yeah, all i did was pound the seeds with a hammer and ate them up, about 350 will do ya....as far as the pearly gates being twice as potent, i've never heard that before...i used heavenly blue though...if you do try pearly gates, start out trying about 150, and after 2 hours, if no trip, take another 150...but let us know if the pearly gates ones are indeed stronger if you find out for sure, because though i've never heard that, it would be awesome...