Physicist Tom Campbell and researcher Bob Monroe discuss their early experiences with out-of-body experiences and their collaboration in researching expanded states of consciousness. They engineered the first binaural beat tape to facilitate out-of-body experiences and explored various methods to induce altered states of consciousness. They also delve into the setup of Bob's lab at Whistlefield and the use of galvanic skin response (GSR) measurements. The speakers touch upon the establishment of the Monroe Institute and upcoming discussions on remote viewing training and the concept of reality.

Luigi Sciambarella, an Integrative Hypno-Psychotherapist specializing in sleep and dream disturbance, discusses lucid dreaming and consciousness. He explores the difference between dream and waking reality, the training process for achieving lucid dreaming, and reaching a state of pure silence and awareness. Different methods of inducing lucid dreaming, such as wake induced and dream induced methods, are also explored. The chapter touches on using symbols as mnemonic techniques in dreams and discusses the differences between lucid dreaming and out-of-body experiences.

Eileen Hall, founder of Tayos, discusses the role of art in healing our psyches. She believes that every element in nature has consciousness and can form a relationship with humans. Her collaboration with Jon Hopkins on Music for Psychedelic Therapy incorporates healing sounds from the Tayos caves.

It began with an early interest in not just the science of the mind but, the science of the extent of the mind. "My students were interested in doing experiments in telepathy, psychokinesis and esp ... so I monitored them but of course I was in the process of learning what they were learning. Roger Nelson Director of The Global Consciousness Project discusses is there such a thing as group consciousness and how random number generation is used to research and test field consciousness. Information and structure ... the mind ... has a role and functions in the real world. We are sources of active information. "There is an effect of my [our] intentions in the world." For more information about the Monroe Institute and our programs, visit https://www.monroeinstitute.org

Helané Wahbeh's personal interest in the rare form of trance channeling, "the process of expressing or receiving information and energy from beyond our conventional notion of time and space," began at a very early age. "My mother did it, my grandmother, [I have] multiple people in my family who've experienced trance channeling." Now, as the Director of Research at IONS she's developed the IONS Channeling Research Program which studies whether psychic [channeling] abilities are genetic. "All humans have the capacity for this intuitive noetic wisdom."

Mark Certo originally recorded this casual conversation with Bob Monroe in 1994. Bob talks about his early spontaneous out-of-body experiences and how they spawned a curiosity for the non-physical realm and the study of expanded states of consciousness and ultimately the Monroe Institute. Bob shares his thoughts on why we are here [in this life] and unconditional love "where no reward what so ever is expected from it. Love is a band of energy...the creator line." For more information about the Monroe Institute and our programs, visit www.monroeinstitute.org

Always inclined towards science and technology, Dr. Dean Radin was drawn in particular to Psi research. In this episode of Expanding on Consciousness, Dean discusses parapsycology and the scientific rigors of research on the edge of the unknown. "A friend joked that I must have been born with an extra set of Y (why) chromozones. ...I was always asking why." The study of Psi looks at experiences that are not explained by known physical or biological mechanisms. It is the study of consciousness. The role of consciousness in the physical world and what it can do. For more information about the Monroe Institute and our programs, visit www.monroeinstitute.org

In this opening episode of Expanding on Consciousness, host, Mark Certo invites you to join him and his guests to explore views, understandings and explorations of consciousness. “We’re going dive into to some very deep mysteries of consciousness on this podcast, all of this we do to to encourage you, to explore your own sense of consciousness more deeply. Through these conversations, you might begin to ask some very deep questions about yourself”. Mark reflects on his passion for the subject, his decades of experience interviewing “giants in the field” including Edgar Mitchell, Dr. Charles Tart and Joe McMoneagle. Mark shares a heartfelt appreciation for his work with Bob Monroe and the Monroe Institute as a sound engineer and host of The Gateway Radio Program. Enjoy this first episode of Expanding on Consciousness, and stay tuned for upcoming, weekly conversations with Dr. Dean Radin, Dr. Helané Wahbeh, Dr. Roger Nelson, Dr. Charles Tart and other leading researchers, scientists, artists and dreamers! For more information about the Monroe Institute and our programs, visit www.monroeinstitute.org

Expanding on Consciousness—Insightful and sometimes surprising conversations with scientists and practitioners about the many disciplines and aspects of consciousness—in all its forms. Mark Certo and guests, invite you to listen, learn and apply new ways of thinking about what it means to be interconnected conscious beings. Brought to you by the Monroe Institute.