I'm wondering - how do you all deal with trusting entities?

I get the feeling that I would feel pretty alarmed if I saw unannounced beings operating on me. And I am not sure that that is an inappropriate reaction. To a lesser extent, how do you know that a less intrusive entity won't plant an idea that is unhealthy?

Thinking about jumping into this space has me considering my reactions and trust levels. Honestly, I think I have some trust issues, based on real life instances of being let down. I'm concerned that will be a problem, but I also am not sure I want to just abandon myself to all influences.

Any insight you all have around this could be a lot of help for new travelers.

Ultimately, you can't tell what their true intentions are. This is as simple as it gets. One must balance this potential mistrust against the value of having the experience which is only something that everyone can deal with on a personal basis. Some entities I trust more than others. Maybe none of them deserve my trust, but this is part of the nature of the DMT experience; we're so used to walking our daily lives "knowing everything" or at least feeling like we do a lot of the time. We tend to feel that we have most things comfortably figured out that we need to. This does not hold true in hyperspace. We don't know or understand a lot. The decision to make the plunge is always yours.

I've found its important to explicitly communicate permissions entities have or do not have as they relate to me. You are not necessarily an empty vessel--you have agency and it can be helpful to explicitly convey this agency and the restrictions or limitations as you define them.

I've had some success (or I feel like have) by offering myself as a volunteer consciousness for study, communication, and healing only on the terms I've laid out to entities that have presented themselves.

Global made a point about this in another thread I asked about: how to deal with unwanted entities. Global's answer was to use a "lion's roar". Whatever form you you choose to express your presence is yours, but don't shy away from being assertive. Embrace it.

Peace.