The DemystifySci Podcast
Refresh Rate of Perception & Entity Encounter Hallucinations - Andrés Emilsson, QRI, DS Pod #225
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Quick takeaways
- The refresh rate of perception plays a crucial role in shaping our experience of reality.
- Ancient practices like Jhanas offer pathways to transcending self-boundaries and exploring consciousness.
- Encountering entities during psychedelic experiences may reflect deep-rooted mythological and cultural influences.
- Attentional moves and coherence of attention centers are vital in navigating altered states of consciousness.
- Exploring the interplay of pain and pleasure can illuminate different aspects of the conscious experience.
Deep dives
The Fabric of Human Consciousness from an Experiential Perspective
The podcast episode explores the fabric of human consciousness from an experiential perspective, focusing on people's experiments with DMT, psychedelics, meditation, and altered states of consciousness. It delves into the connection between these experiences and deep-rooted aspects of human history, such as mythology and religious encounters. The episode discusses the prevalence of encountering entities during DMT experiences and the potential significance of these encounters.
The Control Interrupt Model of Psychedelic Action
The podcast presents the control interrupt model of psychedelic action, which suggests that the cortex inhibits predictable information in order to create a sense of novelty and deviation in experience. It explains that DMT disrupts this inhibitory process, leading to the perception of tracers and the amplification of sensory inputs. The episode also highlights the importance of attention in exploring altered states of consciousness, discussing the role of attentional moves and the coherence of attention centers in creating various states of consciousness.
The Spectrum of Jhanas and Altered States
The podcast touches upon the concept of Jhanas, states of deep concentration achieved through meditation. It explains how these states involve absorption into bodily well-being, pleasure, tranquility, equanimity, and formless qualities of consciousness. The episode explores the progression from embodied Jhanas to formless Jhanas and the experiential shifts that occur during these states, discussing the dissolution of self and the exploration of consciousness beyond sensory boundaries.
Diversity of Consciousness and Entity Ecology
The podcast examines the diversity of consciousness and discusses how different cultures and experiences contribute to this diversity. It also explores the concept of entity ecology, where different patterns of qualia vie for prominence in altered states of consciousness. The episode emphasizes the importance of preserving cultural diversity and explores how different entities and patterns of qualia interact and compete within the consciousness landscape.
Understanding the Practice of Meditation
The podcast explores a specific meditation practice that involves focusing on a candle flame and meditating on the afterimage it creates. This practice is said to produce DMT-like hallucinations after days of continuous practice. It is suggested that this practice energizes the visual field and promotes resonance between different sizes of shapes, resulting in a mystical and significant experience. The significance of hallucinations and the distinction between hallucination and realization are also discussed.
Levels of Psychedelic Experiences
The podcast delves into the different levels of psychedelic experiences, particularly with DMT. These levels range from threshold effects like brightened colors to breakthrough experiences where individuals feel they leave the room and enter different realities. These experiences involve synchronizing various sense modalities and can lead to timelessness or a feeling of disappearing. The overwhelming and less interesting nature of the highest levels is mentioned, possibly due to resonant modes and interference patterns.
The Challenge of Coordinating Consciousness
The podcast reflects on the challenge of coordinating consciousness, particularly in fighting the dark aspects of humanity such as alienation, violence, and corruption. Through the use of psychedelics and meditation, it is suggested that individuals can develop the ability to transmute difficult emotions, resolve conflicts, and direct attention in a more positive and compassionate way. The importance of understanding attention and its impact on individual and collective behavior is highlighted, along with the hope of subtly positively energizing intelligent and compassionate subagents for a more harmonious society.
Entities and the Mechanics of Consciousness
The podcast episode discusses the mechanics of attention and consciousness, comparing them to resonant modes and standing wave patterns. It highlights how attention can be controlled by activating attentional heads or attentional moves, which accumulate energy in specific regions and trigger the experience of light turning on. The experience of light bulbs illuminating the inner Cartesian theater is used metaphorically to explain how attention brings awareness to different focal points. The episode also explores the interplay of pain and pleasure, suggesting that both states have their own lights that illuminate different aspects of experience. It concludes by speculating on the purpose and evolutionary significance of the ability to have encounters with entities, discussing the potential cognitive and intergalactic implications of such experiences.
Exploring Intergalactic Politics and the Galactic Federation
The podcast delves into the concept of intergalactic politics and the idea of a galactic federation through the lens of DMT experiences with entities. It suggests that these encounters reveal a seemingly pro-diversity and inclusive approach among certain entities, symbolizing a larger intergalactic coalition. The discussion explores how large coalitions adopt diversity values to maximize their size and influence, while also acknowledging the existence of rebellious entities that resist joining the central coalition. The episode touches on the potential parallel between these galactic politics and the role of diverse sub-routines within individual consciousness. The conversation highlights the significance of exploring and understanding these phenomena and calls for collaboration between physicists, mathematicians, and cognitive neuroscientists to investigate the mechanics and underlying mathematics of these experiences.
Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 Today we're going deep into the complex world of consciousness and perception with Andres Gomez Emilsson, from the Qualia Research Institute. Join us as we engage in tasty conversation surrounding the neural mechanics of hallucination, exploring the intersections of meditation, psychedelic experiences, and altered states of consciousness. We glean insights into the mysteries of the mind and the resonance of neural networks, and new perspectives on the nature of reality and the self. Don't miss out on this illuminating exploration into the depths of human mind. Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted conference tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB (00:00) Go! (00:03:41) The shared experience of DMT entities (00:10:32) Where is a coherent psychedelic experience located in the body? (00:19:51) Where does the geometry of DMT come from? (00:31:48) Realignment mechanisms of mental transformation post psychedelic use (00:44:09 Jhanas, bliss, and perception without thought (00:50:45) Fear of getting eaten (01:01:06) anticipatory, mythological sources of entity encounters (01:11:10) Where does DMT take you? (01:20:08) The refresh rate of perception (01:25:31) The cartesian theater (01:34:49) Antithesis of the Jhanas (01:41:38) Is there an evolutionary purpose to psychedelic capacity? (01:52:27) Finding capacity for difficult emotions (01:58:37) Loss of addiction by finding awareness (02:04:59) The self as a community #ConsciousnessExploration, #NeuralMechanics, #HallucinationResearch, #PsychedelicInsights, #DMTExperience, #MindMapping, #PerceptionShift, #AlteredStates, #PsychedelicScience, #ConsciousExperience, #Neuroscience, #MeditationJourney, #SpiritualAwakening, #Mindfulness, #PsychedelicTherapy, #BrainResearch, #RealityPerception, #Transcendence, #InnerJourney, #MindExpansion, #sciencepodcast Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671
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