The experiment
Every week, I’ll take on a new question about consciousness and human experience. I’ll track what I can in my brain and body, and tell you what I tried, what I experienced and what surprised me.
And I’m bringing you with me.
Why me
As a boy in Greece, I remember floating near the ceiling of my room. I was an ordinary kid: average at school, good friends, regular toys. I just had experiences I didn’t talk about.
In the late 90s, I started meditating and experimenting with binaural beats. In 2004, I did my first Gateway program at the Monroe Institute, and I’ve been going back ever since: twelve residential programs, silent retreats in the Dzogchen tradition and a PhD in human development.
Now I’m adding something I’ve never had: a way to measure what happens.
Read my storyThe questions
Some of these I’ve carried for thirty years. Each one gets a real attempt, and you’ll see every result.
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.
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.
What Does 30 Minutes of Doomscrolling Do to Me?
And how long it takes my mind to recover.
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.
How it works
How it works
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A real attempt every week, filmed as it happens.
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Sixteen channels of brain data and body signals, recorded in every session.
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What I experienced, what the data shows, and what it can’t prove.
Every week, I’ll share what I tried, what happened, and the question I’m taking into the next experiment.
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