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I am a physician who has been following tfus for sometime now - Specifically, it’s ability to create persistent alterations in consciousness/Perception/Cognition- Similar to those found in long-term meditators. My understanding is that there are a few people in the world that can safely do this currently. If you feel comfortable sharing, it would be lovely to hear more details :)

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For sure, though I'll probably have more info after the study.

It's done by the same people as the second paper I linked, on people attending a 10-day silent meditation retreat. My understanding so far is that the participants will be "zapped" a couple of time over the 10 days, to explore exactly what you describe ie alterations of consciousness similar to what's found in long term meditators on retreat, except induced on people who are already on retreat instead of people who'll have to go back to work afterwards.

I'll have more to report in a couple weeks time!

(If you'd like to share, I'm also curious as to what interests you in that field of study)

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