I've never really studied much about chakras or the Hindu way of life in general, however, recently I read a little bit about it all and discovered that the crown is known as the "thousand metaled lotus" when I read this I was stunned because what is usually the last thing someone sees before they blast off? Yeah.... a spinning thousand petaled lotus! This can't just be a coincidence. Also, ice seen multiple reports of encounters with shiva. I feel like the ancient Hindus somehow knew about DMT, or strassmann was correct when he said that meditation may dumb endogenous DMT.

People see all different things when they're transitioning into hyperspace. Sometimes it's a mandala, sometimes it's the configuration of geometry to form the basis for rooms/landscapes, and sometimes you simply find yourself there seamlessly. I've located my chakras through personal experimentation as outlined at the end of my article in the first issue of the Nexian e-zine, but I can verify little to nothing about their actual function.

A bunch of people have seen Shiva, and I've compiled over 20 Ganesha threads as well that are contextually significant. Personally I've never encountered any of the Hindu deities, but I have seen Hindu imagery and patterning, especially interweaves and particularly deep towards the core of the experience. Meditation isn't necessarily the culprit here, as we know that the ancient Hindus used the mysterious Soma, of which we know conclusively quite little, and it stands to reason that if it were as powerful as described, that it could have the ability to conjure such visions, and maybe in combination with meditation.

I actually forgot about soma for a minute I've always wondered what that is..... they say amanitas but isn't there contradictory evidence concerning growing conditions during that period of time? I personally haven't seen any Hindu deities, but I HAVR seen Egyptian deities in a very very Egyptian like room that was full of secrets and felt deep underground.... the hall of records, perhaps

I encounter Durga in various forms pretty regularly while on DMT, and saw images of her in the form of Kali before I knew what/who Kali is. After many of these experiences, I ended up with a free plane ticket to India and spent 3 months wandering around. Everywhere I went there was Kali imagery and symbolism, from her name to her face to seeing people with their tongue sticking out, etc.

I decided to follow all of these signs and coincidences wherever they led me and, after a long series of crazy experiences, ended up in the company of a highly revered Sadhu in the city of Haridwar, taking residence outside of his hut next to the Ganges (right next to a Kali temple that I was unaware of until I left). I asked him about all of my weird experiences of seeing Kali everywhere.

He responded, chuckling to himself, "Yes, Kali is very easy to find. Everyone finds Kali. Vishnu, however... Vishnu is very hard to find."

I also asked him about Brahma, part of the Hindu trinity known as the 'Trimurti,' consisting of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. Brahma is considered to be the creator of the universe, but in all of India there are only a handful of Brahma temples, and no one really cares about him. His wife however, Saraswati, is everywhere. I asked the Sadhu why no one seems to care about Brahma. His response, after chuckling to himself some more: "Brahma is not allowed to play; he is a cheating man." He refused to say any more on the subject.

I don't know what any of this means, but it's intriguing. This sadhu was also always able to tell what sitting position I was in when he had his back turned to me. He said he was a student of Ganesha, and was still trying to find Vishnu after many lives.

Basically everything I know about chakras and kundalini, I learned in an attempt to figure out what the holy hell happened to me.

My first experience with aya in the jungle resulted in me becoming Shiva. There's not really another way to put it. All personal sense of selfiness and ego stripped away, just destroying warrior dancer beyond time. Yep. Being in the Amazon, I found this to be odd. On the other hand, I'd been to India before then.

But then years later on DMT I embodied Shiva again, only this time his consort Shakti was there as well. We performed a highly sexual, timeless rite in hyperspace that mirrored the insane sexual connection that spontaneously arose with a complete stranger IRL at that very moment. That story is too long to get into right now, but the gist is that I started paying attention to chakras and tantra whereas previously I had no serious interest in these topics.

Incidentally, there is a form of Shaivism where the goal is to merge with Shiva consciousness.