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A year of real experiments on consciousness and human experience. Here’s where I’m starting.

  • A cassette tape on a stone ledge in a beam of light

    01SOUNDUP FIRST

    The “CIA” Gateway Tapes: What Actually Happens When You Listen?

    22 years after my first Gateway program, I put the famous tapes to the test with a 16-channel EEG.

  • Ripples spreading across dark water in a stone basin

    02SOUNDUP FIRST

    What Are Binaural Beats Actually Doing to My Brain?

    I’ve used them since the late 90s. This is the first time I’ll measure them.

  • A meditation cushion crossed by a band of rainbow light

    03SOUNDUP FIRST

    Can Sound Take Me Deeper Than Meditation?

    Silent Dzogchen practice against Hemi-Sync. Same brain, same week.

  • A tuning fork touching water in a stone bowl

    04SOUNDCOMING UP

    Does 432 Hz Music Really Feel Different?

    A blind test. I won’t know which one I’m hearing.

  • A moonlit bed beside an open arched window

    05MIND AND STILLNESSCOMING UP

    Can I Keep My Mind Awake While My Body Falls Asleep?

    Focus 10 is the first state Gateway teaches. What does my brain do when I get there?

  • A smooth stone on a rock above a still sea at dusk

    06MIND AND STILLNESSCOMING UP

    Can I Stop Thinking on Command?

    People don’t believe me when I say my mind is quiet most of the time. Let’s see what the EEG says.

  • Two glasses of water on a dark table in slanting light

    07MIND AND STILLNESSCOMING UP

    Binaural Beats or the Power of Expectation?

    What happens when I think a track is doing something and it isn’t?

  • A hand resting on a linen shirt over the chest

    08EVERYDAY LIFECOMING UP

    Does Thinking Start in the Body?

    I’ve long suspected busy thoughts begin as agitation in the nervous system. I’ll track both at once.

  • A glowing phone on a rock at sunset over the sea

    09EVERYDAY LIFECOMING UP

    What Does 30 Minutes of Doomscrolling Do to Me?

    And how long it takes my mind to recover.

  • An open door from a dark stone room to bright sea light

    10EVERYDAY LIFECOMING UP

    The Retreat Changed Me. Then I Came Home.

    What actually lasts after a week of silence, and what fades.

  • A bed seen from above in moonlight

    11BEYOND THE BODYCOMING UP

    I Floated Above My Bed as a Child. Can I Do It Again?

    Out-of-body experiences have followed me since I was a boy in Greece.

  • A sealed envelope and a pencil on a dark table

    12BEYOND THE BODYCOMING UP

    Can I Describe a Place I’ve Never Seen?

    Remote viewing with blind targets. Every result shown, hits and misses.

These are the directions I expect to explore. The experiments will shape the order, and some of them will surprise me.

Sound and Frequency

  • Focus 12 and beyond
  • Isochronic tones vs binaural beats
  • Humming and the nervous system
  • Silence vs sound
  • Music vs Hemi-Sync
  • Sound and sleep

Meditation and Nonduality

  • Self-inquiry in the tradition of Ramana Maharshi
  • Dzogchen open awareness
  • Kriya yoga
  • A Course in Miracles, revisited
  • Eyes-open meditation
  • A week of silence at home
  • The vision that started everything

Sleep and Dreams

  • Lucid dreaming
  • The edge of sleep (hypnagogia)
  • A month of dream journaling
  • What my brain does as I fall asleep
  • Recurring dreams
  • Focus 10 at nap time

Beyond the Body

  • More out-of-body attempts
  • A remote viewing series
  • A premonition journal
  • A telepathy test
  • Near-death experiences
  • Tracking synchronicities

Mind and Body

  • Breathwork
  • Cold exposure
  • Self-hypnosis
  • Heart-brain coherence
  • Flow states
  • Anxiety and the body
  • Hypnosis and memory

Everyday Life

  • A week without my phone
  • Attention and deep reading
  • Living a double life
  • Aging and the mind
  • What 30 years of journals reveal
  • Meditating as a group

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