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The thing I would say here is that these are all synthetic compounds, they are created in a lab, not 'natural'...
this certainly suggests that whatever you were on was a synthetic hallucinogen, and that you really were just experiencing a subjective hallucination.
I completely understand that point of view. Modern neuroscience doesn't yet have any data to suggest otherwise, but the exact nature of subjective conscious experience and how it is causally related the those neurons firing and connecting is still a mystery (hard problem of consciousness).
So sorry to hear how hard things are for you.
Sorry of I am not making any sense and are derailing your thread 
it's a good point. I guess there would need to be studies done on the phenomenology and exact effects of 'natural' vs 'man-made' substances.
I agree with you that it seems common sense and intuitive that consciousness ceases as living systems die...
I liked what you had to say. Don't apologize. It all made perfect sense.probably shouldn't try to participate in these kinds of debates at the moment.
I don't think I would ever take it either.
I think you probably need to be in a good headspace though. Bad mental state probably results in a bad trip.
on paper ayahuasca may seem complex. but in reality it is a brew created from having made brews/teas in areas where the precursor grows naturally. there are ayahuasca shamans who still live today that do not know the chemical complexity of the brew and yet have the ingredients down pat. Edit: I wanted to use the term 'trial and error' as well. however, when it was first discovered, it was by chance. then passed down through teachings. the "perfection" of the recipe comes from combining various roots/vines/barks to create a different experience, not necessarily a "better" one.
I think dmt is a natural chemical, found throughout nature and even in trace amounts in the human brain.
Possibly, but how is it that people often claim that they were taught great truths by these entities, truths that they had no idea about before they met them?
no, that's why I started this thread, to learn more about it.
same
this comprehension of the experience is actually the most scientifically agreed answer. the "entities" that you encounter occur from within your subconscious. you may not be aware of them, and they may not resemble anything you recognize but that's the point. the idea is DMT is a screwdriver to open a panel with a rare screw. spirituality is an aspect, and maybe a result of the experience. but it all occurs when certain receptors in your own brain make extensive contact with the molecule.
But this sort of begs the question why they do reside in the subconscious. What is their function or purpose given that most people don't take dmt and therefore will never encounter them?
this is a fair question. as far as we know, the subconscious does not have much a benefit as far as survival functions go. survival instincts and moral conscience are more explored concepts than "hyperspace" or "multi universal" perception. I think the reason making the distinction between what you experience as either hallucination or intervention is spirituality has been engrained in humanity since time itself. it's all about perspective.
