I'm glad to have the opportunity to join this group of like-minded individuals! I have been evolving consciously in my own nature about how I am examining myself, and my world. Self-discovery and educating myself has been essential to my growth. I love learning about philosophy, psychology, evolution, the cosmos, psychedelics, and more! The "natural" world fascinates me. Terence Mckenna has been a huge influence on my thought processes as what he has said has been making more and more sense. Rest In Hyperspace as of April 3, 2000! What's turned me more and more towards the Nexus is of course my interest in DMT. Well what has really clicked me to embark this path has been a previous higher dose mushroom trip that gave me a unique perspective that has changed my life ever sense. I realize now it's no joke what people have been saying how psychedelics can dissolve your cultural operating system. I experienced viewing reality in a very "organic" way or "baby's eye," without any of my psyche's life-long conditioning in place. It shook me enough due to you know living most of my life unexamined and then this particular trip turned it all over on it's head. I've always been a person to analyze my surroundings and personal behavior previous to this. I've also experienced other occurrences of psychedelics. All I can say is, WOW! These things can change the world and the human species as we know it, positively. Terence's philosophy makes very much sense now. I am incredibly happy to be able to have this amazing unique perspective that I cannot undue now and also live my current life stably at the same time. My goals are higher than ever, my passion has been discovered, and my dreams are waiting to be reached. So now this goes back to why DMT? Well, after viewing that perspective from that psilly trip it's also left a very very peculiar mindset with me. My reality is much weirder, as now I ask more questions than ever. I was interested in DMT a year ago but now I feel I'm being beckoned further into this mystery we are all experiencing. So now I have begun collecting all my ingredients to proceed with my own ACRB extract. I feel confident now more than ever it is time for me to take this quest into my own hands. I hope to be able to share my first experience with you all as I will very much love support and will appreciate it. I hope to contribute to this group my thoughts and ideas to help further our exploration upon this interesting molecule, and most of all I am here to LEARN. Great to be here with you all, isn't it nice to be alive during the era of the internet?!

hello and welcome, I think your views share a lot in common with our own views as I'm sure you're well aware by now

Interestingly I also had an interest in phiolosphy, of course I was experimental with substances and I had a belief in the afterlife. I also became aware that all three were intrinsically linked to the point where it became clear to me that there is much more out there than meets the eye. I find it amusing how we're all indoctrinated into the scientific view of the world that what we see is what we get, and that there can be no other reality other than what we exist in right now. The scientific community almost sneers at the possibility of there being another existence out there, and that it's own viewpoint can be the only one, yet only 150 years ago we had no electricity and only 50 years ago we sent a man to the moon, so to assume our current knowledge is the all encompassing knowledge is very arrogant to say the least!

having said that I do believe we're entering into a period where a new sense of spirituality is growing amongst people. Clearly the religious movement far outweighs the spiritual one, but it is awakening nonetheless. It may well be related to our crossover after the final "baktun", who knows, but psychedelics have certainly been the trigger for my own spiritual development and was clearly the predominant factor for the Mayans, Egyptians and other influential civilisations though the course of human history

Swim is currently attempting first extract with Acacia, will report how it goes.