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Okay, so Rick Strassman hypothesized in his book DMTL The Spirit Molecule, that when you die, DMT is released in a flood, presumably to help transition you to whatever is next. He states clearly that it is a theory, he is guessing. We know the human brain does contain trace amounts of DMT sometimes in cerebrospinal fluid.
I am not saying it's not true, but a lot of people read the book and then tell everyone about it as if it's a proven fact, when it is not. The rumor has grown to epic proportions... I hear hippies confidently telling me that when you're born you get a DMT flood, when you have sex you get a DMT flood, when you meditate... etc. It bothers me because it's spreading a guess as fact. I like the idea of it, it would be cool if it was true, I just have never heard of any proof.
Just a few minutes ago in another thread I was talking to someone about this topic, and he posted a link to a study done on rats recently that seems to suggest that rats, when subjected to cardiac arrest, get a flood of DMT. The study suggests it may happen in other mammals (ie, us) too. I read through it some but it's hard for me to tell how seriously I should take this conclusion, because I am not used to reading this sort of dense writing. I was hoping some of you guys would be able to share some opinions on this study and its implications. The topic has long fascinated me, back in 2006 I was all about the 2012 global consciousness ascension and DMT blasts on death and all that other stuff but as I've gotten older I've become more guarded about what I let myself believe, I really like to have proof for almost anything before saying it is a fact and not just a speculation.
Here is the study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-45812-w
I am not saying it's not true, but a lot of people read the book and then tell everyone about it as if it's a proven fact, when it is not. The rumor has grown to epic proportions... I hear hippies confidently telling me that when you're born you get a DMT flood, when you have sex you get a DMT flood, when you meditate... etc. It bothers me because it's spreading a guess as fact. I like the idea of it, it would be cool if it was true, I just have never heard of any proof.
Just a few minutes ago in another thread I was talking to someone about this topic, and he posted a link to a study done on rats recently that seems to suggest that rats, when subjected to cardiac arrest, get a flood of DMT. The study suggests it may happen in other mammals (ie, us) too. I read through it some but it's hard for me to tell how seriously I should take this conclusion, because I am not used to reading this sort of dense writing. I was hoping some of you guys would be able to share some opinions on this study and its implications. The topic has long fascinated me, back in 2006 I was all about the 2012 global consciousness ascension and DMT blasts on death and all that other stuff but as I've gotten older I've become more guarded about what I let myself believe, I really like to have proof for almost anything before saying it is a fact and not just a speculation.
Here is the study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-45812-w