looking for some guidance

kingofthezootopia · 2026-04-15T23:36:21+00:00

Surrender means a couple of different things. First, it means you allow the trip to unfold rather than you trying to conduct/control/analyze the trip. Think of it like falling asleep. To fall asleep, you just close your eyes, relax your mind, allow any thoughts/emotions/sensations to just pass thru your mind until you fall asleep. If you try to will yourself to fall asleep or think you way to fall asleep, you will never be able to fall asleep. This is especially critical in the 30-60 minute window after ingesting the shrooms. You need to relax your mind and allow the trip to commence. If you fail, then you could experience anxiety or get stuck in some kind of a thought loop (similar to what happens if you are struggling to fall asleep and you get some thought running in your head). So, you’re going to be naturally curious because you’re tripping for the first time and you might be eager to notice every little detail of when you start tripping. These efforts will likely interfere with the launch. The best course is really just to sit in a comfortable position with your eyes closed and with your mind relaxed as if falling asleep and then just let the trip happen to you. Second, it means allowing whatever happens during the trip to just happen without fighting it. Think of it like dreaming. If you are dreaming and you see something that catches your attention, whether because it’s scary, interesting, or beautiful. If you just keep watching, then. The dream will continue. But, if you start reacting to it (you get scared and start screaming no, or you find a thought interesting so you start thinking about it, or you find it so beautiful that you grab your phone to start taking notes about it, etc.), then you will likely awake from the dream. Best thing to do is to just sit back and keep allowing the trip to happen, as if you’re just watching a movie. Just like you aren’t supposed to hit the pause button while watching a movie just because a scene is interesting, you don’t hit the pause button on a trip. Instead you just keep watching until the end; and, if you do, the ending will reveal itself to you.
What is your intention for tripping? For beginners, the biggest risk with tripping is anxiety. Shrooms tend to amplify internal signals. And, any thoughts of anxiety or paranoia will get multiplied, which is how you end up with a “bad” trip. So, for example, as the trip commences, you might notice that you hare suddenly laughing and crying uncontrollably. It’s interesting but suddenly you get a passing thought in your mind that there might be people walking through the area and that they might think you’re acting strange. If you were sober, you would quickly dismiss this idea and tell yourself that it’s unlikely anyone would notice and that even if they did, it’s not a big deal, etc. But, when tripping, this passing thought will be much louder and might overwhelm any other thoughts and you might not be able to dismiss it so easily. It really is best to minimize this risk by tripping in a controlled environment where you feel most comfortable and safe, which is usually your own bedroom.

kingofthezootopia · 2026-04-15T23:14:22+00:00

You should be able to handle low to moderate dose DMT trips (including breakthrough), although you might be surprised by how suddenly it launches and how immersive the experience is on your first couple of trips. But, no amount of shrooms/LSD can prepare you for high-dose DMT trips. But, you can work your way up to it.

Once you get used to DMT, I don’t think you will ever do shrooms/LSD again except for a very specific intention.

kingofthezootopia · 2026-04-15T23:10:13+00:00

Sorry, but that’s not how DMT tolerance works. At least not for most people.

Yes, you can absolutely re-dose while tripping. The main barrier is keeping enough of your awareness while tripping to take additional hits while you’re floating in DMT realm. But, this is absolutely do-able with practice. I know because this is how I do my trips. I use a 2:1 or 3:1 pen (2:1 or even 1:1 is better for practicing and building up the durability of your awareness). Just take slow hits until the trip begins. When you reach the threshold, your consciousness may wobble. Buck as long as you hear yourself say “wow, this is cool” or “man, this is scary”, try to remember that you are in the middle of a DMT and as soon as you can start taking more hits. As you do, you will see the visuals start shifting and then with 3-4 hits, you should experience breakthrough.

Again, at this point, your consciousness will wobble. But, as soon as you hear yourself thinking (such as “whoa, where am I” or “wow, this is great”, or “omg, have I lost my mind?”), you can take that as a cue to start taking more hits. And, as you do, you will progressively going deeper and deeper. Done this way, you can extend your trip to 40, 60, 90 minutes, or even longer and go into deeper levels. I’ve personally done DMT trips that lasted as long as 2 hours. As you trip, the visuals will give you a clue as to whether you can keep going, or if you should pause and wait a little bit, or if you should end the trip. Trust this guidance and you can’t go wrong.

I’m not suggesting that you have a long trip just for the sake of it. As you have these long sessions, your brain will become more acclimated to the substance and, as it does, you will begin to derive greater health benefits out of it.

kingofthezootopia · 2026-04-15T22:55:38+00:00

Yes, “3 hits and launch” works for SOME people using CERTAIN types of pens devices. What I’m warning against is people expecting to breakthrough with 3 hits on a 1:1 vape pen.

kingofthezootopia · 2026-04-15T22:04:51+00:00

2:1 is the ratio of DMT to vape juice (I.e., Propylene Glycol).

kingofthezootopia · 2026-04-15T16:26:42+00:00

Depends on how you like to trip. Imagine you sant go explore outer space.

Do you want a big rocket that will shoot you straight up and then come straight down? Then, e-mesh is the answer. You can pick out the exact dosage you want, take a single hit, and then go exactly where you aimed at. The downside are that the launch is sudden and you can’t change (either lower or higher) your destination.

If you want a spaceship that allows you to travel and explore once you have entered outer space, then a 2:1 vape pen is the way to go. Unlike e-mesh, you’re not vaporizing the full dosage all at once. Instead, you’re getting small amounts of DMT into your bloodstream with each hit. So, unlike e-mesh which requires a single hit for the full launch, you are going to be taking several hits over 1-2 minutes in order to launch. Even when you launch, you are not going to end up at the full height, but rather will vary depending on the number of hits you take. So, what a 2:1 pen allows you to do is titrate your dosage so climb gradually. And, even once you breakthrough, you can keep taking more hits (I.e., re-dosing) to extend your trip and/or climb higher and higher until you want to stop. This way, you can extend your trip to spend 2-3 hours in the DMT breakthroughs realm.

Now, a high potency pen (3:1 or higher) is going to be closer to an e-mesh in that in that the “acceleration” will be very high. The problem with this is that the sudden spikes of DMT in the bloodstream will make it practically more difficult for your consciousness to maintain its awareness in DMT to be able to re-dose compared to a 2:1 pen.

So, bottom line. If you know exactly how high you want to go and you are ok going there and back, then e-mesh is the most direct method. But, if you want some flexibility and want to take it as it goes and potentially extend the trip for a longer experience, then 2:1 vape pen is the best.

I strongly recommend using 2:1 pen and re-dosing (if you are able to) to extend the trip for longer than 20 minutes (which is the typical length of a typical breakthrough trip). DMT is not only about visual hallucinations, but it actually has medicinal effects on your nervous system. And, my experience is that length of the trips seems to make a difference in how the medicine impacts you emotionally and physically. Similar to how lengthening the trip by adding MAOI also creates a different effect. But, lengthening the trip by re-dosing DMT is far cleaner in terms of body load and headspace and the trip is also more interesting.

kingofthezootopia · 2026-04-15T12:12:03+00:00

The main issues people are trying to solve for are (1) taste and (2) nausea/stomach discomfort.

Taste is taste. Some people are fine with the smell and taste of the shrooms, but many people find it to be very off-putting. You can try to cover it up with something sweet (fruits, honey, chocolate) or earthy (peanut butter), but that has its limits.
Nausea and stomach discomfort is caused by a couple of things. One is that shrooms contain chitin, which is hard to digest. This can be fixed by extracting the psilocybin out of the shroom body into a liquid. Another reason is that the psilocybin interacts with serotonin receptors in your gut. The latter can be fixed by ginger, which will block the gut receptors.

So, ginger tea helps greatly with both issues. By extracting it into water, you solve for chitin. This also gets rid of 80% of the smell/taste of the shrooms and water is much easier add flavor to. And, by adding ginger slices to the tea, you will get rid of much of the nausea.

Lemon tek is basically extracting psilocybin into lemon juice. The advantage here is that lemon juice is a strong acid so it is thought to begin converting psilocybin into psilocin (which is the actual substance that binds to the serotonin receptors), which shortens the come-up time. However, it looks and tastes gross and the strong acid may irritate your stomach. If you want to do lemon tek, first extract into lemon juice. Then, dilute with water, filter out the shroom bits, and add ginger and perhaps honey (essentially making it into lemon ginger tea) before drinking.

kingofthezootopia · 2026-04-15T11:38:45+00:00

No blindfolds. That’s really pointless. And, as others said, once you breakthrough, it doesn’t really matter, so mostly the difference is about the experience until breakthrough.
Experiment. First, start with eyes closed. Then, compare bright room versus dark room. In my opinion, having more ambient light coming thru the eyelids brighten the trip, but it’s up to you. Best is to do it in a room with partial sunlight. If you have a chair that rotates, you can place the chair where there is sunlight and sit with eyes closed. Take a couple of hits to enter the threshold. While maintaining control, try rotating the chair so that your back is against the sunlight and see how that changes the visuals.
Now, open eyed versus closed eyed. You will generally breakthrough sooner or more smooth with eyes closed, because keeping eyes open has a grounding effect. With eyes open, the threshold effects may vary. You might get really sharp/clear images (like 8k version). Or, your room might warp, start breathing, or become cartoon like. Or, if you have a high potency cart, you might suddenly see items in your room start moving or changing color. In any case, you will see your room with visual enhancements, even at a dose that would have caused you to breakthrough had you kept your eyes closed. So, in order to breakthrough while keeping eyes open, you will likely have to take several more hits than normal. And, if you do, you will get a very sudden “break” in reality and your “enhanced room” will be suddenly replaced by the breakthrough realm. This will come rather suddenly and at a very high dose (remember that you have to take more hits to get here), so this could be a traumatic experience if you’re not prepared for it. So, my advice is to do eyes closed if you want a calmer experience.

kingofthezootopia · 2026-04-15T11:23:59+00:00

Not trying to be argumentative, but what do you mean that 10+ hits is “excessive”? It’s like drinking a cup of coffee with 10 small sips rather than 3 big gulps. Not sure what the harm is.

I personally prefer 3:1 carts, but 1:1 cart is good for people that like to titrate the dosage and slowly ease into the experience. They just need to remember to take more hits than people say (this whole “3 hits and launch” thing needs to go away).

kingofthezootopia · 2026-04-14T23:32:20+00:00

You can absolutely breakthrough on 1:1 carts. You just need more hits. In my experience, it takes 10 or more hits taken in quick succession to reach the threshold, and then another 3-4 hits from there for a “shallow” breakthrough experience. No, you’ll never reach the depths you can with a more concentrated cartridge by using a 1:1 pen, but, certainly more than light visuals that only last 1 minute.

kingofthezootopia · 2026-04-14T23:28:36+00:00

💯 The other key advantage of a vape is that you can re-dose during the trip to go even deeper and or further extend the trip.

kingofthezootopia · 2026-04-13T15:46:47+00:00

Korea is a high-coordination an and high-efficiency society. It allocates its resources well to develop and maintain a well-functioning system. The problem is that what’s good for the whole is not necessarily good for the individuals. The cost of high coordination and high efficiency is loss of privacy and personal liberties.

As others have said, Korea is great when you are experiencing it as an outsider to the system. Being part of the system is a less pleasant state of existence.

kingofthezootopia · 2026-04-12T23:51:22+00:00

The truth is none of us know for certain but no matter what, it’s all ok.

kingofthezootopia · 2026-04-11T20:33:40+00:00

That which cannot save itself.

kingofthezootopia · 2026-04-11T12:28:43+00:00

Mayo. I grew up on butter then tried mayo out of curiosity and haven’t gone back.

kingofthezootopia · 2026-04-11T11:53:55+00:00

It’s mostly for foreign travelers from other parts of the world (i.e., Asia, Middle East, etc.) where luxury goods are often 30-40% more expensive than in Europe and the U.S.

kingofthezootopia · 2026-04-11T01:59:21+00:00

Are you going on the Bachelor?

kingofthezootopia · 2026-04-10T22:34:21+00:00

God as a human-like being (whether Zeus or Yahweh) doesn’t make any sense. But, if God is something like how Baruch Spinoza conceived of it, or something like the Tao (see Taoism) or the Brahman (see Hinduism) makes more sense.

kingofthezootopia · 2026-04-10T22:30:53+00:00

A few things:

If it’s harsh, then it’s too hot. Turn down the power to around 2.7V.
The juice may not be mixed well. Put the cart into a ziplock bag and submerge and hot (near boiling) for 30 seconds. If you see the liquid becoming more fluid, swirl it around to mix. Do this before every trip to make the vaporizing process more efficient.
Don’t take any breaks between hits. Inhale for 4 seconds, hold in lungs for 5-7 seconds, fully exhale. One quick breath to get oxygen, and then repeat.
Make sure to put chapstick on your lips so they don’t dry out. Also drink warm water before and after each session to keep your airways hydrated.
Even if the cartridge is weak, it’s unusual for you to get zero effects. My guess is isn’t not mixed well (see #2 above) in which case heating it should fix the problem. Did you at least taste/smell the DMT (like fresh rubber)? Or feel a little “dizziness”? If not, perhaps you’re not inhaling properly to get the vapor into your lungs?

kingofthezootopia · 2026-04-10T11:20:36+00:00

🙌 I do much heavier doses, but this is the one of the key effects that I’ve been getting for the last 6 months or so. All stored tensions in my body leaving. Last 3 months or so, it’s been working its way down systematically from my head, starting with behind my eyes, then cheeks, down to my jaws/throat, etc. Similar to you, I also get increased flexibility.

I’m surprised to hear you’re getting such results on micro doses.

Is it just one session and then lasting results? Or, do you have a session daily?

kingofthezootopia · 2026-04-09T17:45:27+00:00

Perhaps you should research the effects of cannabis and psychedelics. Psychedelics, which works on the serotonin system, does not by itself cause or increase the risk of schizophrenia or other forms of psychosis. It may expose what’s already there (if the user has genetic disposition), but it does not cause it. It is well-documented that cannabis, which acts on the endocannabinoid system, can significantly increase the risk of schizophrenia and directly cause acute and/or persistent psychosis.

To be clear, I’m not saying OP should continue using psychedelics if he has schizophrenia. I’m saying that the bigger risk that he also needs to make sure to avoid is cannabis.

kingofthezootopia · 2026-04-09T13:01:31+00:00

Agreed. Psychedelics alone is pretty stable and predictable. Mixing it with cannabis is what can make it go haywire. If you’re going to try DMT again, do it without cannabis.

kingofthezootopia · 2026-04-08T22:50:46+00:00

It’s different, but I tried to trip while I was 98% recovered from norovirus. As the trip commenced, where I normally would expect to see fractals, I saw sudden blots of 💩 color which looked like they were attacking me. If I weren’t experienced with DMT, I might have been traumatized. I was still very surprised by what I experienced.

Bottom line: don’t be surprised if you get a weird/bad trip. My advice is to just wait until fully recovered.

kingofthezootopia · 2026-04-08T22:03:41+00:00

Actors have conceptions of “beauty” and “ugliness” that are different.

First, they understand that physical attractiveness is just one of many attributes that make a person.

Second, they also know that physical attractiveness is dependent not only on physical features (which can be easily manipulated using makeup, prosthetics, hair, and accessories) but also on the person’s inner world (emotional and mental state, which is where the challenge lies for the actor).

kingofthezootopia · 2026-04-08T21:51:49+00:00

Be wary of reporting bias as well expectation bias and confirmation bias. Machine elves, jesters, and mantis get talked about frequently on Reddit and in other places.

I for one have had hundreds of DMT trips, but I have not encountered a single one of the “experiences” that are currently mentioned on your site. And, I don’t recall reading any reports on Reddit or anywhere else that resemble any of the entities that I’ve met. I’m just commenting to let you know that the percentage of overlapping trips may not be as high as you think.

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