HEMPEARTH – In this article, we explore how people combine the powerfully psychedelic compound, DMT, and various different kinds of meditation to achieve transcendental experiences.
How DMT and Meditation Intersect
DMT and meditation intersect in the pursuit of expanding consciousness and exploring the depths of the mind. By combining DMT with meditation, individuals hope to access altered states of consciousness more easily and deepen their spiritual journey. The synergistic effect of the two practices can lead to profound insights, heightened intuition, and a deeper understanding of oneself and the universe.
Meditating With DMT
Combining DMT with meditation can help shape the meditation and the psychedelic experience.
If you are planning to combine DMT with meditation:
- Sit or lay down before smoking DMT, and make sure your surroundings are soft
- Meditate for a while before taking the DMT, and make sure you’re in a clear headspace
- Enter the experience with an intention, phrase, or question you wish to explore
Meditation With Different Doses of DMT
While people often search for the “breakthrough” experience — a term psychonauts use for the effects of high doses of DMT — there are benefits to lower doses as well. In combination with meditation, low-to-medium doses of DMT can help keep you present and process thoughts and messages more easily.
Some choose to take DMT alongside, before, and/or after meditating (or a combination of the three). The best way to utilize the two largely depends on the dosage of your DMT since the effects can vary greatly depending on this.
Threshold Dose DMT (10–15 mg)
A threshold dose refers to the smallest possible amount with noticeable psychedelic effects. With this amount, you won’t leave your body or lose consciousness, but you will experience slight alterations in perception.
Effects: Light open-eye/minor closed-eye visuals (OEV/CEV); euphoric mood; light bodily effects
Meditation Practice: This is a good dose to take alongside breathwork practices and/or mindfulness meditation, as it can help with insightful thinking without being overwhelming
Low Dose DMT (15–20 mg)
This dose of DMT will produce significant visual and auditory hallucinations featuring intense fractal and geometric patterns. You shouldn’t lose consciousness at this dose.
Effects: Heavier euphoria but still not too overpowering; closed-eye visuals will be more prominent, and your thinking will become slightly less lucid
Meditation Practice: Helpful before or during a meditation session (provided you still take time to clear your headspace before taking the DMT). During meditation, CEV may make it difficult to keep your eyes closed, but this is the optimal dose for experiencing, reflecting, and remembering CEV for some. Breathwork can enhance the experience to higher levels, so it may be best to stick with a mindfulness meditation at this range.
Medium Dose DMT (20–25 mg)
It’s a good idea to slowly build up to this dose once you get a feel for the effects. It can feel pretty overwhelming at first, featuring intense fractal visions, changes in consciousness, and even feelings of being in “another place” or outside the body.
Effects: Don’t try this level before attempting one of the ones above it, as this can be a much more profound experience. Visuals will be much higher and more profound, headspace becomes much less “lucid,” and breakthroughs are possible.
Meditation Practice: It’s best to meditate for a long time before and after, as it can help prepare your mind and integrate the experience. Practice some breathwork beforehand (to prepare to smoke the DMT), and consider performing a meditation repeating a mantra you set as a theme for your experience. Afterward, just sit silently and let the mind do what it wants.
High/Breakthrough Dose DMT (25+ mg)
This experience will be very powerful. You may or may not “leave your body” temporarily, and it’s possible for you to lose consciousness for a few moments. The visions are intense, and many people report experiencing DMT entities at this dose.
Effects: For experienced users of DMT only — plan to have a comfortable place to lie down. DMT can feel overwhelming at this dosage and often takes over the entire world and field of vision of the user. For a while, you may feel there isn’t a “you” at all.
Meditation Practice: Practice breathwork heavily before taking a breakthrough amount of DMT. It’s important to prepare your lungs when smoking or vaping it, and it can help reduce “unpleasant” effect while you’re beginning a profound psychedelic experience. Don’t plan to meditate during this dosage of DMT, but use your time before to set an intention through mantra meditation and spend some time reflecting in silence on the experience you’ve undergone — or consider journaling on the experience to meditate on what happened.
Benefits of Meditating With DMT
Meditation and DMT are a mostly beneficial match, it’s essential to remember the power behind both actions and treat them with the respect they deserve.
When done in this way, DMT and meditation can be useful ways to:
- Setting the tone for a DMT experience and establishing an intention through meditation before
- Explore the themes and messages more fully and intentionally
- Enhance the experience of DMT and create a more profound effect
- Integrate your trip by meditating on the experience after
- Return to the messages of your trips by meditating on them well into the future
