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4199 claims; 789 reviewed against the literature; 654 fundable. Claims are AI paraphrases of Seth\'s statements (not verbatim), each traceable to book and session. English fields are machine-translated; the text search runs on the Chinese original. Programmatic access: Data & API.
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| Claim | Concept / domain | Type | Test. | Status | Refs |
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| The conscious self is not an independent entity but acts as a 'core' of conscious energy aggregates, attracting usable energy patterns according to its intensit… unknown-reality-1 §680 · Default-Mode Network Centrality and Self-Concept Stability: A Pre-registered Multicohort S… | conscious self Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | ontological claim | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |
| Consciousness always precedes matter and creates form, not the reverse. unknown-reality-2 §744 · Longitudinal Effects of Meditation Training on Cortical Structure: A Pre-registered Active… | conscious self Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | ontological claim | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |
| Seth advised Rob to let his hand work automatically during painting, let intuition guide, while retaining conscious attention. early-sessions-9 §495 · Spontaneous Drawing With Maintained Awareness: Effects on Creative Performance and Sense o… | conscious self Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | methodological suggestion | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |
| On January 10, 1964, Jane experienced a self-induced trance state lasting about three hours, with weightlessness, unusually acute sensory perception, and handwr… early-sessions-1 §14 · Perceived Weightlessness, Sensory Discrimination, and Handwriting Kinematics During Self-I… | conscious self Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | case evidence | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |
| Identity at birth consists of multiple 'selves' with cores; the physical personality has full freedom to draw from them; some cores may become potential 'trace … unknown-reality-1 §680 · Developmental Origins of Network Competition and Self-Representation: A Longitudinal Multi… | conscious self Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | ontological claim | 3 | untested ★ | 1 |
| When the energy intensity of potential selves approaches the 'main' personality, one or two detach from the space-time structure and shoot as energy branches in… unknown-reality-1 §680 · Network Competition Before Identity and Mood State Transitions: A Pre-registered Longitudi… | conscious self Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | mechanism | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |
| The conscious self translates and filters inner data through the 'subconscious' barrier; above it lies personal memory, below it, racial memory, and there are a… dreams-projections §2 · Intergenerational Access to Unlearned Episodic Information: A Pre-registered Blinded Famil… | conscious self Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | mechanism | 3 | untested ★ | 1 |
| The inner self transmits information to the conscious self through dreams; intuition often first appears as dreams, and the conscious self often responds to the… early-sessions-3 §93 · Temporal Precedence of Dream Content in Subsequent Insight and Decision-Making | conscious self Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | mechanism | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |
| Theoretically, related phenomena can be tested by measuring blood pressure and body weight before and after a trance state—if weight decreases, it would constit… early-sessions-5 §211 · Continuous Body-Mass Balance and Cardiovascular Responses During Self-Hypnosis: A Pre-regi… | conscious self Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | testable prediction | 3 | untested ★ | 0 |
| The ego is the tool through which the hidden inner self operates in the material universe, but when fear intervenes excessively, it loses its effectiveness and … dreams-projections §2 · Self-Evaluative Threat, Self-Criticism, and Executive Performance: A Preregistered Randomi… | ego Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | ontological claim | 3 | untested ★ | 1 |
| The awake ego does not process past-life memories because it is too focused on daily life in physical reality. esp-power §12 · Attentional Load and Independently Verifiable Autobiographical Claims: A Prospective Blind… | ego Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | ontological claim | 3 | untested ★ | 1 |
| After gaining openness to inner data, the ego cannot return to its previous state; the personality is more integrated, with the self expanding rather than contr… early-sessions-7 §309 · Decentering Practice Versus Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: A Preregistered Trial of S… | ego Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | ontological claim | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |
| Due to fear, the ego over-conditionally responds to negative stimuli, creating fearful patterns of energy and projecting them as physical pain. dreams-projections §2 · Fear, Expectancy, and Conditioned Pain Amplification: A Preregistered Factorial Experiment | ego Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | mechanism | 3 | untested ★ | 3 |
| The ego is part of identity rather than the reverse; it is the psychological tool within identity that focuses on the current 'now.' early-sessions-9 §460 · Present-Focused Self-Processing Within a Multidimensional Model of Personal Identity | ego Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | ontological claim | 3 | untested ★ | 1 |
| The ego selectively receives information during dreaming and censors content that threatens its dominant position, and due to functional limitations cannot make… dreams-projections §3 · Self-Relevant Threat and Thought Suppression in REM Dreaming: A Preregistered EEG-fMRI Stu… | ego Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | mechanism | 3 | untested ★ | 3 |
| After the ego undergoes consciousness expansion, structure is retained but chemical and electromagnetic properties change; once this state is achieved, one cann… early-sessions-7 §309 · Persistence and Reversibility of Meditation-Associated Default Mode Network Dynamics and N… | ego Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | ontological claim | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |
| The self is generally the act of self-consciousness, attempting to separate itself from action and treat action as an alien object; the altered self can experie… early-sessions-7 §309 · Self-Construal and Decentering as Predictors of Agency and Body Ownership During Visuomoto… | ego Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | mechanism | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |
| The ego can build itself up around the inner self like a glacier. dreams-projections §2 · Longitudinal Development of Defensive Self-Schemas and Psychological Inflexibility | ego Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | ontological claim | 3 | untested ★ | 0 |
| The future self and intellect will expand to include, use, and appreciate all other parts; the self will become more of an organizer. dreams-projections §3 · Developmental Trajectories and Trainability of Metacognitive and Affective Integration | ego Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | ontological claim | 3 | untested ★ | 1 |
| There exists an inner self, a conscious inner counterpart corresponding to the everyday familiar self, with the subconscious serving as a buffer zone. esp-power §12 · Testing Latent Metacognitive Access to Unreported Information With Behavioral and Neural M… | ego Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | ontological claim | 3 | untested ★ | 1 |
| The subconscious filters information from the inner self to the outer self; the outer self is not aware of the inner self. esp-power §12 · Gating of Unreported Visual Information Into Reportable Working Memory: A Multisite Regist… | ego Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | mechanism | 3 | untested ★ | 1 |
| The outer ego is responsible for manipulating the operation of the entire 'self' energy form in the material universe, while the inner self organizes and direct… early-sessions-2 §58 · Pre-registered Multimodal Tests of Bioelectric and Ultraweak Photon Emission Signatures Du… | outer ego Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | ontological claim | 3 | untested ★ | 1 |
| The subconscious acts as a buffer zone, protecting the outer ego from the impact of true reality, because the outer ego is not yet able to withstand such direct… early-sessions-1 §35 · Sensory Gating, Subjective Overload, and Adaptive Function: A Pre-registered Multimodal St… | outer ego Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | mechanism | 3 | untested ★ | 1 |
| The outer ego does not disappear after the end of its specific existence, but retains and controls the traits and abilities it accumulated in this life, and can… early-sessions-2 §58 · Prospective Blinded Verification of Autobiographical Claims and Skill Correspondence Acros… | outer ego Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | ontological claim | 3 | contested ★ | 2 |
| The inner self creates the material reality that the outer ego faces; the outer ego is not a 'puppet,' but its awareness is less and more unstable than that of … early-sessions-9 §509 · Separating Expectancy Effects on Perception from Changes in Independently Recorded Physica… | outer ego Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | ontological claim | 3 | untested ★ | 1 |
| The outer ego is more subject to material attributes than the inner self, but can directly experience inner reality by adjusting focus and aligning with the inn… early-sessions-2 §58 · Attentional Training, Expectancy, and Subjective Access to Internal Experience: A Randomiz… | outer ego Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | mechanism | 3 | untested ★ | 1 |
| When the inner self and outer ego pursue opposite goals, difficulties arise; if a complete barrier appears between them, the entire self will be deprived of val… early-sessions-2 §58 · Goal Discordance and Well-Being: A Pre-registered Longitudinal and Randomized Intervention… | outer ego Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | mechanism | 3 | untested ★ | 1 |
| When the inner and outer selves are balanced and communicate, the inner self can directly communicate with the outer ego, and the outer ego can convey material … early-sessions-2 §58 · Bidirectional Transfer Between Implicit Learning and Metacognitive Monitoring: A Pre-regis… | outer ego Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | mechanism | 3 | untested ★ | 1 |
| The fusion of inner and outer selves represents the formation of a new consciousness; after fusion, identity is no longer confined to the outer ego. early-sessions-7 §283 · Self-Boundary Attenuation and Dual-Task Performance: Pre-registered Tests of Sustained Att… | outer ego Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | ontological claim | 3 | untested ★ | 1 |
| The communication channel between the inner self and outer ego has never been closed; the outer ego often acts on inner information without being aware of it. early-sessions-3 §120 · Masked Threat Cues, Autonomic Responses, and Avoidance Decisions: A Multisite Pre-register… | outer ego Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | mechanism | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |
| The outer ego should have been an assistant but has been indulged into a tyrant; however, it is more flexible than usually assumed and is not inherently rigid. seth-speaks §512 · Modifiability of Cognitive Rigidity and Self-Related Beliefs: A Pre-registered Randomized … | outer ego Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | ontological claim | 3 | untested ★ | 1 |
| Jung's 'unconscious' is actually a product of inner consciousness, far richer in identity and purpose than the everyday self; Jung's 'shadow' is actually the ou… early-sessions-9 §509 · Default Mode and Executive Control Network Dynamics During Self-Focused Meditation and Act… | outer ego Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | ontological claim | 3 | untested ★ | 1 |
| The consciousness of the outer ego is merely a "shadow" cast by the intuitive knowledge of the inner self. early-sessions-9 §509 · Causal Tests of Feedforward and Recurrent Models of Conscious Decision Monitoring | outer ego Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | ontological claim | 3 | untested ★ | 1 |
| The physical body must dream at the chemical level to survive; otherwise accumulated excess chemicals cannot be excreted or transformed, and the body's mechanis… early-sessions-3 §93 · Dream Experience, Sleep Stage Disruption, and Metabolite Dynamics: A Randomized Crossover … | conscious self Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | testable prediction | 3 | contradicted | 3 |
| Using precise suggestions during sleep can elicit specific types of dreams, and the specific data produced by various personality layers in dreams can be verifi… early-sessions-5 §211 · Stage-Specific Effects of Verbal Suggestion on Dream Content: A Pre-registered Randomized … | conscious self Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | testable prediction | 3 | supported | 2 |
| Science only accepts evidence that can be verified by the senses, thereby fragmenting human wholeness, making a person aware of only one third of the self, with… esp-power §14 · Incremental Predictive Value of First-Person Reports in Multimodal Models of Self-Awarenes… | conscious self Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | methodological suggestion | 3 | contradicted | 2 |
| The ecstatic experience represents the ability to fully focus inner energy, able to command and concentrate all of the personality's inherent energy; it must be… early-sessions-2 §54 | ecstasy Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | mechanism | 3 | not reviewed | 0 |
| Experiments with ecstasy should be conducted with caution and not attempted too frequently; if energy is inadvertently directed toward others, undesirable situa… early-sessions-3 §100 | ecstasy Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | methodological suggestion | 3 | not reviewed | 0 |
| Religious ecstasy does not require physical suffering as a stimulus; asceticism is not necessary and may even be counterproductive. dreams-evolution-1 §896 | ecstasy Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | ontological claim | 3 | not reviewed | 0 |
| Ecstasy is a deeper stage of the deep trembling sensation, experienced as a pleasant tingling that can spread locally or throughout the body; it represents the … early-sessions-6 §240 | ecstasy Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | mechanism | 3 | not reviewed | 0 |
| When sound reaches a certain intensity or pitch, a "click" circuit-switching state occurs, in which the individual is excluded from consciousness, accompanied b… early-sessions-7 §329 | ecstasy Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | mechanism | 3 | not reviewed | 0 |
| Science equates itself with rational thought, making thought overly specialized, biased, and rigid, fragmented into isolated disciplines lacking integrative fie… magical-approach §? | ecstasy Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | methodological suggestion | 3 | not reviewed | 0 |
| Science should allow spontaneity to exist, first receiving inner data in a spontaneous and uncritical manner, without insisting on translating it through the ou… early-sessions-1 §25 | ecstasy Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | methodological suggestion | 3 | not reviewed | 0 |
| Science should not be isolated from "primitive societies" that retain the use of inner abilities; Westerners have cut off half of their abilities and knowledge … early-sessions-1 §25 | ecstasy Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | methodological suggestion | 3 | not reviewed | 0 |
| The inner senses perceive the "inner basic universe" and its laws, while the outer senses can only perceive the camouflage universe; the laws of the universe th… early-sessions-2 §54 | ecstasy Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | ontological claim | 3 | not reviewed | 0 |
| Only by allowing knowledge from various disciplines to no longer remain isolated from one another, and by acknowledging the weight of each individual's intent, … magical-approach §?; dreams-evolution-2 §910 | ecstasy Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | methodological suggestion | 3 | not reviewed | 0 |
| Science views the human system in mechanical, deterministic, and reductionist terms and continuously accumulates supporting evidence; therefore, it currently ha… dreams-evolution-2 §910 | ecstasy Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | ontological claim | 3 | not reviewed | 0 |
| The extension of the self into the physical universe and its extension into the inner reality worlds are theoretically limitless. early-sessions-3 §86 | extension of self Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | ontological claim | 3 | not reviewed | 0 |
| Seth recommends a presleep practice of 'walking on water': imagine the mind standing like an ocean on the water, listen to inner voices, observe with inner eyes… early-sessions-9 §454 | extension of self Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | methodological suggestion | 3 | not reviewed | 0 |
| In a dark-room sitting experiment, Jane experienced hand disappearance, saw colored images, and spontaneously described a scene of an 18th-century English girl. early-sessions-1 §12 | extension of self Multilevel Subjectivity and Mind–Body Integration | experiment record | 3 | not reviewed | 0 |