As a student of consciousness, I love the Expanding on Consciousness podcast with Mart Certo. Mark is an audio engineer and consciousness explorer. He worked alongside Bob Monroe (the Monroe Institute) for many years. They were close friends. Mark was one of the original creators of the hemi-sync sound technology used to help the brain enter various phases (Alpha, Beta, Delta, Gamma) for deeper exploration into the subconscious.
Mark now trains people in his own program called the Triad Mind, where he teaches people to work in the hypnogogic state (the transition from wake to sleep). That is where our access to the subconscious is strong. It is used by hypnotists to access the underlying beliefs of their clients. For students of the Science of Mind, does this sound familiar? Mesmer. Quimby.
This episode of Expanding Consciousness is with Don Jose Ruiz, the author of the Fifth Agreement. His father, Don Miguel Ruiz, wrote the Four Agreements. The discussion is around Toltec Shamanism. As I listened to it, it amazes me how the description of their tradition is exactly parallel with Science of Mind, just using different language. As Don Jose says, “There is only one boss.”
They also talk briefly about Carlos Castaneda, who was my entryway into consciousness exploration in the 70s.