This instructable will show you how to achieve altered states of mind surprisingly easily with the easy to make Ganzfeld mask that is better than the traditional half ping pong balls taped to the eyes.
You can experience an altered state of mind and hallucination without drugs by simply depriving your body of sensory input. This technique is completely safe and reversible. It has been used by seekers of enlightenment as far as the ancient Greeks.
The adepts of Pythagoras lived in pitch black caves to receive wisdom through their visions. Miners trapped by accidents in mines, frequently reported hallucinations, visions and seeing ghosts when they were in the pitch dark for days.
Arctic explorers seeing nothing but featureless landscape of white snow for a long time also reported hallucinations and an altered state of mind.
In the 1930's, research by psychologist Wolfgang Metzger established that when people gazed into a featureless field of vision* they consistently hallucinated and their electroencephalograms changed. This was called the Ganzfeld effect. Ganzfeld in German means "total field" referring to the total field of vision being featureless in Metzger's experiment.
*Wearing a sleeping mask or sitting in a dark room puts the brain to sleep. The brain needs to stay awake and with minimal sensory input to induce hallucination. Looking at a featureless white field with no cues for depth, shape or distance keeps the brain alert and looking for information. When no information is present, the brain start amplifying the senses, until the neural noise is confused as real sensory information. Dreams are produced in a similar manner.
Total sensory deprivation tanks as seen on TV shows like Fringe cost in the thousands of dollar. But it is easier to produce visual sensory deprivation by putting on this Ganzfeld paper mask and relaxing in a comfortable recliner.
Visual Ganzfeld have been used in the following ways:
Easy and safe hallucination
Instant Meditation
Hypnosis
Out of Body Experience
ESP (big trials made by Charles Honorton) http://skepticwiki.org/index.php/Ganzfeld_experiments
Remote Viewing (tried by the government) http://skepticwiki.org/index.php/Remote_Viewing
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The video below is explained in step 6
You can experience an altered state of mind and hallucination without drugs by simply depriving your body of sensory input. This technique is completely safe and reversible. It has been used by seekers of enlightenment as far as the ancient Greeks.
The adepts of Pythagoras lived in pitch black caves to receive wisdom through their visions. Miners trapped by accidents in mines, frequently reported hallucinations, visions and seeing ghosts when they were in the pitch dark for days.
Arctic explorers seeing nothing but featureless landscape of white snow for a long time also reported hallucinations and an altered state of mind.
In the 1930's, research by psychologist Wolfgang Metzger established that when people gazed into a featureless field of vision* they consistently hallucinated and their electroencephalograms changed. This was called the Ganzfeld effect. Ganzfeld in German means "total field" referring to the total field of vision being featureless in Metzger's experiment.
*Wearing a sleeping mask or sitting in a dark room puts the brain to sleep. The brain needs to stay awake and with minimal sensory input to induce hallucination. Looking at a featureless white field with no cues for depth, shape or distance keeps the brain alert and looking for information. When no information is present, the brain start amplifying the senses, until the neural noise is confused as real sensory information. Dreams are produced in a similar manner.
Total sensory deprivation tanks as seen on TV shows like Fringe cost in the thousands of dollar. But it is easier to produce visual sensory deprivation by putting on this Ganzfeld paper mask and relaxing in a comfortable recliner.
Visual Ganzfeld have been used in the following ways:
Easy and safe hallucination
Instant Meditation
Hypnosis
Out of Body Experience
ESP (big trials made by Charles Honorton) http://skepticwiki.org/index.php/Ganzfeld_experiments
Remote Viewing (tried by the government) http://skepticwiki.org/index.php/Remote_Viewing
STUMBLEIT!
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The video below is explained in step 6
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Signing UpStep 1: Print the paper mask and cut
1. Save the picture below to your desktop.
2. Open it.
3. Print as "portrait" and "fit to page", but maintain proportions (you find these in the print setting). Use normal white printer paper.
4. Cut out the mask.
4. Reinforce the sides or the whole mask with clear scotch tape.
2. Open it.
3. Print as "portrait" and "fit to page", but maintain proportions (you find these in the print setting). Use normal white printer paper.
4. Cut out the mask.
4. Reinforce the sides or the whole mask with clear scotch tape.
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sounds like i might wanna try this for some reason. for the sake of sounding clicque.. it sounds very interesting..
http://simplynoise.com/
listen to noise to ignore.. the... noise.. hmm..
If you don't, your brain will focus it's attention on any familiar sounds it can find. You might feel more focused than usual on, for example, the birds outside your window. Your brain makes the connection between chirps and birds every day. If you take the ability for it to do it's job away, it will [not to scare you] go into a manic state trying to make up it's own patterns to decode.
Would you then reccomend me to listen to this when I'm asleep, or should I listen to some special dream music? And by the way. This white or pink noise. Will it ruin my ears?
Best regards,
A W H
You shouldn't be asleep. You should be relaxed, and try to keep an open, clear mind. If you're stressed out, your mind will be racing around every day thoughts, and the process of depriving it will take longer. This is because your mind has something to dedicate it's focus to other than senses.
Another thing, which is my crucial problem when attempting to relax: Don't try too hard, either. If you're mind is racing, take a few moments to mellow out comfortably in bed. It's not only best for the experiment, but for your health as well. ;)
Once you're nice and relaxed, proceed just as the instructable describes. White or pink noise won't ruin your ears as long as it's not too loud, and they're probably optimal for something like this.
There is (sadly) no special dream music however; music contains patterns which will disrupt this process. If you want a little more than just noise though, I'd recommend the binaural beat approach.
Just let me know if you'd like some more information on binaural beats; but I feel I've gone into a little too much detail here. This stuff fascinates me, sorry for ranting on about it. xD
Best regards,
Me
I never try anything like this until I know what will happen...
It's actually harder with ipod because apple does not allow you to save straight to the ipod, but you need to use itunes.
You can read about it here: http://blog.lincomatic.com/?p=312
Sure, go ahead. I'd appreciate it if you could link my article as the source, though.
Best regards
(beats, noise, no sound?)
THANKS