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 @b92b6163 @a763f0a6 eh, I'd not be so quick to reduce it to just internal chemical changes and hallucinations. 
 @2a70c54d While I haven't done DMT personally, I've been following the science and discussion by users less prone to wanting to believe God is speaking to them personally, my conclusion is that it stays well within the realm of natural experience (this makes any feelings of connection to the universe and wonder no less worthwhile or genuine as a personal experience, just like understanding the neurobiology of meditation doesn't nullify the benefits of meditation and the sense of being one with all we get when we shut down our sense of proprioception and lose the sense of our body in space). 

I wasn't so quick to come to this conclusion, it took a while. I'm still curious to try DMT at some point, even if I'm partially attracted to it for it's "busy person's psychedelic" aspects!  @a763f0a6 
 @b92b6163 @a763f0a6 ok, I disagree, but that doesn't mean much. I hope if you ever do experience it, that your experience is fuflfilling.