How can 5-MeO-DMT delete our universe?

(Mr Existential) 5-MeO-DMT: The Mystery of the 10,000 toad bones

• Avenged Sevenfold "Nobody" on DMT (official video)

Toad Shaman – Guardian of the Swamp figurine free 3D print model (MakerWorld)

Soma and 5-MeO-DMT with Indian yogis

Did soma (elixir containing a secret psychedelic mushroom or plant) give rise to "Hinduism"?

(dakota 2 earth) I gave [Indian wandering ascetic shaman] Aghori Yogis sapo (bufo), 5-MeO-DMT. They laughed at it, not rejecting the mind-expanding experience but seemingly accustomed to it by their own sadhana or daily spiritual practices.

• Hinduism (aka Sanātana Dharma)

Hinduism's secret mushroom theory

(dakota of earth) July 10, 2025: INDIA: The information presented here is purely for historical and cultural exploration and should not be interpreted as encouragement or promotion of any substance use. Some content may be sensitive or challenging to some viewers. Viewer discretion is advised!

DISCLAIMER: This educational documentary investigates a theory about the entheogenic origins of Hinduism [what the British dubbed Indus-ism to describe all the varied practices and belief around the Indus River Valley, melding them all under one rubric when they never saw themselves as "religions" or anything apart from regular life].

LINKS: dakotaofearth / dakotawint http://www.kick.com/earthie In this documentary, I travel across India exploring temple carvings, sacred rituals, and hidden clues that point toward a secret mushroom cult at the roots of Hinduism. Is it possible that psychedelic mushrooms were the true Soma of the Rig Veda? Join me as I uncover evidence, interview scholars, and search sacred sites to reveal a story that’s been hiding in plain sight. ➤ Subscribe for more documentaries on spirituality, ancient history, and hidden truths. Watch the full story and decide.

Science 'films' HAPPINESS in brain

Better living through (natural) chemistry

There's a chemical in dark chocolate (real Theobroma cacao) related to happiness and good sensations. It's also present in mary-jah-wanna, which probably explains why consumers get so clingy and attached to using the herbal substance. This naturally occurring chemical is called anandamide. Ananda, of course, is the name of the Buddha's closest friend and monastic attendant (likely his son with Mriga from before the birth of Rahula with his wife Yasodhara (aka Bimba Devi, according to some Buddhist schools). In Sanskrit and Pali anand means "bliss, joy, rapture." The suffix amide is added: In the usual nomenclature, one adds the term "amide" to the stem of the parent acid's name. For instance, the amide derived from acetic acid is named acetamide (CH3CONH2).

• The Bliss Molecule: Why the Anandamine in Chocolate Makes Us Feel So Good

Now, one might be wondering, “What on earth is anandamide, and why should I care?” Well, pull up a chair and grab a square of dark chocolate, because we’re about to embark on a flavor-filled journey into the world of neuroscience and cocoa chemistry. Anandamide, derived from the Sanskrit word ananda, meaning “bliss or joy,” is a naturally occurring compound in our brains. It’s part of the endocannabinoid system, a complex network that helps regulate various bodily functions, including mood, appetite, and pain sensation. In essence, anandamide is the brain’s very own mood-enhancing, stress-busting superhero. But how does this marvelous molecule work its magic? When anandamide binds to specific receptors in our brains, it triggers a cascade of feel-good effects. More

Buddha's Brain: Neuroscience of Happiness

Happiness is literally an inside job, according to scientific materialism, which believes that we are nothing more than material constructs and that the miracle of consciousness is but an epiphenomenon following on the interaction of material objects like cells, chemicals, molecules, and ever smaller atom, electrons, and quarks.

Organized religion errs on the side of spiritualism, believing us to be a "soul," "spirit," or "magical subtlety." These three things are real, but they are not the self any more than consciousness is.

There is nama rupa, "name" (the instructions) and "form" (the carrying out of those instructions in the material sphere). But self (atta) is not that. How else could it be? If it not one, it has to be the other, unless it is both? It is both both and neither.

What we regard as "self" (soul, ego) is mind-and-body, but though mental and physical processes exist and are active, they do not amount to a concrete "self."

The "self" that exists is dependent, temporary, ephemeral subject to Three Characteristics of All Conditioned Things: they are impermanent, incapable of satiating/fulfilling, and are impersonal.

This last characteristic is the one that is impossible to believe, but it is the key to awakening/enlightenment in the Buddha's teaching.

We can see that all things are impermanent, in flux, constantly changing, undependable. We can see that we have never been fulfilled for long; we experience great pleasure but remain hungry, in many cases becoming more hungry for newer and better pleasures.

IF THERE IS NO SELF, WHAT IS THERE THEN? The Buddha answered this question in terms of Dependent Origination (paticca-samuppāda). And it is on account of not seeing this, not grasping, not penetrating this that we have wandered so long in this painful samsara.

Will we fall under the spell of scient-ism, run to religion for shelter, or begin to see what the Buddha was getting at when he encouraged us to strive for calm and liberating-insight?

"Science can prove what it says." Can it? It redefines "happiness" as an endorphin then shows a peptide "walking," and viola, nonmaterialistic Buddhism is wrong? That's how it might seem, but it is not the case. We must look more deeply. Science fails us. And coming and seeing and investigating what the Buddha taught liberates us. Try it.

Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom

Preface by Jack Kornfield

(Paperback) Authors Dr. Rick Hanson Ph.D. and Dr. Richard Mendius, MD (with preface by Jack Kornfield and foreword by Dr. Daniel J. Siegel, MD) have 4.7 out of 5 stars (with 2,019 reviews).

Change your brain, change your life with this essential classic from New York Times bestselling author Dr. Rick Hanson—now celebrating 15 years in print with more than 500,000 copies sold.

Great teachers like the historical Buddha, Jesus, Moses, Mohammed, and Gandhi were all born with brains built essentially like everyone else’s—and then they changed their brains in ways that changed the world.

Neuroscience now reveals how the flow of thoughts actually sculpts the brain. More and more, we are learning that it’s possible to strengthen positive brain states.

By combining breakthroughs in science with insights from thousands of years of mindfulness practice, we too can shape our own “Buddha’s Brain” for greater happiness, love, and wisdom. 

Buddha’s Brain draws on evidence-based neuroscience to show readers how to stimulate their brains for

• more fulfilling relationships,
• a deeper spiritual life, and
• a greater sense of inner confidence and self-worth.

Using guided meditations and mindfulness exercises, learn how to activate the brain states of calm, joy, and compassion instead of worry, sorrow, and anger.

Most importantly, anyone who implements these practices will foster positive psychological growth that will literally change the way life is lived day-to-day.

This book provides an essential intersection of psychology, neurology, and contemplative practice. It’s filled with practical tools and skills useful every day to tap into the unused potential of the brain and rewire it over time for greater well-being. More

Taking psychedelics at Shambhala 2025

• Shambhala (Music Festival): annual event in British Columbia, Canada, held during the summer at the Bundschuh family farm, Salmo River Ranch, a 500-acre site in West Kootenay mountains near Nelson [2] that lasts four days and three nights and offers a mix of music and art in nature...

Asking Festivalgoers, “What drugs are you on?” HINT: It starts with a K | Shambhala 2025

Festival-goer Sarah (wiki)

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American on drugs or quirky?

Cops shocked by woman’s bizarre behavior while possibly on drugs

• Sarah festival-goer (wiki); Adam, Psyched Substance at Shambhala 2025; Music: Edvard Grieg, "In the Hall of the Mountain King"; Eds., Wisdom Quarterly

Great deception of modern society

Byung Chul-Han || Prof. Jiang Xueqin ->

Primordial love/sex drive (Helen Fisher)

There are many kinds of attachment (upadana). The pursuit and clinging to sensual pleasures is very strong (although the strongest is probably attachment to views). It can be as strong as thirst (tanha). It serves a function, not for us who suffer it so much as the species or genes that perpetuate themselves into the future. (See The Selfish Gene on the scientific view of the impersonal nature of biology).

Love (the affection for clinging) is a drive, sex (the affection for pleasure) is a drive, and they are very powerful. What hope is there to overcome or undo them should they start to spread all out of control like fire and ruin our lives, bringing waves of torment and suffering? Things are all well and good when they are working out, but when they are not?

When things sour, then what? These are not conscious processes we have very much insight on. We live on autopilot, and they "happen" to us. Maybe that's okay for most people. But for those who would be free and make an end of all suffering in this very life?

How to stop: REAL cause of addictions

They stand at the periphery waiting, clinging. They passed away with strong attachments.

The REAL reason behind addictions and how to get over them

I don't know how it began. I was molested.

(Asangoham) April 26, 2024: Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism includes within its teachings a very interesting concept, that of the "hungry ghost," known as yidags in Tibetan [preta in Sanskrit, peta in Pali].

Dr. Gabor Mate used this idea in his research

One possible form of hungry ghost can be a person who has died while still in the midst of intense craving, attachment, or an insatiable addiction.

Tibetan Buddhists believe that at death one sheds only the physical or gross form; the subtle and causal forms of the body remain [in a changing state of flux, just as they changed and were in flux during life].

This means that while one is now [temporarily] free of the gross or physical body, one is still in the grip of the subtle body, or mind, that was “made” during that and previous lifetimes.

The causal body will retain the seed of the addiction and carry it into the next life if it is not purified. Thus, those who die in the grip of addiction or craving or attachment often remain in the physical plane as disembodied hungry ghosts.

The Wisdom of Trauma

• [Dr. Gabor Mate, Canadian addiction medical specialist and star of Zeitgeist, contends that there are NO addictive substances or activities. Many people are indeed addicted and unable to stop; there is no doubt about that. Dr. Mate treats them daily and set up Canada's first compassionate care center to help them. But it turns out the real problem is an interaction of factors. IF substances and activities were "addictive," then everyone who partook would become addicted. This does not happen. Q: What then is the underlying cause?

  

  When the Body Says No

• A: Susceptibility brought on by childhood trauma. If a person who was abused takes a nonaddictive substance like alcohol, meth, fentanyl, MSG, sugar, heroin, crack, cocaine, or marijuana (which flood the brain with feelgood dopamine, endorphins, and neurotransmitters) then addiction quickly sets in. But it cannot be substance. It is that substance in that person. So as a society we abuse our children then condemn them for the easy-to-access coping mechanism they resort to to self-soothe. It's a double-bind, a Catch 22, a fully Belgium (HHGTTG) situation. Ghosts get trapped this way, and then they are trapped (in bondage), and then for a long time lost "in the realm of hungry ghosts" (Buddhism's peta loka). Knowing this, seeing this, one adheres to the Five Precepts, for one who preserves the Five Precepts is preserved by the Five Precepts. Otherwise, after the ghost realm, which is the beginning of the downfall (niraya), the great waste, one continues down to the hells, where there is no apparent way out. Good karma now will help a great deal then. So make merit (punya).]

Is Dr. Gabor Mate a secular Jewish Buddhist or a Buddhist Jew? (drgabormate.com)

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I want what I want when I want it. I'm hungry.

That is, such beings are still gripped by insatiable addiction but now without the physical body that would give them any chance of satiating that addiction.

Those with the ability to perceive disembodied spirits can perceive hungry ghosts. These people claim that in those places such as the “red light” districts of many cities where people gather to drink, have sex (engage in prostitution), or use intoxicants -- three of the most common pursuits of human addiction -- hungry ghosts can be seen to congregate, often in great numbers.

Addiction is complex. It transcends mere substance or behavioral abuse. Addiction is defined as a chronic and relapsing disorder.

It is characterized by compulsive seeking, continued use, and a lack of control. This continues in the face of and despite severe adverse consequences.

The brain is dependent on neurochemicals.

Fundamentally, addiction involves changes in the brain's reward system. Repeated exposure to addictive substances or behaviors leads to neuroadaptations.

This adaptation diminishes the brain's sensitivity to natural rewards (such as dopamine) and compels/drives one in the compulsive pursuit of the addictive stimulus.

In the digital age, behavioral addictions related to technology and social media have also begun to take hold. #addictions #hungryghosts #zen

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• Asogaham (Script: Matt Mackane. Edit: Medo. Voiceover: Matt Mackane); Seth Auberon, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Neuroscientists come up with new brain map

Pandora Dewan, Newsweek, 2/26/24; Dhr. Seven, Pat Macpherson (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Buddha's Brain (Rick Hanson)

A comprehensive map of the brain's "dysfunctome" — the regions that become dysfunctional during various neurological conditions — has been created by neuroscientists for the first time.

The research offers hope for millions of patients, paving the way toward more tailored treatments based on specific dysfunctionality in certain areas of the brain.

Dysfunctionality in key brain areas can result in a range of debilitating conditions, including

• Parkinson's disease [which is just due to the loss of myelin sheath of the nervous system, which is easily revered by Dr. Joel Wallach at criticalhealthnews.com, even in serious and advanced cases like famous Michael J. Fox if only he knew],
• obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD),
• dystonia (a movement disorder where the muscles contract involuntarily), and
• Tourette's syndrome [like Billie Pirate Eilish suffers from].

Pictures are a poor way of looking for subtleties.

These disorders have a broad spectrum of different symptoms, from information processing and mood disorders to motor deficits.

But the one thing they all have in common is an underlying malfunction in brain circuitry.

Deep brain stimulation — that is, delivering an electric current directly to specific areas of the brain using small electrodes — can target these brain circuits and has been shown to alleviate symptoms for various conditions.

The brain is here, but the "mind" is elsewhere.

[Cary Harrison, whose radio show on KPFK Pacifica Los Angeles, says one cure for depression is an uncomfortable tapping using strong magnets in a repeated series of sessions over a few weeks, which has been shown to work on recovering soldiers, like a guest he had on talking about his remarkable success with this method when nothing else worked.]

• Researchers use deep brain stimulation to map therapeutic targets for four brain disorders
• Rhythmically stimulating the brain with electrical currents could boost cognitive function, according to analysis of over 100 studies

What does Buddhism know about neurology?

However, this treatment method is not always successful, and even small discrepancies in electrode placement can significantly dampen its efficacy.

Also, it is not always clear which brain circuits need to be stimulated to achieve optimal outcomes.

• [In any case, there's lots of hope for the future of mental conditions because MAPS and other organization are completing successful trials of psychedelics (DMT/the spirit molecule, Ecstasy/MDMA, psilocybin/magic mushrooms, ketamine/Special K, LSD/acid, and other substances that are having a remarkable effect on many mood disorders and even autism. MORE:] Neuroscientists say new brain map could help tackle disorders

Buddhist neuroscientist Dr. Rick Hansen gives an introduction to "Neurodharma" (Lion's Roar)

Mushroom Mysteries (Neil deGrasse Tyson)

Neil deGrasse Tyson, StarTalk, 2/8/24; Dhr. Seven, Pat Macpherson (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

The Mystery of Mushrooms [human relatives] with Neil deGrasse Tyson and Bryn Dentinger

Humans are related to mushrooms.

(StarTalk) StarTalk Podcast Full Episodes. Why are some mushrooms delicious culinary truffles, some make us high (200 "magic mushroom" types), and some kill us?

Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice discover the weird world of mushrooms, psilocybin (natural psychedelic drug), and mycelia (root-like fibers that communicate between plants and distribute nutrients throughout forest) with mycologist (person who studies fungus) Bryn Dentinger.

What is a mycologist? Discover the kingdom of fungi, the crazy chemicals funguses produce, and how mushrooms (the fruiting bodies of the mycelia) have a closer common ancestor to us than plants.

• 00:00 - Introduction: psilocybin mushrooms
• 0:41 - What is mycology?
• 3:46 - What is psilocybin?
• 5:03 - How the asteroids helped the mushrooms
• 8:08 - When did humans start eating 'shrooms?
• 12:26 - Why are mushrooms so hard to grow?
• 15:18 - Mycelium and large organisms
• 20:45 - Psilocybin vs. Ayahuasca
• 26:00 - Should we farm mushrooms more?
• 28:45 - Does life have similarities to the framework of the universe?
• 31:26 - Why are truffles so rare?
• 33:47 - Mushrooms on a Mars settlement
• 37:30 - Fungi and the human microbiome
• 42:22 - Progress in research
• 43:48 - Biochemical wizards
• 45:07 - New species of shrooms
• 51:17 - The Last of Us fungal plague

How did the asteroid that is thought to have killed off the dinosaurs help the mushrooms? When did humans start using mushrooms for their psychedelic (entheogenic, shamanistic, mind-making) effects?

Mycelia feed the root hairs, and tree gives sugar

Why are mushrooms so hard to grow? Learn about the differences between fungal and plant life. Learn how mycelia are some of the largest single organisms by area in the world, with the largest living organism on earth planet being a giant, underground hyphae of mycelium, a massive fungal mat that is three square miles in area, living in the Blue Mountains of Oregon.

• The Blue Mountains are unique as the home of the world's largest living organism, a subterranean colonial mycelial mat of the fungus Armillaria ostoyae [6]. They were named after the color of the mountains when seen from a distance and the blue hue imparted by the smoke of forest and range fires set by Indigenous people as management tools in the fall [7]. More

How did some mushrooms come to be hallucinogenic? Should we be farming more mushrooms? What makes prized mushrooms like expensive truffles so rare? Why can’t we farm them rather than have to wildcraft them with the help of pigs their incredible sense of smell?

Many mushrooms are culinary and medicinal.

Could fungi be the key to feeding a future Mars settlement? Will mycelia and mushrooms replace meat with their texture, flavor, and environment-friendly production methods.

Learn about what fungi are made of biochemically and how many new species of fungi are found everyday.

How do fungi interact with the human microbiome? What is Auto-Brewery Syndrome [where a person gets drunk by fermentation in the human gut]?

Plus, could a fungus-based plague cause a zombie apocalypse like the disease featured in The Last of Us?

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Drugs no cure for depression: Dr. Drew (TJDS)

Guest Dr. Drew Pinsky, MD, Host comedian Jimmy Dore, co-host Kurt Metzger (The Jimmy Dore Show); Seth Auberon, Pfc. Sandoval (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

What will happen to my liver? Doctors put me on these useless placebos for life.

Bill Maher, portrait of rich, out of touch, nominal leftist: What pandemic?

Tweedledee and Tweedle won

Dr. Drew (a real medical doctor, general practitioner, addiction specialist, and former host of Loveline (on KROQ and MTV) talks about being shut down by YouTube for telling the truth, just like Russell Brand was brought down by allegations that are enough to prove that a corporation is acting in good faith for censoring anyone trying to debunk the mainstream media narrative for war, Big Pharma, experimental vaccines, genocide, or anything else Big Brother wants us to believe without question.

Big Pharma means big profits and no cures

("Big Brother" too strong? What else to call the dystopian Orwellian moment we're in with Israel's crimes against humanity, fraud in medicine including fake vaccines, pandemics, swine and bird flus, and more nonsense out of the White House than when it was temporarily painted orange by all the bronzer Trump has to use to not look like a corpse, whereas Biden is proud to look like a corpse?)

Big Pharma has our lives in their hands if we're foolish enough to take prescriptions instead of managing our own diet, health, and news consumption. See criticalhealthnews.com for a start.

California closer to legalizing psychedelics

ABC7, Sept. 7, 2023; GrahamHancock.com; Pat Macpherson, Dhr. Seven, Wisdom Quarterly

Then for a moment all the world made sense, and everything was just as it should be.

Psychedelics one step closer to being decriminalized in California

Newsom: I'll sign the bill for SF City to get well.

(ABC7) Various illegal psychedelics (with the potential to be healing entheogens) just got one step closer to being decriminalized in California. MAPS will be very pleased, so scientific research can move on apace.

The California State Assembly voted to legalize substances such as DMT (the "Spirit Molecule" in ayahuasca and Syrian rue, made famous in the biblical "Burning Bush" story), acid (LSD), sacred cactus (peyote, San Pedro), and "magic mushrooms" (psilocybin).

• More: abc7.com/california-psychedelics...

New frontier or ancient human practice?

Were psychedelics [entheogens] used in the ancient world? Here’s the four-minute answer researcher Graham Hancock gave to that question when he was interviewed at the Glastonbury Festival (which explains the background music) in June of 2016.

The topics covered in this video are explored at length in his 2005 book Supernatural: Meetings with the Ancient Teachers of Mankind.

Women need psychedelics more than men?

Jennifer Chesak (grahamhancock.com)

Author Jennifer Chesak

Fun fact: Women report more frequent use of some psychedelics than men.

A not-so-fun fact: In the Global Drug Survey 2020 [1], women cite depression, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as their main reasons for using psychedelics.

Additional reasons include other mental health disorders, grief, distress over medical conditions, and chronic pain.

The truth is that more women report self-treating with some psychedelics than men, whereas men (not all) tend to use psychedelics for recreational purposes.

None of this surprises me. And it’s why I wrote the Psilocybin Handbook for Women: How Magic Mushrooms, Psychedelic Therapy, and Microdosing Can Benefit Your Mental, Physical, and Spiritual Health.

I wanted to provide accurate info about psilocybin (more commonly known as magic mushrooms) and its intersection with women’s health — because our bodies are not the same, nor are our lived experiences. The following content includes excerpted material from the book. More