I think your thinking wayyyy to much into this whole thing. Just take it for what it is: A sacred spice. A great thing in nature that effects us in profound ways.
Yes, I believe that you saw a "being". I believe you even "broke through" albeit slightly. See, what happens is your eye shut, and your cascaded down over glorious fractal images. Sometimes, usually, you'll see beings as well.
You should just try experimenting more, because these questions your asking, can only really be answered first hand, by you. The best you can get other than that is by reading trip reports.
The thing that'll really blow your mind is: Where is all of this that we are seeing? Is it in our brain? Is it in the spice and by injesting/inhaling it are we opening up the gateway to enter?
I know those questions blew my mind, and they still do. Thats why I continue to smoke
For answers, a sense of well-being, as well as the fun and the visuals.
Take some peoples advice, and just try to answer your questions yourself. You'll eventually find out its not that hard, and then you'll even be more understanding as to what everyone is talking about
Edit: About your question, yes I could hear my sister talking, and the music playing and everything. Voices from people are very interupting, and I'd have to advice against anyone who is not enjoying the sacrament with you to be there while your journeying. (Unless of course they are your sitter, but come on... smoking it is only 10 mins or so... if you need a sitter I don't think you need to be smoking spice) The music.... now that always throws me into a glorious state of mind. It plays in the back of my head and I can literally see the music. If I listen to "tribal" sounding music, I tend to get a more "nature/tribal" feeling trip. (You just have to know, hard to explain). If I listen to beautiful/classic music, I get a more "bright/clear trip" (Although I'm not to fond of any music while DMTing aside from tribal... Shpongle FTW XD). Metal music? Ugh, can't even listen to it. Metal instrumental? Now thats a great one, I always seem to see the colors red and a blackish greyish white color? I don't know why or how to explain it, but like I said I like tribal the best
I just experimented with different kinds of music until I found my treat
01:13:08 ‹Ellis DEmpty› I met the people living in my head... I disturbed them while they were sitting down at the table.... They were as shocked as I was!
We were born too soon to explore the cosmos, and to late to explore the earth. Our frontier is the human mind; religion is the ocean we must cross.