Originally posted Sun, May 6, 2007
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Illustration: Magritte, The Pleasure Principle, 1937


EK: " when with dmt the 'breakthrough' experience... becomes a void-experience, what could be going on ?"


Let's take the concept of Maya as a starting point; everything is illusion.
What exactly is implied with this?

Everything is in a state of vibration; oscillation. Our sensory feedback mechanisms construct the illusion of objects where there are only frequencies which stand out against a backdrop of infinite other frequencies. What we don't see is supposedly not there, but in fact, it is. More so even, everything is there, and our perceptions of "presence" and "absence" are merely the result of a deductive process. Reality as we know it is the filtered-out result which permits us to interact with a given set of frequencies in the "foreground" sort of speak. It is this filtering process which allows us to re-late and perceptionally interact with subjects and objects within this extremely narrow band with we call physical reality. It is merely a sensory feedback mechanism which creates all of these assumed relations. Ultimately, they are all observer dependent. There is no reality in the absence of observation, states the Copenhagen school of quantum mechanics. And assuming this to be a valid, in that reality as it is individually perceived is a co-dependent property of the observer entirely, then the world of quantum mechanics appears to have confirmed, in some sense, an already longstanding mystical understanding: Maya, everything is illusion.

In a nutshell, reality is a co-existing property of subjective observation set within the limits of a sensory filtering mechanism. As such, reality as we know it can never be objective. It is wholly subject dependent. A neutrino particle for instance does not "encounter" any physical form as an obstacle anywhere along its seemingly continuous straight path. Instead, it appears to 'effortlessly' pass through the vibrational matrix of all matter, as if the universe were completely fluid. There are no obstacles, none that we know of at least, forcing neutrinos out of their projected paths. If it could reason, then it would likely perceive a universe entirely free of what we perceive as dense matter. This, to a neutrino, simply does not exist as neutrinos and neurons -for one- resonate at radically different frequencies. Of course, it goes without saying that neutrinos would have little use for 'reason' in a universe which, well, simply doesn't call for any... The object and subsequent reality of any observation is entirely subject dependent.

DMT, also known as the "spirit molecule" or "spice" is a very powerful fast acting (endogenous) psychedelic compound which is thought to be produced for one by our very own human brains. When DMT is released by the pineal gland or introduced into the system from a plant based or synthesised ('exogenous') source of DMT or 5-MeO DMT (a more powerful and even faster acting variant) and enters the brain, some most peculiar things start to happen. The brain's neuronal sensory filtering process is temporarily inhibited and the mind becomes exposed to the full spectrum of sensory data without sequencing. Circadian constraints dissipate, and the sense of space (object-relation) consequently dissolves as well. With no filtering process in place, the full canvas of 'potential' reality (but this time non restricted by evolutionary external sensory mechanisms) interacts directly with the subconscious mind. In colour theory, an analogy could be drawn with the subtractive system in which white light represents the absolute (all that is) and a prism represents an interface (the mind) which breaks the spectrum down into its components, some of which are "sensible" (visible) while others remain hidden (invisible). In this case, the barely sensible frequencies of the (full) spectrum correspond to the outer limits of our (limited) visual sensory capacities. But the spectrum isn't tailor-fit to suit the limits of our bio-wetware of course. Instead, we evolved to sense strictly that which suits our immediate survival needs. Nature has evolved many sensory mechanisms which peer into differing parts of the continuous spectrum, all of which fit particular survival needs. Continuous is an important distinction! Once our filtering mechanism subsides, through the release of an active dose of (5-MeO) DMT for instance, these limits no longer apply as the mind now interacts directly with, essentially, all that is (was and can ever be) without evolutionary mediation.

I think of a (5-MeO) DMT experience as a temporary feedback loop of the subconscious mind, bouncing about unrestricted in a 'vacuum' of subjective possibility, until the enzymes kick back in gear and re-establish the 'standardised' (evolutionary) sensory channel (call it a broadcast if you will) by calling all them straying neurons back to their original subject-mediating default positions ;-)

Just one of many ways to look at "things" of course...

dimi3