

What the Spiraling Suns Might Look Like
The spiraling orbs Jon sees in the field of consciousness look similar in some ways to John Edmark's "Blooms" -- 3D sculptures that animate when spun under the correct shutter speed. In Edmark's words, "The bloom’s animation effect is achieved by progressive rotations of the golden ratio, phi (ϕ), the same ratio that nature employs to generate the spiral patterns we see in pinecones and sunflowers." If each of us had something like a spiraling orb of consciousness, wouldn't t


Inspiration for Jon's Eye Gazing Therapy
photo credit Maxim Lubimov My inspiration for Jon's therapy technique of staring silently into his clients' eyes came from the 2011 experiment, "Measuring the Magic of Mutual Gaze" conducted in coordination between Cornell University and the Laboratoria Art and Science Space, Moscow. This experiment directly explored Tuning In's theme of connected human consciousness as volunteers sat facing one another while having their brain waves measured. Cognitive neuroscientist Suzanne