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DMT: The Spirit Molecule QUOTES

DMT: The Spirit Molecule QUOTES

1 " Opponents and supporters of abortion rights may find fault with my proposal that a pineal DMT release at forty-nine days after conception marks the entrance of the spirit into the fetus. "

― Rick Strassman , DMT: The Spirit Molecule

2 " In my mind, MDMA is a mild drug. People who prefer it to the typical psychedelics tend not to do well when stressed, either by life or by taking more potent mind-bending drugs. MDMA is what I like to call a “love and light” drug, one that accentuates the positive and minimizes the negative. If only life were so simple. "

― Rick Strassman , DMT: The Spirit Molecule

3 " Psychedelics show you what’s in and on your mind, those subconscious thoughts and feelings that are are hidden, covered up, forgotten, out of sight, maybe even completely unexpected, but nevertheless imminently present. "

― Rick Strassman , DMT: The Spirit Molecule

4 " They also may dismiss the proposal that DMT can allow our brains to perceive dark matter or parallel universes, realms of existence inhabited by conscious entities. "

― Rick Strassman , DMT: The Spirit Molecule

5 " I thought I had died, and that I might not ever come back. I don’t know what happened. All of a sudden, BAM!, there I was. It was the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen. "

― Rick Strassman , DMT: The Spirit Molecule

6 " The history of human use of plants, mushrooms, and animals for their psychedelic effects is far older than written history, and probably predates the appearance of the modern human species. "

― Rick Strassman , DMT: The Spirit Molecule

7 " felt the DMT release my soul’s energy and push it through the DNA. It’s what happened when I lost my body. There were spirals that reminded me of things I’ve seen at Chaco Canyon. Maybe that was DNA. Maybe the ancients knew that. The DNA is backed into the universe like space travel. One needs to travel without one’s body. It’s ridiculous to think about space travel in little ships. "

― Rick Strassman , DMT: The Spirit Molecule

8 " It may be that melatonin is so hard to make during the day because any breach in the pineal security system is intolerable. The pineal erects a barrier to inordinate stress that protects equally everything behind it. So, one set of circumstances in which pineal DMT may form is when stress-induced catecholamine output is just too great for the pineal shield to withstand. It also is possible that the pineal security system does not function normally in psychotic individuals. "

― Rick Strassman , DMT: The Spirit Molecule

9 " For example, the euphoria brought on by DMT helped volunteers more unflinchingly look at their lives and conflicts. These ecstatic feelings may be, in part, related to the powerful DMT-induced surge of the morphinelike brain chemical beta-endorphin. DMT also stimulated a massive rise in the brain hormones vasopressin and prolactin. Scientists believe these compounds are important in feelings of bonding, attachment, and comfort with other members of the species. Perhaps the elevations in these brain chemicals made it easier for our volunteers to trust us, relax into the drug effects, and share powerfully personal issues in ways that previously were impossible. "

― Rick Strassman , DMT: The Spirit Molecule

10 " Psychedelics exert their effects by a complex blending of three factors: set, setting, and drug. "

― Rick Strassman , DMT: The Spirit Molecule

11 " I remember that feeling from when I was a kid. When I was scared I would relax and say to myself, “The worst thing that can happen is I’ll go to God” when I was afraid. "

― Rick Strassman , DMT: The Spirit Molecule

12 " The leading candidates for being the building blocks of dark matter are WIMPS, or “weakly interacting massive particles.” They are called massive only in a relative sense, meaning they are larger than a proton or a hydrogen atom. "

― Rick Strassman , DMT: The Spirit Molecule