It sounded to me like he was saying it's great because, afterwards, you are just so happy you aren't dead of overdose or totally brain dead/fried. That doesn't sound like a good reason to take a drug...to be relieved when the experience is over that you didn't die.
As an aside, plenty of atheists have taken DMT and not suddenly 'found religion'. It's really insultingly ignorant when religious people say 'no one can do "X" and remain an atheist', as if we simply haven't heard about this god thing and just need to hear about it (or trip balls, or see a rainbow, or get a sloppy blowjob from a unicorn) and of course we'll believe.

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I've never found anything mystical about psychedelic drugs, including DMT. As I see it, they just throw a wrench into the works of your brain and thus your perception of consciousness. It can be very interesting and enlightening, particularly as a visceral lesson in how subjective 'reality' is, but it isn't in any way mystical to me.

Questions: How did you take it orally or by vaporizing?

What weight was it that you took? Did you mix it with anything?
What techniques did you utilize for the spice experience?

If one follows the rules, technique, weighing the dose, have had some experience so they know that they do not know, setting intentions, etc. One should receive a truly, unexplainable, vividly clear transcendent experience beyond one's own imagination.

Another good tip: Extract it yourself so that you know exactly what you have when you do it.

At the time, the fashion amongst people using it was smoking, nasal or sublingual. I suspect these people that used it may have had a different experience with better preparation, but exploding pinwheels and confusion was typical.

Yeah, I mean I've done it all sorts of different ways except IV'ing. I refuse to IV anything unless under medical supervision

Honestly, I think nasally just is not going to be beneficial which exactly like you said is the result of pinwheels & confusion. Plus, a burning nose.

Orally, you are going to want to make sure you are using a MAOI that you are comfortable with already so that the MAOI vs. DMT effect is somewhat understood.
Then obviously, dosage is everything. If you don't know how much you did, you may have only had a very sub experience. Which is when it seems like LSD... that is when you know you just need more because you are no where close yet.

These states I would say aren't really even "sub-breakthroughs" and approach a level similar to other psychedelics. I would NEVER recommend a breakthrough dose because it is not "confusing" as to what is going on. It's wildly real when you are "there".

How much did you smoke? And what kind of tool did you smoke it out of? There is definitely a "mystical" state in there you just have to do enough. I was apprehensive as well until I stopped saying it was bullshit and did it myself whilst taking heed to all of the information I had gathered over the years on the topic. I am flabbergasted to this day and anyone else who has "received the message" knows what I am talking about.

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