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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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| A-1 is a level of consciousness immediately adjacent to normal waking consciousness, only one step away from it. Everyone has unconsciously slipped into it at s… seth-speaks §574; seth-speaks §19 · Electrophysiological and Network Signatures of Induced Absorption Across Wakefulness, Hypn… | A-1 state Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | ontological claim | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |
| Science's understanding of genetics is mechanical, deterministic, and reductionist; consciousness, intention, and purpose should be incorporated into this under… dreams-evolution-2 §910 · Intentional Training and Immune Gene Expression: A Pre-registered Trial with Behavioral an… | A-1 state Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | methodological suggestion | 3 | contested ★ | 2 |
| In the A-1 state, thought and emotion patterns can be examined to discover the source of physical illness, and physical conditions can be corrected by adjusting… seth-speaks §19 · Diagnostic Validity and Clinical Effects of Guided Internal Imagery in Somatic Symptoms: A… | A-1 state Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | mechanism | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |
| In the A-1-a state, alternative decisions can be actually tested and their effects on the body, psyche, and environment observed, rather than merely imagined. seth-speaks §19 · Prediction of Unobserved Decision Outcomes During Induced Absorption: A Pre-registered Bli… | A-1 state Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | mechanism | 3 | untested ★ | 1 |
| In the A-1 state, consciousness can enter another person's body and heal it, and can also perceive the condition of one's own body in the same way. seth-speaks §574; seth-speaks §19 · Blinded Tests of Remote Diagnostic Accuracy and Clinical Outcomes During Induced Absorptio… | A-1 state Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | mechanism | 3 | untested ★ | 3 |
| In A-1, the user is temporarily free from bodily stress and can use this freedom to reduce bodily stress; seemingly unsolvable problems often become solvable, s… seth-speaks §574; seth-speaks §19 · Does Induced Absorption Amplify Autosuggestion? A Pre-registered Crossover Study of Pain a… | A-1 state Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | mechanism | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |
| The A-1 state is easy to enter; when listening to preferred music or engaging in quiet activities, it is accompanied by individual-specific bodily cues (such as… seth-speaks §574; seth-speaks §19 · Personalized Behavioral Cues for Inducing Absorption: A Pre-registered Study of Music, Gaz… | A-1 state Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | mechanism | 3 | untested ★ | 1 |
| A-1 can serve as the first step in a series leading to deeper consciousness states or adjacent layers; the adjacent layer A-1-a is for rehearsing alternative de… seth-speaks §19 · Discrete Stages or Continuous Dimensions? A Pre-registered Multimodal Study of Guided Abso… | A-1 state Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | ontological claim | 3 | untested ★ | 0 |
| A-2 is a slightly deeper state directly below A-1, used to explore the past including reincarnation; A-3 concerns planetary history and so on; A-4 is below mate… seth-speaks §19 · Source-Monitored Historical Information Retrieval During Guided Absorption: A Pre-register… | A-1 state Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | ontological claim | 3 | untested ★ | 1 |
| In A-1, through practice one can intuitively sense the internal physical environment, can ask to convert thought content into symbolic images (e.g., weeds repre… seth-speaks §19 · Symbolic Imagery Replacement During Induced Absorption: Effects on Interoceptive Accuracy,… | A-1 state Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | mechanism | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |
| Science equates rational thinking with the entire reference framework; other thinking perspectives are regarded as irrational; thought is over-specialized and i… magical-approach · Disciplinary Boundaries and Discovery-Method Bias in Scientific Evaluation: A Cross-Nation… | A-1 state Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | methodological suggestion | 3 | contested ★ | 2 |
| Science should abandon rationality as the only legitimate way of thinking, acknowledge multiple thinking styles, and seek a synthetic field that integrates info… magical-approach · Combining Analytical Reasoning, Intuitive Generation, and Cross-Disciplinary Integration i… | A-1 state Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | methodological suggestion | 3 | untested ★ | 1 |
| Altered states of consciousness change the direction in which consciousness is focused, without changing consciousness itself, instead directing it toward diffe… early-sessions-4 §175 · Attentional Reorientation and Changes in Conscious Processing Across Induced Altered State… | altered states of consciousness Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | mechanism | 3 | untested ★ | 1 |
| Should turn to 'physics of the mind,' seeking evidence in the gaps between events; creativity can help touch inner vitality and transform it into new camouflage… dreams-projections §2 · Creative Insight During Quiet Rest and Sleep-Onset Transitions: A Pre-registered Multimeth… | altered states of consciousness Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | methodological suggestion | 3 | untested ★ | 1 |
| Suggests developing 'psychological time' practice, viewing psychological time as a natural channel connecting to the inner world; practitioners can enter the ps… dreams-projections §2 · Can Five Minutes of Guided Temporal Imagery Match One Hour of Rest? A Pre-registered Nonin… | altered states of consciousness Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | methodological suggestion | 3 | untested ★ | 1 |
| Recommends seriously beginning out-of-body travel as a hobby, imagining oneself stepping into or moving through environments in paintings, and fixing two nights… early-sessions-9 §497 · Twice-Weekly Scene-Immersion Imagery and Changes in Self-Location: A Pre-registered Random… | altered states of consciousness Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | methodological suggestion | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |
| Drugs can serve as protection for consciousness projecting into other systems, preventing consciousness from being trapped or returning too quickly causing shoc… early-sessions-9 §487 · Temporal Processing, Cortical Oscillations, and Recovery Dynamics During Psilocybin Exposu… | altered states of consciousness Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | mechanism | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |
| Normal waking consciousness has periodic 'blank spots,' with frequency depending on activity from 15 to 50 times per hour, during which one can perceive other r… seth-speaks §19 · The Frequency and Temporal Structure of Mind Blanking Across Cognitive Loads: A Pre-regist… | altered states of consciousness Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | testable prediction | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |
| In out-of-body experiences, consciousness alters space-time relationships; out-of-body time is 'free time,' and one does not age in this state, with effects dif… unknown-reality-2 §709 · Cardiorespiratory Dynamics and Temporal Judgments During Experimentally Induced Changes in… | altered states of consciousness Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | testable prediction | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |
| If the ideals of objective science do not change, technology-device-induced altered consciousness will almost certainly be used for manipulation rather than lib… unknown-reality-1 §702 · Autonomy and Manipulative Deployment of Consciousness-Modifying Technologies: A Pre-regist… | altered states of consciousness Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | testable prediction | 3 | untested ★ | 1 |
| Ancient civilizations used trained individuals combined with dream-art scientists and mind physicists to undertake journeys through time and space, returning wi… unknown-reality-1 §702 · Provenance and Information Content of Historical Cartographic and Microscopic-Scale Repres… | altered states of consciousness Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | ontological claim | 3 | untested ★ | 0 |
| The scientific error lies in over-reliance on external senses and material instruments; internal senses must be used instead; the mind is the most important ins… dreams-projections §2 · Visual Acuity and Metacognitive Calibration Across Hypnosis, Mindfulness, and Reduced Sens… | altered states of consciousness Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | methodological suggestion | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |
| Consciousness itself does not change; what changes is only the direction or level toward which consciousness points, not the essence of consciousness itself. early-sessions-4 §175 · Conscious Access and Metacognitive Capacity Across Internal and External Attentional State… | alternate focus Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | ontological claim | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |
| The inner self is an inward focus, the outer self an outward focus; the two form two sides of an action sphere. early-sessions-4 §153 · Internal and External Attention in Self-Related Cognition: Testing Continuous and Multidim… | alternate focus Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | ontological claim | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |
| Events reflect from any conscious layer to all other layers; each layer realizes the event according to its characteristics. seth-speaks §19 · Cross-System Propagation of Event Information Under Perceptual Masking and Attentional Loa… | alternate focus Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | ontological claim | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |
| In alternating focus, you can discard the fundamental assumptions that usually guide, control, and limit perception. seth-speaks §19 · Effects of Attentional Refocusing on Perceptual Prior Weighting: A Pre-registered Expectan… | alternate focus Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | mechanism | 3 | contested ★ | 2 |
| Consciousness merely pretends to obey the idea of time; it can detach from time and perceive events from different centuries instantaneously. seth-speaks §19 · Blinded Identification of Concealed Historical Information and Prospectively Randomized Ta… | alternate focus Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | ontological claim | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |
| Any conscious layer can be used as normally functioning consciousness; reality is viewed from that particular standpoint. seth-speaks §19 · Functional Capacity Across Experimentally Defined Conscious States: A Pre-registered Nonin… | alternate focus Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | ontological claim | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |
| The fluctuation frequency of normal waking consciousness is 15 to 50 times per hour, depending on individual activity. seth-speaks §19 · Rates and Durations of Mind-Blanking Episodes Across Rest and Task Conditions: A Pre-regis… | alternate focus Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | testable prediction | 3 | untested ★ | 3 |
| In A-1 state, consciousness can enter another person's body and heal it, and can also perceive the state of its own physical body image. seth-speaks §19; seth-speaks §574 · Attentional Refocusing, Bodily Information Accuracy, and Wound Repair: A Pre-registered Bl… | alternate focus Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | testable prediction | 3 | untested ★ | 3 |
| Multiple alternative presents exist; your attention is focused on only one, and when attention wavers you may glimpse another. seth-speaks §19; seth-speaks §575 · Attentional Switching and Dissociative Traits in Temporal Source Monitoring Across Virtual… | alternate focus Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | ontological claim | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |
| Science is limited by its own tools; instruments convert data according to familiar patterns, making scientists prisoners of their instruments, unable to access… dreams-evolution-1 §884 · Measurement and Analysis Constraints in Multimodal Studies of Conscious Experience: A Pre-… | alternate focus Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | methodological suggestion | 3 | untested ★ | 1 |
| Animals and bodily consciousness have almost no concept of age; they are 'young' in every present moment of existence. dreams-evolution-1 §898 · Age-Related Differences in Novelty Responses and Temporal Self-Representation in Dogs: A P… | animal consciousness Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | ontological claim | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |
| Animals have awareness of their own biological integrity, enjoy vitality, accept their own value, have clear cognition of danger, and losers in fights are rarel… mass-events §805 · Body-State Assessment and Contest Mortality Across Animal Species | animal consciousness Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | testable prediction | 3 | contested ★ | 2 |
| Animals can perceive their impending death, and humans and animals are no different at this level. personal-reality §664 · Behavioral Indicators of Impending Natural Death in Companion Animals: A Prospective Multi… | animal consciousness Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | testable prediction | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |
| Animal consciousness operates on the basis of 'unspoken knowing knowledge,' and even the smallest plant or seed possesses knowledge that computers cannot acquir… dreams-evolution-1 §898 · Volatile-Mediated Drought Priming from Seeds to Conspecific Seedlings: A Pre-registered Ca… | animal consciousness Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | ontological claim | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |
| Animals are experientially part of human experience, but perception is simultaneously attuned to the perceptual grid in another mode. dreams-evolution-1 §903 · Neural and Behavioral Responses to Controlled Weak Magnetic Fields in Dogs and Humans | animal consciousness Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | ontological claim | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |
| All species have their own reincarnation existence; once consciousness chooses a major classification, it reincarnates within that framework, and the species ca… dreams-evolution-1 §903 · A Pre-registered Test of Learned Information Correspondence Across Unconnected Animal Coho… | animal consciousness Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | ontological claim | 3 | untested ★ | 0 |
| Humans, due to multifaceted development, are no longer subject to the extremely clear-cut essence characteristic of animal instincts; they require a moment of c… personal-reality §635 · Comparative Metacognitive Control Under Matched Uncertainty in Humans, Macaques, and Corvi… | animal consciousness Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | ontological claim | 3 | contested ★ | 2 |
| Animals can perceive impending natural disasters and leave the area when possible. personal-reality §664; mass-events §805 · Prospective Evaluation of Animal Movement as an Incremental Earthquake Warning Signal | animal consciousness Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | testable prediction | 3 | contested ★ | 2 |
| Animals regulate their own birth and death; when survival quality is severely distorted, they deliberately refrain from reproduction, actively migrate under nat… mass-events §805; personal-reality §664 · Environmental Control of Reproductive Allocation and Survival: Integrating Mechanistic Exp… | animal consciousness Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | testable prediction | 3 | contested ★ | 2 |
| Within the personality there exists an 'inner self-awareness part' that knows its own origin, receives all internal data, maintains contact with the entity, and… early-sessions-1 §28; early-sessions-7 §322 · Interoceptive Metacognition and Voluntary Autonomic Regulation Across Physiological Domain… | awareness Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | mechanism | 3 | untested ★ | 1 |
| Jane heard a whisper 'twelve-o-five' in a hypnagogic state, verified via pendulum as telemetric reception; on another occasion she terminated a dream experience… early-sessions-4 §153; early-sessions-1 §12 · Prospective Target-Matching Accuracy of Hypnagogic Reports Under Sensory Isolation | awareness Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | experiment record | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |
| Jane improvised the outline for 'The Expansion of Human Consciousness,' completing it in under an hour; she considered the intuitive process similar to poetic e… early-sessions-6 §246 · Shared Cognitive and Neural Mechanisms of Spontaneous Outline Generation and Poetry Compos… | awareness Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | case evidence | 3 | untested ★ | 1 |
| Within the personality there is a part that can simultaneously observe the self and the subconscious, maintaining awareness during dreams, operating as an 'inte… early-sessions-7 §322 · Metacognitive Monitoring and Goal-Directed Problem Solving During Verified Lucid REM Sleep | awareness Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | mechanism | 3 | untested ★ | 1 |
| During sleep there exist identifiable but not yet scientifically precisely identified layers of consciousness; in the deep region, a few minutes can be experien… seth-speaks §528; seth-speaks §570 · Subjective Duration and Online Temporal Performance Across NREM and REM Sleep | awareness Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | testable prediction | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |
| Beneath waking perception there exist sleep-like precise stages accompanied by chemical, electromagnetic, and hormonal fluctuations; consciousness intensity has… seth-speaks §570; seth-speaks §8 · Circadian Phase, Endocrine Rhythms, and EEG Predictors of Vigilance Across Chronotypes | awareness Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | testable prediction | 3 | contested ★ | 2 |
| Direct awareness can focus on only a single dimension at a time until some spiritual development is completed; as awareness develops, the ability to process var… early-sessions-3 §107 · Capacity Sharing and Serial Bottlenecks in Concurrent Interoceptive and Visual Awareness | awareness Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | testable prediction | 3 | untested ★ | 1 |
| Expectation is an electrical reality that predicts and creates the actuality of future events in the electrical field, thereby ensuring their existence in some … early-sessions-3 §127 · A Preregistered Multilaboratory Test of Expectancy-Associated Deviations in Hardware Rando… | awareness Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | testable prediction | 3 | contested ★ | 2 |
| Whether one is aware of the contents of the conscious mind determines whether one seeks external treatment—when unaware, one tends to seek external healing meth… personal-reality §640 · Self-Awareness and Subsequent Treatment Seeking: A Longitudinal Study With a Randomized Tr… | awareness Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | testable prediction | 3 | untested ★ | 1 |