DMT – Nature’s Quest for Consciousness
January 6, 2010 9 Comments
DMT – Nature’s Quest for Consciousness
by Andrew Rutajit
Our perception of reality is strongly based upon a delicate balance of chemicals. Altering these chemicals, often resulting in altered states of consciousness and profound inner visual experiences, has been the goal of the shaman for millennia. Today, we have all but abandoned this technique; we are derailing millions of years of human evolution by saturating our reality with materialism, religion, porn, and fried food on a stick. We have traded altering our consciousness via plant-based shamanic techniques for altering our consciousness with electronic media and sugar. A global return to the shamanic techniques of ecstasy could get us back on track. However, power-hungry men on religious crusades long ago demonized and criminalized these shamanic techniques. They wedged themselves between the “pagans” and the direct blissful experience provided naturally by numerous ethnobotanicals. Still today, these people have positioned themselves in such a way that they have become the only “religious experience” available. The foundation of human evolution has been laid upon a persistent quest for more and more consciousness. This combination of religion, materialism, and addiction to entertainment has all but suppressed our natural desire to expand our consciousness. Ironically, an archaic revival may be a giant step to regain a forward direction in our evolutionary drive for more and more consciousness.
DMT, the most potent psychedelic compound known to exist, is manufactured in the ventricle (third eye) system in the human brain. Previously, anatomists relegated these ventricles to a position of little importance; simply calling them bags of fluid used for shock absorption in case of trauma – such as a blow to the head. Occult anatomists, alchemists, and symbolic mythologists have known for millennia that these fluid-filled sacks and the pineal gland that lies directly in the center of it all are connected to consciousness. It has long been speculated that our consciousness exists holistically within the entire chemical and cell composition of the brain. Consequently, the ventricle system of the brain, cerebrospinal fluid, and DMT are all now in the game as a players in the complex question of consciousness. DMT is present in our brains in higher than normal doses during the birth process, higher than normal doses of DMT (possibly a result of REM) may be responsible for vivid dreams during sleep, and DMT is also present in our brains in high doses at the time of death. It is also the active ingredient in the Amazonian shaman’s psychedelic brew called “Ayahuasca.” This is important. It is worth reiteration – this naturally occurring, extremely psychedelic compound is the chemical link to the profound inner visual experiences reported by Amazonian shaman, lucid dreamers and those reporting near death experiences.
