Really all I am saying in often a lot of words and a lot of posts is that.:arrow: The typical DMT experience/trip happens when DMT levels reach higher then average levels in your body and central nervous system causing an alteration in the way your brain is working thus altering perception thus making things happen that normally would never happen and causing us to gaze awe struck and ask what was that?

Where does the idea that someone a long time ago programmed information into the dmt molecule? It doesn't even make sense. I don't get these ideas.

Because it does not make any sense whatsoever.

Lets actually talk about the brain for a minute before we give up on it. I'm no brain expert but I have an avid amature interest in brains and I don't see how it's impossible. Here's a few theories:

Our brains are modular composites of parallel processing units. Two really important units are the thalamus and the cortex. Sensory information from the environment is brought into the thalamus and processed, mixed with motor information and memory and sent to the cortex where awareness likely resides. Everything is mapped in parallel, so there are visual bits of the thalamus that project to visual parts of the cortex and auditory thalamus to auditory cortex et cetera. There are even really specialized mappings with corticothalamic feedback loops for written language or spoken language.

This constant, exquisitely balanced feedback between the cortex and the thalamus is mediated by serotonin signaling. Most of the actual communication between these modules relies on glutamate but the feedback is balanced by serotonin.
Psychedelics like psilocin and LSD are known to directly muck up cortico-thalamic feedback by interacting with serotinin receptors. If you change these molecules so that they no longer bind serotonin receptors they are no longer active.

Acute high doses like easily achieved with vaporized DMT may almost abolish normal feedback loops in the brain. I think under these states the visual cortex receives unfiltered information from all over the brain, even other parts of the visual cortex! TMKs hypothesis that you can see your sense of syntax may have a lot of truth.

Abstract 4 and 5 dimensional geometry is totally consistent with unregulated intercortical feedback within the visual cortex. Loops nucleate slow and play out rapidly with almost no dampening mechanism at play. Similar feedback loops are apparent in high dose psilocin visuals but are more dampened and can even be brought under the control of consciousness, to a certain extent.

Realistic visions of people and places with eyes closed may be spurious input from the hippocampus. Abstract symbols may be the language parts of the cortex firing on it's own or maybe it's receiving input from the auditory thalamus. Visuals cause extreme activation of the hypothalamus and are so infused with emotion.

Feebdack blown away and crosstalk takes over. it is not hard to imagine the mechanisms that might be at play. It takes a little work to learn about the brain but it is rewarding. makes trips better, less scary in a way.

Think about it: would you rather be kidnapped and probed by an inexplicable alien intelligence from dimension X or would you rather expose your visual cortex to direct unfiltered information from the core emotional parts of your ancient lizard brain? Both are difficult experiences but the latter may be much easier to integrate.

I'm also willing to admit the possibility that some neurological phenomena are best explained as metaphors such as can be found in most of the world's religions. It's possible that the psychologically healthiest way for the human brain to live is to believe in God, which may cause beneficial changes in the brain's organization. By completely disregarding the spiritual canon we may be throwing out thousands of years of careful psychic exploration, which is shunned because it's described in metaphor rather than scientifically definite terminology. It's not only science that has value.

Cortex this and thalamus that aside, are you saying we are solely accountable for these hallucinations? Their complex engineered forms and duties within the dmt realm are just a result of some mish mashed receptors in our brains, an expression of our own crosstalk? I understand how in theory this is/maybe how the experiences work, but does it really account for what happens.. Remember I'm not referring to pretty geometric shapes or fluffy clouds of cosmic dust. I'm talking about fully functional interconnected hydraulic machines of psychedelic vision that have purpose, direction and life driving them. I can't seem to (logically) stomach the fact these things are created just by me, the way I see it I'm simply the necessary hardware for the totally separate software to be played. But please, thoughts..

DMT could usher a new generation of self-help books dedicated to diagnosing mental issues from dmt-space.

But none the less, lets just focus on who/what made DMT Wink or are they the same person/thing.. aww im confused.

But I must doubt that DMT is deserves the title pinnacle of our existence.

Fair enough, so whats better than DMT then?

Assuming dmt allows internal brain activity to be visualized, I wonder if the visual experience of dmt changes depending on how the brain is organized. Mathematicians and performance artists might SEE differences in the way their brains work.

Fair enough, so whats better than DMT then?

Many people believe that DMT will have a role to play in the next phase shift of human consciousness, but it's only one piece of the puzzle.

My point I guess is that I don't think just because when consumed it produces powerful psychedelic experiences means its essential for human existence even though it might be because it produces these experiences might not be the reason why. Its endogenous role may be more subtle.

DMT is unparalleled for personal psychedelic exploration, but will it produce the next Jesus, Gandhi or Einstein? These are singular beings whose effects have rippled across the entire human continuum. I would argue that the pinnacle of our existence would be achieving this kind of positive influence on a grand scale and acting as the catalyst for the next evolution of humankind. This is the work of a lifetime.

Many people believe that DMT will have a role to play in the next phase shift of human consciousness, but it's only one piece of the puzzle.