Mind/Consciousness

Gamma Mind Enhancement Experiment - Days 19-25

In my report about Days 12 through 18 of the Gamma Mind Enhancement Technology experiment, I mentioned I was beginning to notice that the Gamma technology seemed to increase the effectiveness or amplify the intensity of other practices, such as meditation or Qigong, which is why I decided to try a little experiment within the [...]

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When Scientist and Mystic Meet

Several years ago, I reached a point in my life when I began to doubt there was any purpose or validity to anything I was working on. Researching the mind's infinite potential, studying lucid dreaming, exploring the mind's apparent ability to heal the body -- all of it started to seem futile. This feeling wasn't [...]

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Enhancing Your Sensory Awareness

Many mind enhancement techniques include some sort of visualization, but because of the use of the word visualization, we often forget to incorporate more than just our visual sense when we practice these techniques. Even though it is called visualization, it should involve all of your physical senses. Most people find it difficult at first [...]

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Developing Awareness With Reversed Behavior

As promised, here is an easy exercise to help you develop expanded awareness. I call this technique "practicing opposite behavior." For one week, try performing all your everyday tasks in reverse. If you always put on your right shoe before your left, force yourself to stop and think, to become aware of what you are [...]

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Energy Sensing & Awareness Technique

Basic awareness and energy sensing are part of the foundation of nearly every mystic path. It is impossible to master any advanced techniques without first acquiring a certain degree of skill in the techniques that make up that foundation. Attempting to practice advanced techniques without developing a proper foundation is like attempting to run a [...]

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Enhancing Your Perception Via Lucid Dreaming

Conscious dreaming -- sometimes called lucid dreaming -- simply means being consciously aware that you are dreaming, while the dream itself is taking place. For some this skill comes naturally, but for most of us it takes practice. There are dozens of valid reasons to master the art of conscious dreaming, some of which I'll [...]

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The Nature of Magic and Mysticism

Since the dawn of civilization, humankind has searched for meaning in the universe. In the hunt for ultimate truth, we have scoured both the universe without and the universe within, striving to locate the source of that unshakable feeling, that inner "knowing" that triggers us to believe there is something more to reality than meets [...]

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