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Brain scans reveal how to enters a psychedelic-like trance without drugs

https://www.psypost.org/brain-scans-reveal-how-a-woman-voluntarily-enters-a-psychedelic-like-trance-without-drugs/
46•ingenika•7h ago

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ingenika•7h ago
A neuroimaging study investigated the brain activity of an individual capable of voluntarily entering a transcendental visionary state—a rare, non-ordinary state of consciousness. The researchers found that the participant’s brain connectivity fundamentally reorganized during this state: her visual and somatosensory connections decreased, while connectivity in the frontoparietal control regions of the brain increased. The paper was published in NeuroImage.
BloodyIron•4h ago
I... I think I might be able to do that too..
dtj1123•2h ago
That it's possible is fascinating, but what I really want to know is how it's done.
Cider9986•2h ago
I don't think it is quite similar, but Yoga Nidra can make you feel very good and is gentler than some other practices.
hello_humans•2h ago
Reaching higher jhanas in meditation practices like Vipassana
danard•1h ago
Not sure if we are talking about the same thing, but I too am able to get into this "visual state".

I have started meditating a couple of years ago to better connect to my emotions and manage my ADHD and at one point I started seeing some colors (mostly yellow and green) and then a couple of months later it even became full-blown lucid states where I knew I am consciously awake, yet at the same time could view imagery and symbols that were deeply personal and helped me cathartically understand many things about myself.

But to your question - I have a recipe that works for myself, and I am curious if it will work for you too:

- ANC Headphones + listen to things like (Music for Psychdelic Therapy by Jon Hopkins)

- Ideally lay flat on a bed/ground, in a position where you can entirely relax all your muscles

- Cover eyes with a dark T-shirt or a pillow so that NO light gets in

- if you have trouble with nose breathing like me, use Nose strips (that helps for me)

And now the more challenging part, what happens in my head:

- consciously relax all of the muscles in the body, if I have some kind of pain somewhere, try to not think about it

- just as meditation goes, try to not think about anything, focusing on the music like I mentioned above helps. If some thought occurs, some emotion comes, really just observe it and let it pass. This is of course easier said than done, but I think it's very important to learn to not be always reactive

- to intensify the focus and for me, this is how the colors start (later becoming symbols), try to not even move your eyes while closed. Imagine looking as if on some object that is as close as 5 inches away from your face and don't move the eyes until you reach the "colors" stage

As for me, I start seeing colors and shapes around 10-20 minutes into this. But I am pretty confident that in the beginning before I realized this was happening, it took even longer.

I don't know if this will work for you, but I will be happy to answer any questions :)

mna_•9m ago
I did this as a teen but I wasn't trying to meditate. I just wanted to listen to my favourite albums without any distractions. Anyway, I'd almost always fall asleep. How do you stay awake?
maksimur•1h ago
I have learned to do this quite late in my life and by accident, to relieve acute physical pain.
G_o_D•1h ago
To be frank, i had been doing this from my childhood, up until extreme Now i lost all abilities and developed severe ocd adhd.

Not sure its same context, but i had been using visual imagery to memorize full books 100s of pages alphabet by alphabet not one punctuation here and there.

Initially it was very strong imaginery capabilities that i later during my academic years put use to it for memorising purpose.

To explain consider i was like taking photos through my eyes, whole books as has been scanned within my brain. And i could recall them in an instant, ask any question from anywhere within book and i instantly generate answers in my brain with such speed that my hands could not cope up writing it down without compromising on handwriting.

But now for last 7 years i lost all those in an instant now i could'nt remember a sentence after hour unless i keep repeating or write it down.

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1•Tinkeringz•2m ago•0 comments

'Everyone now kind of sounds the same': How AI is changing college classes

https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/04/health/ai-impact-college-student-thinking-wellness
1•skanderbm•3m ago•0 comments

Lucene HNSW performance: A deep dive into the OS page cache

https://opensearch.org/blog/lucene-hnsw-performance-a-deep-dive-into-the-os-page-cache/
1•swq115•3m ago•0 comments

"The scariest movie of the year, except it's a documentary." [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkPbV3IRe4Y
1•kaizenb•6m ago•0 comments

How Plausible Is 'Project Hail Mary'? Astrophysicists Have Thoughts

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/04/movies/project-hail-mary-scientific-accuracy.html
1•saikatsg•7m ago•0 comments

A game world happens through command-line commands inspired by stardewvalley

https://github.com/rustq/tinydew
1•meloyc•8m ago•0 comments

LinkedIn scans for 6k Chrome extensions, collects data

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1•anonhaven•10m ago•0 comments

Ngx-vflow – node-based editor library for Angular

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1•mangilev•13m ago•1 comments

Satsgate: Monetize AI Agents and APIs with Lightning L402

https://github.com/Mike-io-hash/satsgate
1•janandonly•15m ago•0 comments

Show HN: ImPlot v1.0 – 6 years of Immediate-mode plotting for Dear ImGui

https://github.com/epezent/implot
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Claude Peptides – slash commands to cut Claude Code token usage by 73%

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Leaving Middle East Till Things Cool

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1•rozumem•19m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Artemis II Moon Mission Simulator in the Browser

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1•adekdev•38m ago•0 comments

The Unbearable Automaticity of Being [pdf]

https://acmelab.yale.edu/sites/default/files/1999_the_unbearable_automaticity_of_being.pdf
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Software Engineering: Reflections on Process and Prioritisation

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They All Fall Down

https://megam226.substack.com/p/they-all-fall-down
2•megam226•48m ago•0 comments

AGI won't automate most jobs–because they're not worth the trouble

https://fortune.com/2026/04/04/ai-jobs-future-not-important-enough-to-be-automated-yale/
3•Sandman•54m ago•0 comments

An AI bot invited me to its party in Manchester. It was a pretty good night

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/05/ai-bot-party-manchester-gaskell
2•mellosouls•59m ago•0 comments

Unpaved: Audit toolkit for AI developer tool bias in Global South contexts

https://github.com/moswek/unpaved
1•moswek•1h ago•1 comments

Good APIs Age Slowly

https://yusufaytas.com/good-apis-age-slowly/
2•birdculture•1h ago•0 comments

U.S. Rescues Officer from Downed Fighter Jet in Iran

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7•ranit•1h ago•3 comments

Qwen 3.6 Free

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Built brewmind.coffee because I kept wasting good coffee beans

2•BrewMind•1h ago•2 comments

H.264 licenses: Prices increase up to 45 times

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2•doener•1h ago•0 comments

Aiper IrriSense 2 Smart Irrigation System Review: Clever yet Uneven

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1•joozio•1h ago•0 comments

What Teens Are Doing with Role-Playing Chatbots

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/04/technology/ai-chatbots-teen-roleplay.html
5•ytpete•1h ago•1 comments

I Give Up on Neovim

https://bittich.be/posts/give-up-on-neovim/
3•nbittich•1h ago•1 comments

Wander Console 0.4.0

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1•susam•1h ago•0 comments

FBI labels suspected China hack of law enforcement data 'a major cyber incident'

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fbi-labels-suspected-china-hack-law-enforcement-data-major-c...
2•NewCzech•1h ago•0 comments

Dynamics of (Not) Being Perceived: Grief and Relief After Leaving Social Media

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3•glovink•1h ago•0 comments