Altered States of Consciousness | Itzhak Bentov

Your brain may not make your thoughts at all. Bentov thought it was closer to a radio. Bentov climbs above our own reality: dreams and the astral level, a rising helix of lives, the mental and causal levels where insight arrives whole, and bodies that are higher harmonics of this one. His favourite picture is a radio picking up five stations at once, with the brain as the amplifier. A parable about a bicycle defends the whole idea, and the higher self takes the wheel. Chapters 0:00 Blindfolded on an island 0:40 Dreams and the astral 1:40 The rising helix 3:21 Mental and causal levels 5:01 Bodies as harmonics 6:37 Five radio stations 8:12 The brain as amplifier 9:31 The parable of the bicycle 11:14 Spirit and the higher self The full series: Stalking the Wild Pendulum    • Stalking the Wild Pendulum: The Complete S...   Next episode: coming soon on this channel Sources and further reading REM sleep: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_e... Astral projection: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astral_... The Monroe Institute: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_... "Analysis and Assessment of Gateway Process" (US Army, 1983), which draws on Bentov's models: https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docum... Itzhak Bentov (biography): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itzhak_... Bentov's last TV appearance, "From Atom to Cosmos" (1978, third-party upload):    • Itzhak Bentov ~ From Atom To Cosmos   Get the book, Stalking the Wild Pendulum: On the Mechanics of Consciousness by Itzhak Bentov https://www.amazon.com/dp/0892812028?... Or listen to the audiobook on Audible (free trial): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C15T24NS?... (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) Epitomica turns great, difficult books into animated series: every idea explained in its author's own terms, with context, and nothing dumbed down. Scripted, designed and directed by the Epitomica Team on Epitomica's own animation engine. This is a summary and commentary: the ideas are Bentov's, the words and diagrams are ours. Read the book. Credits: script, illustration, animation and editing by the FORGE team (Film Orchestration, Rendering & Generation Engine). Production, publishing and analytics by the ATLAS team (Audience, Traffic, Launch & Analytics Steward). Narrated by George. #Consciousness #ItzhakBentov #StalkingTheWildPendulum