{"id":13382,"date":"2022-06-24T13:32:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T13:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mastermindcontent.co.uk\/?p=13382"},"modified":"2022-08-12T13:47:38","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T13:47:38","slug":"dmt-and-the-pineal-gland-the-doorway-to-higher-understanding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mastermindcontent.co.uk\/dmt-and-the-pineal-gland-the-doorway-to-higher-understanding\/","title":{"rendered":"DMT And The Pineal Gland: The Doorway To Higher Understanding\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Scientific research suggests a part of the human brain contains a naturally occurring psycho-chemical that induces “spiritual experiences”. <\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The substance is known as Dimethyltryptamine (DMT), and is found in many plants and animals. Although scientists are yet to produce conclusive evidence, researchers think the most likely pouch for the chemical in humans is the pineal gland.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our brain secretes DMT as we sleep. Dr. Rick Strassman, author of \u201cThe Spirit Molecule,\u201d says that trace amounts of melatonin can be found around the pineal gland and theorises that large amounts can be released during dramatic events such as birth and death, or near-death experiences.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So if DMT is a naturally occurring neurotransmitter produced by the pineal gland as we sleep, is there a possibility that our nervous system is hard-wired to receive profound spiritual or supernatural experiences that deepen our levels of understanding?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shamanistic rituals in Latin America<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Shamans<\/span> in the Amazon Jungle of South America claim DMT found in plants can be used to cure all manner of physical and mental illnesses. Psychedelic substances are widely used in healing ceremonies throughout Latin America and beyond producing positive results for thousands of people. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DMT is the psychedelic ingredient of ayahuasca, a ceremonial brew that induces a psychedelic experience. It has become so popular with tourists that it’s readily available for curious visitors to Peru, Brazil and Bolivia among others.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ayahuasca is an ancient healing custom that has many benefits<\/span><\/a>. Regarded as a \u201cmedicine\u201d and legally used by Shamanic healers in South America to treat patients, the ayahuasca brew has the power to transform body, mind and soul.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dennis McKenna Phd, an expert on chemicals, says DMT provides a \u201cwhole other level of experience,\u201d compared with other psychedelic substances. Other accounts describe experiences with DMT as accessing the divine realm. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If this chemical is naturally produced by the pineal gland, could it explain spiritual experiences and alien abductions? And if so, why are substances containing DMT banned by western authorities and scandalised by mainstream media?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n

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What is the pineal gland?<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The pineal is a pinecone-shaped<\/span> gland found in the epithalamus that sits in the centre of the brain where the right joins the left. It takes its medical name from the Latin word \u201cpinea\u201d meaning pinecone. Rene Descartes, the 16<\/span>th<\/sup><\/span> Century philosopher called the gland \u201cthe seat of the soul.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are some accounts that suggest our brains secrete melatonin<\/span><\/span> (which is different to melatonin<\/span>), a brain chemical that contains DMT. Should this be the case, opening the pineal gland helps us transcend to higher levels of conscious awareness. A written report by METAtoninresearch.com<\/span><\/a> states: <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe pineal gland secretes hormones that modulate the state of consciousness. The hormone that stabilizes waking consciousness is serotonin \u2013 which is produced by several glands in the body. The pineal gland stores a high concentration of serotonin and converts it to melatonin, the hormone that stabilizes our sleeping state which is produced every night on a regular basis. Using a similar conversion process, the pineal gland can also produces a more complex form of melatonin which we call METAtonin, a higher octave of melatonin.\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

However, there appears to be no official research into metatonin. Officially it doesn\u2019t exist. However, Dr Rick Strassman<\/span><\/a>, author of The Spirit Molecule<\/i>, is pioneering research into melatonin, a <\/span>substance with the same compounds alleged in metatonin, and is secreted from the pineal gland whilst we sleep. Metatonin researchers claim their chemical causes the same effect as melatonin when we are awake.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Strassman however admits his theory cannot be proven – which could make his findings a convenient truth. Therefore the question of metatonin cannot be considered until scientists understand what it does. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Cottonwood Research Foundation in New Mexico<\/span><\/a> founded by Strassman, is working on developing new methods of measuring the commonly known melatonin to determine if higher levels of the chemical are produced during altered state experiences. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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