The episodes
A year of exploring consciousness and human potential, one question at a time.
From the declassified 1983 report on the Gateway Process.
The Gateway Process, Without the Hype
What the declassified 1983 report really is, and what it isn’t.
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How I Went From a Lucid Dream Into an Out-of-Body Experience
A magazine showed an impossible date. I went lucid, then left my body.
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What Are Binaural Beats Actually Doing to My Brain?
I’ve used them since the late 90s. This is the first time I’m measuring them.
Can Sound Take Me Deeper Than Meditation?
Silent Dzogchen practice against Hemi-Sync. Same brain, same week.
Does 432 Hz Music Really Feel Different?
A blind test. I won’t know which one I’m hearing.
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?
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.
Binaural Beats or the Power of Suggestion?
What happens when I think a track is doing something and it isn’t?
Does Thinking Start in the Body?
I’ve long suspected busy thoughts begin as agitation in the nervous system. I’m tracking both at once.
What Does 30 Minutes of Doomscrolling Do to Me?
And how long it takes my mind to recover.
The Retreat Changed Me. Then I Came Home.
What actually lasts after a week of silence, and what fades.
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.
Can I Describe a Place I’ve Never Seen?
Remote viewing with blind targets. Every result shown, hits and misses.
The full year
These are the directions I’m exploring across the year. The order may change as I uncover new and interesting things.
Episode 1: The Gateway Process, Without the Hype
Episode 2: How I Went From a Lucid Dream Into an Out-of-Body Experience- Focus 12 and beyond
- Isochronic tones vs binaural beats
- Humming and the nervous system
- Silence vs sound
- Music vs Hemi-Sync
- Sound and sleep
- 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
- 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
- More out-of-body attempts
- A remote viewing series
- A premonition journal
- A telepathy test
- Near-death experiences
- Tracking synchronicities
- Breathwork
- Cold exposure
- Self-hypnosis
- Heart-brain coherence
- Flow states
- Anxiety and the body
- Hypnosis and memory
- 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
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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