The experiment
Every week, I take on a new question about consciousness and human experience. I 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, a few close 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, the first of twelve programs there. Along the way came 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 as I move through different states of consciousness.
Read my storyHow I measure it
Brain and body, measured together.
Sixteen channels of brain data, plus my heart, skin and breath.
The questions
Some of these I’ve carried for thirty years. Each one gets a real attempt, and you’ll see every result.
From the declassified 1983 report on the Gateway Process.
The “CIA” Gateway Process: What Actually Happens When You Listen?
22 years after my first Gateway program, I put the famous Gateway Experience recordings 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 remains an open question.
Every week, I share what I tried, what happened, and the question I’m taking into the next experiment.
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