DMT and Prophecy: The Biology of Spiritual Experience

Dr. Rick Strassman of the University of New Mexico ran the first federally sanctioned experiments with a psychedelic since the 1970s. He subsequently developed a fascination with what he perceives is an overlap of the psychedelic experience with the states of consciousness described by the Hebrew prophets.
01:49 Do psychedelics unlock reality or illusions?
05:22 Why do psychedelics tend to produce feelings of love and oneness?
08:11 Does God communicate with humans through our brains?
13:06 Do our brains block the ultimate reality?
17:02 Do psychedelics reduce our brain’s block on reality?
18:39 What is closer to the DMT experience: Judaism or Buddhism?
25:53 How do near-death experiences compare to psychedelics?
29:18 Did Ezekiel describe a drug-induced experience?
32:52 Why do people enter a prophetic future-telling state?
39:50 Can an Atheist experience transcendence through psychedelics?
41:46 Do you experiment with psychedelics?
43:31 What did you learn through your own psychedelic experience?
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[@adamjoshuaberlin]

I spent some time at Aish Torah in Jerusalem last high holidays right before the October attack. Had I known Aish was interested in psychedelics I would have stayed there longer. I am a big proponent of psychedelics and legality of them and I believe they are extremely powerful tools for self exploration and introspection. Having been diagnosed with just about every mental disorder in the book at one point in time, I’m glad to say I’m no longer diagnosed with anything after careful and methodical use of certain psychedelics. Thank you 🙏🏻 Aish. Thank you Hashem. 🙏🏻 Thank you 🙏🏻 God for everything.

[@dhschwartz]

Another great interview, Adam. As both a scientist and someone who is exploring spirituality, I find the work that you are doing on Beyond Belief to be highly informative and engaging. I always look forward to these interviews and this one certainly did not disappoint. Please keep up the great work!

[@beatsbyjiro8291]

Ezekiels was in spirit vision and his soul was taken out of his body and transported to Jerusalem, it has happened to me before - no drugs required. There are beings who are capable of doing such things to human beings.

[@ColeSotil]

Likewise . The dose of the spirit given me by the spirit , so rhe anointing was the best of all . No earthy drugs but the real from the real. However it was amazingly similar to dmt. Besides that it lasted hour s sometimes days. Dmt more limited time wise but wow. What a gift eh

[@thisguy9993]

Everybody has DMT stored in them that gets released upon death

[@facemymusic]

Wow you ask such in depth questions & you tied this back to another interview you did previously where a guy said something opposite! Please have them BOTH on an interview/debate together, man that would be so cool! I just found your channel & I’m loving this.

[@PauloBLKNS]

Wow, thank you for the content and also for the time stamps. Big up from Brazil

[@rickfawyers6808]

👆👆 look up that handle, he ships swiftly, and he got shrooms, Dmt, LSD, MDMA, psilocybin, chocolate 🍫.. he’s got a lot🍫🍄💊🔌☄️

[@robotaholic]

Interviewers can't help themselves but ask self transforming camouflaged iterations of the question: "yeah but is it real?" "Here let me answer your question. . . Take 3 hits" You should have a sticker on your dmt pipe "yeah, but is it real?"

[@bravingbrivatebrian]

There are atheists that have smoked DMT

[@dr.terencelaverdure]

Dr. Strassman I have many personal experiences of intense lucid dreams... deeply spiritual. Normal dreams I wake up and I see and feel "normal". When I have a dream Yogi dream I wake up and I see luminous spheres (thigles in Tibetan) every where and I feel like I do when I finish an Ayahuasca ceremony. For me DMT is definitely the spirit molecule! Great conversation and I am grateful for your work. Have you seen any connections between electromagnetism and DMT? Sounds strange yet I know they are connected. I had a remarkable experience 2 hours after the third day of a 3 day Ayahuasca ceremony run. The effects of the DMT should have "worn" off by then and a visual light phenomenona was seen by myself and another person in a lit room not in the darkness of the ceremony space. Hard to share over this comment format. I just have to state...we are Beings of Light.

[@rickfawyers6808]

👆👆 look up that handle, he ships swiftly, and he got shrooms, Dmt, LSD, MDMA, psilocybin, chocolate 🍫.. he’s got a lot🍫🍄💊🔌☄️

[@dr.terencelaverdure]

@toto mov9969 in my experience DMT is a sense enhancer. Magnetism can be sensed as a felt affect in our Bodymind and DMT made me even more sensitive to magnetic fields. Hope this helps.

[@dposting2941]

So is all matter.

[@youngknowledgeseeker]

Thank you for asking the tough and real questions. Is DMT a gateway into the psyche or into the objective Universe or beyond? What is its relation to NDE's if any. The suspense is too much for us dreamers to take 😅!

[@mistert8775]

I read his book about his DMT research experiments. Very interesting stuff. Good interview!

[@Lifeissimplesatisfyingvideos]

I’m not sure why I’m not able to post my comment as I trying to write about my own NDE and what I witnessed during my dads death.

[@GrowthChronicles_YT]

There’s a lot of potential in psychedelics, I can’t wait to try any of them mushrooms specifically but it’s just so hard to find a reliable source over here, I’ll be glad if anyone can be of help

[@amandabrewster8308]

Psychedelic drugs should be used when you’re in the right state of mind, a lot of people abuse them.

[@Neto37375]

@@Michaelsbrownie One of the most peaceful experience I've ever had..I really need to get my hands on some DMT

[@Michaelsbrownie]

I’ve tried a lot and since the first time i tried it, I said “it’s a crime against humanity to make psychedelic illegal”

[@Bryanclouds]

@@Neto37375 I really think it's not advisable to start your first trip with DMT,it might scare you off

[@Bryanclouds]

@big stepper The moment you started feeling this way you already having a bad trip.. Try not to think about it that way

[@alistairgreen1272]

Read "Supernatural" by Graham Hancock

[@Cheezeakamp]

Ahhh i have as well clashed with the giant arachnaids in my domain. Everyone must face the spiderking and mate with the queen too be victorious deff.

[@Cheezeakamp]

It must also be faced naked and sweaty

[@alistairgreen1272]

Rick who seems to be 'the authority' on DMT because of studying test subjects in a clinical setting & recording their descriptions still has absolutely NO idea about the DMT experience, because it is beyond all words & language & knowledge that comes from being alive & having a human experience on this planet. I recommend both of these men smoke 200mg of DMT & will be totally lost for words ! 🤣

[@Jack-r2v9b]

Hamilton Morris says 35mg for visuals 50 to 60 for a proper experience and over 70 was an experience he didn't want to experience again

[@fyb3rotik]

Rick has done plenty.

[@Jack-r2v9b]

@OnceTheyNamedMeiWasnt it's not a pleasant experience according to Hamilton and was the same for me,couldn't wait for it to be over

[@Jack-r2v9b]

@OnceTheyNamedMeiWasnt it's an illusion in my opinion,but still a mystery. The experience left me with the impression that some sort of alien intelligence controls everything that we see and do,it's the most bizarre eye opening experience of my life, I was over 50 years old when it found me,I had a totally closed mind before the experience

[@akhilsharma20]

​@OnceTheyNamedMeiWasntit's already mentioned in Hinduism that reality is an illusion and God is everywhere and in everything, and a common person is an unrealized God, so there's a story where Arjuna asks then why should I do anything if all is you the god, then I should just sit but Krishna say we do our duties without expecting any gift or return

[@russgrimes5531]

What if it’s a veil between both something spiritual like higher (or lower) dimensions and the way your brain interprets it reveals something about your unconscious/subconscious. DMT trips seem very mathematical in nature and it kind of reminds me of this computer simulation I saw once about a 4D object being represented in a 3D space. This simulation was very simple in comparison to what DMT can be like but I see a resemblance I really think it’s not too far of a reach to say that certain chemicals acting in the brain allow you to perceive something real that normally isn’t able to be seen. I think there’s a connection between the mind and what can be said about quantum physics that really isn’t being talked about or brought to light The connection between the mind or inner world and outer world (and also the dimension of time) is pointed to via the phenomena of “synchronicity” and the most logical way to explain that idea is through quantum physics.

[@ColeSotil]

Dmt - skeleton key to the spirit world.

[@Cheezeakamp]

Did u know all the old jews and kabbalist mystics all do pyschs...

[@kikicarter788]

Of course ""hallucinations" are real"

[@christopherhamilton3621]

Re: Dinah. It’s down to the definition of “God”, right?

[@Battery33]

🍄✡️🪐

[@ColeSotil]

Easy kill conversation is always 👍 good. Or Ezekiel as he is known. For Nahuums sake. Our job is clear. What is the devil doing in heaven anyway? And don't you know this is for us to do ? Displace the devil . Which i know how to do now. And will be doing my part to see it through. Woe to the T.T.W.C. who would that the devil stay.

[@hoshika01]

The more this guy talks about it being god and stuff makes me believe him less and less...at this point he should just say is christian or something

[@Not_PretendingTV]

Has the dude in the blue shirt taken dmt before?

[@fishbone800]

Yes most definitely

[@apache400mts]

No es medicina

[@brentj3687]

Hit up my vendor, she is the best psychedelic dealer

[@brentj3687]

@tagshanno¿?

[@brentj3687]

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