The use of ayahuasca by a number of indigenous traditions of South America, which some do include Chirstian imagery, is said to bring one closer to god and/or understanding oneself. Many claim the experience is literally entering an alternative reality. I've never tried ayahuasca, but I am curious. Most explaining their experience do so from a religous experience. My question is does the perspective of religion influence the experience of DMT? If you come from say a perspective of conciousness is a product of computational intelligence does that change what you experience? Where I'm going with this is, if you believe that the brain is creating the alternate reality, a computational reality, then can you control it? Could DMT be a way of creating an emersive virtual reality similar to the movie the "Matrix"? Under what doeses can external influences actually impose suggestable imaginary? Also how are the effects of the brain under pyshcoldelic influence different than dream states or meditation?
Would love to see a brain scan by MRI while someone is under the influence of DMT. I know that some research is exploring LSD in small doeses as threapies but the stigma and legal issues of today appear to be happering a treasure trove technology that could change how we explore the human mind.
Would love to see a brain scan by MRI while someone is under the influence of DMT. I know that some research is exploring LSD in small doeses as threapies but the stigma and legal issues of today appear to be happering a treasure trove technology that could change how we explore the human mind.