DMT release during meditation

[ComfortablyNumb95]

Hi everyone
so i guess we all know that the pineal gland produces DMT during the birth, the sleep and during near-death experiences
so i was wondering if one could "force" the gland to produce DMT through a deep state of meditation, or by any other mean.
it would be really interesting and you may have meaningful and deep experiences without taking any drug and i think it would be awesome.
any theory?

 

[blazR]

so i guess we all know that the pineal gland produces DMT during the birth, the sleep and during near-death experiences

Nobody knows, no... There are no proof that DMT actually are released during birth/(near)death or sleep. Melatonin are released [especially] during REM-sleep though..

 

[ebola?]

It hasn't even been confirmed clearly that DMT is produced in the brain (due to rapid catabolism by MAO, this is methodologically challenging to establish), though we do know that it is present in the body.

ebola

 

[sekio]

There are no proof that DMT actually are released during birth/(near)death or sleep.

This. The idea came from Rick Strassman who thought it up as a "wouldn't this be neat" sort of theory. It has never been independently confirmed.

The general consensus seems to be that DMT is not present in sufficient concentration in your brain to produce a systematic effect, like that of smoked DMT... if there was any DMT released it would have to be very localised to have any effect.

it would be really interesting and you may have meaningful and deep experiences without taking any drug and i think it would be awesome.

I thought that was the whole point of meditation. You don't need to force any pineal glands to do anything, just relax and be mindful.

 

[ComfortablyNumb95]

yeah a quick research on erowid confirms what you guys said. thanks for the useful info, you can close this thread

 

[sekio]

okay