind, strength of charector, yeah....im pretty confident. However, im under no illusions, as far as im aware dmt is not something to be taken lightley. as such, really, im looking for guidance, advice, maybe an answered question or two.
and i do have some questions...firstly, as far as im aware dmt is not addictive, correct? this is very important to know in my opinion, and though i have heard of no physicaly addictive properties i do personaly believe in varying degrees of pyschological addiction, really why i need these questions answered by an experience user.
secondly, i have heard that the brain is still developing till 25, currently i am 18 yrs old, what are the implications of taking a drug of this nature at a relitivly young age.
really....i just want to get the most out of this life, care to share some insight people? :d

 

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Welcome.
With DMT i dont beleive addiction is an issue. I first took it a few months ago, and although i enjoy it, and have a plentiful supply i dont find myself taking it often. I beleive most people who have used dmt for a longer time find themselves gradually taking it less and less.

I have no idea about damage tbh, though i dont think dmt is likely to cause as many problems as most other psychedelics. It is very short acting, and does not cause much confusion or mind fuck which other substances can cause. Having said this, theres no point rushing into something this powerful. Im also under 25, and although i havnt experienced any noticable damage from drugs i sometimes wish i had started at a later age.

 

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It is tricky to know. One danger of psychedelics that i can speak of from my own experience using them over a 17 year period is that they are really really really fun and interesting, endlessly so even, and so if you find that you like them, they can be very seductive. Not in the sense that you get addicted, but in the sense that you do drugs instead of doing other things ie. especially if you are trying to study, write/create something, make music, get qualifications, develop some personal project or meditative practice etc etc etc. I think psychedelics actually HELP most people do alot of things BETTER, especially thinking, creating, developing your visual capacities or other capacities that may have been less developed beforehand, making your mind more lateral, being passionate about something, imagining, fantasising etc....Psychedelics are generative, they complicate our intelligence and our creativity. But they also take time to buy, make, take, come down from, process, talk about, and er...go on forums to blah about....
So you just need to monitor how much of your life gets gobbled up thinking about the experience - are you happy with that level? are there things that are being sacrificed because of that choice? are you getting on with the shit that really MATTERS MOST to you. For some people, the psychedelics matter most. For me they matter, but not MOST above all else. I want them part of my life but not taking it over. Fortunately for me I type fast and process quickly.8)
But researching various psychedelics, chasing dealers (for acid), sourcing dmt and salvia, hunting mushrooms, growing mushrooms, these have been all massively time-consuming and I can only do them for a limited time. San pedro is low maintenance fortunately
It may be that the younger you are, the more you need to manifest things in the world to secure your self-esteem - I think that was definitely true for me and that is why I am happy I did not take them at 19. But i had achieved a lot by the time I was 22 and was about to embark on a big creative project. So i didn't feel like I was up the river without a paddle but I was also ripe to have my illusions shattered and put back together again (and shattered again and...etc. etc..) So it made everything take longer than what it might have otherwise, but it meant that I massively expanded my horizons, bit off more than I could chew and so just kept chewing on it for long time afterwards...:roll: It woke me up to a kind of spiritual consciousness - opened my third eye, I guess you could say.:? I mean, in the sense that shortly after taking lots of acid over a year, I suddenly one day got passionate about a consuming daily meditative practice that I have done ever since and learnt a LOT from.
I have no regrets and am very grateful for the role of psychedelics in my life. But I am glad they are NOT ALL I AM DOING.
And so I have to monitor how much I put into thinking about them because I have other stuff I need to get done. I am in an intense processing phase at the moment because I have done a lot of acid and dmt lately. But I will be obsessed with other things now for the next however long. And then obsessed again no doubt for a few months at some point in 2010.

 

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My friends interest in these substances started at your age. The fear was so big that he tried them 7 years later for the first time. It does not hurt to read as much as you can before trying them first hand. My friend is not really experienced, but he did that first step a while ago, and it was good. Noone can decide for you. I can only tell you, that there are a lot other intense experience to be had at 18. I'm not telling you not to do it. If you get the call, you should consider answering. It's just not running away (You should do it before 2012 though )

DMT is a tryptamine compound and vastly different to Salvia (and I guess Ketamine)...both have more dissociative properties. They are visual but also come with strange ....I mean strange sensations. DMT is different. I would say friendlier than your regular salvia trip. But I can only speak for sub breakthrough doses which are, as matter of fact - pretty impressive at times.

 

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I'll start off with "DMT is like no other drug". Well thats been said about 50 million times so i wont dwell on this! In my opinion even if you only do it once, you should do it if your into different states of the human mind then i can't see how it can really be too bad if you make sure your ready for anything and DONT expect anything.

Just imagine ur on a train just watchin the world go by. You really just have to "let go" when you take it, in my opinion you are a passenger and DMT is the tour guide it will take you as fast or slow as it wants you to go!

Just research into possible extraction methods and the various different experiences then just take the leap of faith. I sort of had an epiphony one day and just ordered EVERYTHING i need. Was a great move!

Good luck in your endeavours. Let us know how things go