I should start this off by saying that I am not a believer in them. I truly believe every moment of everything has its own purpose, however big or little it may be.
When I was younger, I became engrossed with the idea of meditation, the idea of tapping into my true nature, of taming the mind, and over all bettering myself is what I believe to have brought me here, that, and some "coincidences"...
To keep it short, I had phased away from meditation about oh, 2-3 years ago, due to some issues I had in my life. However, after becoming an avid gym goer, I found myself surprised at the limits to which this physical body could be pushed, and, how mental working out really is.
Upon this realization, I found myself back in meditation -- after all, I was training my body, why not train the mind?
Diving deeper into the realm of the self, I saw visions, which, perhaps could be discussed at a different time, stories, and ultimately the beginning of the truth.
One day at the gym, I bumped into my girlfriends cousin, who, just happened to be there out of dumb luck, since his partner had bailed. Moments into our hello's the discussion of isolation chambers and meditation took off, and after some youtube and google'ing, I came across DMT.
Now, I was never really eager to try it, just something that was there, at the back of my mind, but through every session of meditation, and, moments of alone time, I found myself drawn to it.
One day, I decided that this would be the first psychedelic i'd try, heck, the ONLY drug i have ever tried (aside from cigarettes and alcohol), and decided that since I know no one who can provide it, I'd try to make it myself.
Not knowing where to start, I put it to the side, and browsed the chan (violated the first rule), and there it was, a discussion about DMT. I was surprised of all things, a normal discussion of DMT on the random image board, but brushed it off, and found this site.
Stupid me, however, forgot to bookmark it or even remember the site, lost it the next day...till i tried my luck on the chan again. There it was, the first time I tried -- a link to this board, and, a video of Terence Mckenna talking about it.
So here I am...hoping that one day with a little help from you guys, I can perhaps experience all that you have felt and seen, and give you a little back story on me.