The Consciousness Project - Mind Shift
The Consciousness Project - Mind Shift – Exploring the Edge of Human Consciousness - Season 1 What if the U.S. Army once tried to scientifically explain out-of-body experiences, time travel, and the nature of the soul? Welcome to Mind Shift, the documentary-style podcast that journeys through the strangest corners of human consciousness research — from Cold-War intelligence experiments to cutting-edge neuroscience and ancient spiritual wisdom. Kate takes you from the secret 1983 Army report "Analysis of The Gateway Experience," to the modern labs studying Tibetan monks, virtual-reality meditation, and brain-computer interfaces. Along the way, you’ll uncover how sound frequencies, gamma-wave brain states, and centuries-old meditation maps all point to one radical idea: that consciousness may be the next great frontier of human evolution. Across ten cinematic episodes, Mind Shift connects the dots between: U.S. military psychic-research programs like Project Stargate and the Monroe Institute’s Hemi-Sync experiments The holographic-universe theory and the physics of consciousness Hindu and Buddhist meditation states that mirror Monroe’s “Focus Levels” Cutting-edge neuroimaging reveals monks generating brain activity “never seen before” The rise of AI and neurotech that may soon reverse-engineer enlightenment Whether you’re a skeptic, a scientist, or a seeker, Mind Shift invites you to rethink what you believe about reality itself, and consider how ancient wisdom, modern technology, and military curiosity might be converging to expand what it means to be human.
Episodes
What happens when military intelligence meets the mysteries of human consciousness? In the premiere episode of Mind Shift, host Kate cracks open a little-known Cold War era report, crafted not by mystics, but by a U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel. This wasn’t just another story of government secrecy; it’s about the military seriously exploring altered states, psychic phenomena, and even the nature of reality itself.
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The boundary between mind and reality is more porous than we’re often led to believe. In this episode of Mind Shift, host Kate takes listeners deep inside the famed Gateway Experience—a set of consciousness-expanding techniques once studied by Army Intelligence during the Cold War. Whether you’re skeptical, curious, or quietly hopeful, you’ll hear firsthand how the military explored altered states of awareness in search of both pra...
Curious about the science behind altered states and the mysteries of perception? In this solo episode, host Kate guides listeners through the fascinating and often speculative ways physics has been used to explain extraordinary experiences reported by Gateway Project participants. By delving into Lt. Col. Wayne McDonnell’s daring attempt to reconcile out-of-body journeys and remote viewing with hard science, Kate takes us to the ha...
Curious about the real story behind government research into psychic abilities and the mysteries of consciousness? In this captivating solo episode, host Kate takes listeners on a journey from declassified military programs to cutting-edge neuroscience, challenging what we think we know about the power of the mind. Whether you’re a skeptic or a believer, this episode invites you to reconsider where the boundaries between science an...
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