Some rights reserved by Jerry Reynolds

People make a big deal about getting to know “themselves.” It’s a useful tool to figure out how we tick, why we make the decisions we do and what’s really going on inside our heads.

But can you really ever hope to know “yourself” or are we just mysterious processes that lie below the surface that we can only guess at?
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The following is an excerpt from my book, 101 Ways To Expand Your Mind.

Trip
For ages people have been using sensory deprivation to gain insight, create vivid visual hallucinations and give their mind a much needed rest.
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The voices that come out of the radio sometimes make me really mad.

This is a good thing. A very good thing. One of the best things.
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This is from my book, 101 Ways To Expand Your Mind. It’s a great little trick to kick-start your brain in under a minute.
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I love this one. It’s a great way to instantly hallucinate that the world is a big flowing wave of changing stuff. Plus, it’s a subtle reminder that our perception of reality is just that, a perception and sometimes it can be manipulated very easily.
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Here’s a little trick I came up with when I was working long days in

the city. This little hack made sure I was productive and happy all day

long.
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Clicker Training For Humans: A Beginner’s Guide

I got my first dog about a year and half ago.

The only stuff I knew about dog training is the stuff I saw Cesar

Millan do on TV. He makes it look really easy.
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This is an excerpt from my book, 101 Ways To Expand Your Mind. It’s stupid simple and yet, remains one of my favorite trips in the book.
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Everything changes so quickly, the big blue earth thing keeps spinning on and on and we’re only here for a little while.
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I step out of the towel and towards the coffin sitting in front of me. I

look around and wonder if this is safe.

Where I am is the basement of some Swedish Massage Therapist. And I’m naked.
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