possible near death experiences?

I was thinking about this experience I had a few years ago when I wasn't exactly living a good lifestyle. (in other words I didn't really care about what I did or would happen to me).
This one night I had taken a bunch of xanax which I had never taken before. Later, when I was asleep, I had this extremely realistic dream where I was in a room looking at a large screen that had this woman's face on it saying something that I couldn't hear. Suddenly, these black figures started dancing around me, cackling and laughing maliciously...they got closer and closer, started jumping on top of me until I was getting smothered by them. so I started praying and calling for help from a higher power, something, anything. there was then the bright white light that shone above me and dissipated the black figures. I woke up suddenly and was paralyzed and couldn't breathe for about 15 sec.
what do think happened?

sounds like an intense dream maybe nightmare to me. seeing as how i do not believe in a greater power/god/satan

These black figures seem alot like the "Shadow Figures" described in a topic in this same forum. I saw them alot in my youth along with white figures sometimes. Carlos Castaneda mentioned the black figure(s) being death always on your trail. And at your actual death he catches up with you.

It is a known fact that when people have a near-death experience, right before they almost die, they report seeing a bright white light and being in the presence of "beings". My explanation for this experience is that the brain releases grand doses of DMT; the crasiest hallucinogen on this planet. It is made in the pineal gland at times of Birth and near death and it has been suggested that it also is released during sleep causing dreams.

I believe that Near-death experiences, Alien Abductions, dreams and smoked DMT experiences are actually all the same experience in different degrees of intensity being interpretted in different ways. All of these experience have this in common:
- The perception of a bright white light(Heavens light/UFO-light/"Dream-light")
- The perception of "beings" in there(Angels/Aliens/DreamCharacters/DMT-elves)
- The notion of being in another enviroment completely (Heaven/UFO/The "DMT-dome")


Maybe you had a Dream where your brain pumped out unusually high amounts of DMT, cuz it just smells of a DMT experience.

That's really interesting, I didn't know that our bodies actually produced DMT naturally. I always thought it was something you just smoked-which I never have because ppl's stories always sounded wildly intense and scary...one person I know actually lost total control of their bowels all at one time...messy.

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Originally Posted by Achara

one person I know actually lost total control of their bowels all at one time...messy.

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That is disgusting, and i didnt know the body naturally produced DMT either. is this true? is there anyway to release it? and in my professional opinion =P i woudlnt take too many xanax bars at one time anymore...

yeah they probably ate at MacDonnalds earlier that day. :P when doing strong entheogens it is best to have a fairly empty stomach free of any fat food. I wouldn't do DMT if I felt that I needed to use the bathroom even if it wasn't very urgent yet.

However such things are very rare for DMT use since DMT doesn't cause any physical-toxic reactions and subjects who have smoked DMT usually sit in meditation or lie down untill the experience has passed.

And yeah it is true: Look up DMT on Wikipedia. You should find the information that the pineal gland produces small amounts of DMT during normal diggestive processes and large doses during birth and near death. It is common medical knowledge. It has been theorised that it also is responsible for the intense trips called Dreaming, but that's been purely theory. But I find it very assumable.

I have earlier felt scared and over--impressed with the intensity of DMT-stories I read, but lately I've become more and more fearless. NOT reckless, but free of unnececairy fear. I see it this way: Not a single drug has been as psychologically intense, unnerving and terrifying as a good, heavy-duty nightmare. So a smoked DMT-trip could only equal the most intense dream you've ever had at max. I don't fear my nightmares either. In fact I LOVE nightmares.

I'm still carefull though and I am not actively persuing DMT, but I've recently found a source for it. very expensive, but I believe I could do the extraction of DMT from plantmaterial myself. I can get the plantmaterial easily. I just need to find the chemicals involved and the least toxic ones available and suitable for the job. If I'm correct it should take no more than some white Vinigar, some Lime and some grainalcohol; It would probably result in a rather ummy residue with still some fas and oils from the plant in it, but it might just be potent enough to work effectively.

For now I was allready wondering how to stimulate my pineal gland to produce significant doses of DMT: I'm guessing alot of hallucinogens such as LSD and Psilocybin might actually do that as part of their action. But I don't know. Maybe sleep deprivation also does.

What kind of medication is this Xanax exactly?