What are the key differences between a ritual and a routine? How does one empower us while the other leaves us dull and unsatisfied?

LSD is one of the strangest and most controversial substances known to science. A dose smaller than a grain of salt precipitates a hazardous mental journey into a universe of hallucination, intense emotion and, some believe, mystical revelation.

“From this distant vantage point, the Earth might not seem of any particular interest. But for us, it’s different. Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives.”

Dr. V.S. Ramachandran is a well-known neurologist. He is currently the Director of the Center for Brain and Cognition, as well as a professor in the Psychology Department and Neurosciences Program at the University of California, San Diego.

Interesting study about sensory deprivation and visual hallucinations published in the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease.

Alex Grey is an American artist specializing in spiritual and psychedelic art (also called visionary art). Grey is a Vajrayana Buddhist practitioner.

“Shinzen talks about how the ten zen ox-herding pictures can be interpreted in two different ways. One shows the stages on the path of enlightenment and the other shows you the process of truly grasping what consciousness is.”

Coué was a French psychologist in the 19th century and was one of the first individuals to use optimistic autosuggestion as a form of therapy and self-improvement.

Some interesting new findings on hypnosis and its relationship with the brain.

Each and every moment is the beginning to something we cannot fathom or even begin to understand? It is the future of our life. Where will it take us and how can we become better at directing it through mindfulness?

Learn more about how our mind’s eye works and how to get into deeper states of trance.