While I definitely do not have as much experience as acolon, it is safe to say that everybody's mind works differently.
Over the past 2 months SWIM has been "experimenting" a lot with DMT.
After several late night sessions SWIM has said that they have gone to the same place several times and had the same things happen.
In the same "session" whenever hyperspace is reached again, its sometimes the same things that just happened 20 minutes ago.
Mostly for SWIM, there hasn't been much interaction with entities but there is definitely prescence felt and they have been seen several times.
It has mostly been the trademark intense geometric patterns and fractals combined with energy running along all of SWIMs
TCM meridians. Recently SWIM has been able to focus this energy and move it around his body with his mind. (SWIM has begun to practice
Qigong
I'm not very good at post writing, as it is hard for me to focus my thoughts but to answer acolons question:
Does anyone else have ideas, or methods to help direct their DMT experience?
Whenever SWIM smokes in the same place and time of day, verrrrry similar experiences occur.
Maybe its energy? maybe its the state the mind is in at this point in time?
SWIM can also recall many dejavu like situations where the SAME EXACT patterns have occured and it felt like the same exact "place" he was last time.
It also depends on how much is smoked. Right before the threshold to hyperspace where one is not in a "DMTrance" SWIM has been able to create the "movie theater" effect (focused hallucinations) through concentration with his eyes open.
SWIM is a very quiet person and interacts with his mind ALOT. When SWIM smokes with "shallower" friends he is not surprised that they are upset with the experience. Most do not understand the true nature of DMT. Most of the time this is why he does it alone. It often distracts him from the current situation by making him think about the people he is with and often is worried that they aren't ok or maybe having a sub-par experience.
Maybe SWIM is right where DMT wants him to be and keeps him there?
SWIM is also good at controlling dreams. SWIM definitely knows there is constant communication between his conscious and subconscious so maybe this helps him control the experience better.
There is still a lot that I have learned about DMT that isnt in this post but this should suffice for now.