Dennis McKenna

I had one of the best DMT encounters I've ever had with that. Really? Yeah, yeah. I did because it was so… It was so non-threatening. It was so comfortable. I mean, often DMT, at least for me, taking it in the old way, I mean, it's a trip. You've got to get your courage screwed up and say, I'm going to do this. I'm going to plunge into the abyss. And

and hopefully the parachute will open, you know, and, plug your nose and jump. Yeah. There's a lot of anxiety, but this was like, there's no anxiety. It was like, this feels good. I could stay here for a while. I had a wonderful, uh, You know, an encounter with my ancestors and very much not so much about all the lights and bells and whistles that a typical DMT experience is.

and hopefully the parachute will open, you know, and, plug your nose and jump. Yeah. There's a lot of anxiety, but this was like, there's no anxiety. It was like, this feels good. I could stay here for a while. I had a wonderful, uh, You know, an encounter with my ancestors and very much not so much about all the lights and bells and whistles that a typical DMT experience is.

and hopefully the parachute will open, you know, and, plug your nose and jump. Yeah. There's a lot of anxiety, but this was like, there's no anxiety. It was like, this feels good. I could stay here for a while. I had a wonderful, uh, You know, an encounter with my ancestors and very much not so much about all the lights and bells and whistles that a typical DMT experience is.

It was much more tranquil and mellow and actually just deep, you know, and I could just feel the love and no fear, no fear. That was... That was amazing.

It was much more tranquil and mellow and actually just deep, you know, and I could just feel the love and no fear, no fear. That was... That was amazing.

It was much more tranquil and mellow and actually just deep, you know, and I could just feel the love and no fear, no fear. That was... That was amazing.

It dissolves the filters?

It dissolves the filters?

It dissolves the filters?

It's something like that. I mean, this thing, you know, you get into some pretty interesting epistemological, you know, areas here. Like you say, is it real, right? I start with the premise that anything you experience is real, you know?

It's something like that. I mean, this thing, you know, you get into some pretty interesting epistemological, you know, areas here. Like you say, is it real, right? I start with the premise that anything you experience is real, you know?

It's something like that. I mean, this thing, you know, you get into some pretty interesting epistemological, you know, areas here. Like you say, is it real, right? I start with the premise that anything you experience is real, you know?

yeah it's real you experience it you know an alien appears there on uh you know in the chair and oh okay hello well it may not actually be physical presence but you're experiencing it so it's real right anything you experience it is real you know so All this talk about all these paranormal phenomena, UFOs and whatever. They're real. People experience them. But then, that's just the first step.

yeah it's real you experience it you know an alien appears there on uh you know in the chair and oh okay hello well it may not actually be physical presence but you're experiencing it so it's real right anything you experience it is real you know so All this talk about all these paranormal phenomena, UFOs and whatever. They're real. People experience them. But then, that's just the first step.

yeah it's real you experience it you know an alien appears there on uh you know in the chair and oh okay hello well it may not actually be physical presence but you're experiencing it so it's real right anything you experience it is real you know so All this talk about all these paranormal phenomena, UFOs and whatever. They're real. People experience them. But then, that's just the first step.

Then, okay, is it within or is it without? What does that mean? Is there really a within or a without? Are these things – because again, we talked before about the reality hallucination. We're in the – we are in a simulation. That's what the brain does. It simulates reality. So everybody's in a reality simulation. Their own personal –

Then, okay, is it within or is it without? What does that mean? Is there really a within or a without? Are these things – because again, we talked before about the reality hallucination. We're in the – we are in a simulation. That's what the brain does. It simulates reality. So everybody's in a reality simulation. Their own personal –

Then, okay, is it within or is it without? What does that mean? Is there really a within or a without? Are these things – because again, we talked before about the reality hallucination. We're in the – we are in a simulation. That's what the brain does. It simulates reality. So everybody's in a reality simulation. Their own personal –

You know, their own personal simulation, their own personal reality hallucination, which fortunately happens to overlap with other people's. It's pretty congruent with other people's, so it makes sense. Otherwise, we'd all be isolated. I mean, presumably there's something out there that we all share, but we're seeing this –