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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 world forms from inside out, moving from dream reality into physical reality; these processes occur at another level of consciousness. dreams-evolution-1 §898 · Dream Content and Subsequent Isolated Physical Outcomes: A Pre-registered Multicentre Stud… | thought Mind, Bioelectricity, and Material Emergence | ontological claim | 3 | untested ★ | 1 |
| All thoughts are also projections, leaving you in an objective and actual manner and producing objective effects; thoughts are part of the outward projection of… early-sessions-7 §327 · Human Intention and Isolated Random-System Outcomes: A Pre-registered Multilaboratory Repl… | thought Mind, Bioelectricity, and Material Emergence | ontological claim | 3 | contested ★ | 3 |
| Thoughts themselves are also psychological realities; after being projected, they directly and objectively alter and affect the physical environment, and act in… early-sessions-7 §327 · Target-Specific Electromagnetic and Physical Effects During and After Directed Intention U… | thought Mind, Bioelectricity, and Material Emergence | ontological claim | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |
| You cannot simultaneously retain and use all the thoughts of your life; doing so would be psychological suicide; you retain encoded memories of these thoughts. early-sessions-7 §327 · Capacity Limits and Latent Retention of Sampled Everyday Thoughts: A Longitudinal Multimod… | thought Mind, Bioelectricity, and Material Emergence | ontological claim | 3 | untested ★ | 1 |
| Time can be manipulated, used at will, and examined. unknown-reality-1 §690 · A Pre-registered Test of Intentional Modulation of Clock Rates Under Controlled Environmen… | time Nonlinear Time and Self-Cognition | ontological claim | 3 | untested ★ | 1 |
| Science should study units of consciousness (CUs), rather than material particles, and understand that consciousness precedes matter and that its creation is co… unknown-reality-2 §712 · Pre-registered Multimodal Tests of Competing Quantitative Models of Conscious Access | time Nonlinear Time and Self-Cognition | methodological suggestion | 3 | untested ★ | 1 |
| Seth recommends using the “first inner sense” for direct perception to explore realities inaccessible to the bodily senses. dreams-projections §2 · Anxiety, Expectancy, and Accuracy in Predictions of Future Random Targets: A Pre-registere… | time Nonlinear Time and Self-Cognition | methodological suggestion | 3 | untested ★ | 3 |
| Time is a reversed system, and the momentum of energy operates simultaneously in both directions, toward the past and the future. early-sessions-5 §221 · Testing Future-Setting Dependence in Time-Resolved Photonic Detection Records | time Nonlinear Time and Self-Cognition | mechanism | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |
| There is no true linear time; the past, present, and future exist simultaneously, forming the “spacious present.” early-class-2 · Relational Quantum Dynamics Under Controlled Clock Decoherence | time Nonlinear Time and Self-Cognition | ontological claim | 3 | untested ★ | 1 |
| Time is fundamentally a highly individualized mode of perception and has no meaning without personal experience. early-sessions-9 §424 · Within- and Between-Person Contributions to Subjective Time Across Everyday Contexts | time Nonlinear Time and Self-Cognition | ontological claim | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |
| Physical time is camouflage; psychological time belongs to the inner self and is a natural pathway connecting the inner and outer worlds. dreams-projections §2 · Effects of Daily Temporal-Attention Practice on Subjective Time: A Pre-registered Randomiz… | time Nonlinear Time and Self-Cognition | ontological claim | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |
| Time is closely related to the intervals of language, thought, and the nervous system, and constitutes the camouflage of physical reality. early-sessions-9 §424 · Language Context and Neural Dynamics in Interval Timing: A Pre-registered Bilingual Study | time Nonlinear Time and Self-Cognition | mechanism | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |
| At the physical level, time and space are equivalent to each other and are related to the motion of CU (conscious units). unknown-reality-1 §688 · Resting-State Network Dynamics and Individual Differences in Subjective Time: A Multimodal… | time Nonlinear Time and Self-Cognition | mechanism | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |
| Time is the effect produced by the system acting upon mental acts that enter its framework; at the fundamental level, time does not exist. early-sessions-3 §112 · Cognitive Load and Duration Judgments Across Prospective and Retrospective Timing Paradigm… | time Nonlinear Time and Self-Cognition | mechanism | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |
| More intense forms of concentration, such as a laser, are active tools through which consciousness penetrates space and time, opening dimensions for perception … early-sessions-9 §451 · Attentional Intensity and Identification of Spatially Isolated Targets: A Pre-registered M… | trance state Extended Perception and Consciousness Transduction | mechanism | 3 | untested ★ | 0 |
| In a trance state, the state can be verified in practice through self-suggestions such as “I cannot open my eyes” or “my arm is as stiff as a board,” after whic… esp-power §7 · Motor Suggestion Across Absorptive and Hypnotic Inductions: A Pre-registered EEG–fNIRS Stu… | trance state Extended Perception and Consciousness Transduction | testable prediction | 3 | contested ★ | 2 |
| Scientists using the outer senses to investigate the universe can access only camouflage patterns; the inner senses must be used, and the psyche is the key to d… dreams-projections §2 · Incremental Predictive Validity of Introspective Training for Withheld Physical Measuremen… | trance state Extended Perception and Consciousness Transduction | methodological suggestion | 3 | untested ★ | 0 |
| In a trance state, the inner self is allowed greater freedom; consciousness is maintained throughout, while external distractions are ignored. esp-power §7 · Auditory Attention and Perceptual Decoupling During Absorptive Induction: A Pre-registered… | trance state Extended Perception and Consciousness Transduction | mechanism | 3 | contested ★ | 2 |
| People unknowingly enter light trance states multiple times in daily life, for example when fully absorbed in watching television. esp-power §7 · Everyday Absorption and Hypnotic Responding: An Experience-Sampling and Laboratory Study | trance state Extended Perception and Consciousness Transduction | ontological claim | 3 | contested ★ | 1 |
| Hypnosis is actually a state of increased concentration, not a sleep-like state, and is simply a variant of ordinary consciousness. esp-power §7 · Does Hypnotic Induction Improve General Attention? A Pre-registered Factorial Study of Ind… | trance state Extended Perception and Consciousness Transduction | ontological claim | 3 | contested ★ | 3 |
| The specific method for inducing trance is to lie or sit comfortably, close the eyes, relax the muscles throughout the body sequentially starting with the feet,… esp-power §7 · Sequential Muscle Relaxation and Autosuggestion as an Absorptive Induction: A Pre-register… | trance state Extended Perception and Consciousness Transduction | methodological suggestion | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |
| By focusing inward, one can escape the rigid limits of the senses, penetrate the personal unconscious, and see other realities beyond it. esp-power §7 · Information Identification Under Sensory Isolation During Inward Attention: A Pre-register… | trance state Extended Perception and Consciousness Transduction | mechanism | 3 | untested ★ | 0 |
| In the mediumistic trance state, the controlling personality is a subconscious apparatus that enables the medium to utilize non-participating intuitive abilitie… esp-power §15 · Agency Attribution, Worry, and Handwriting Kinematics During Suggested Automatic Writing | trance state Extended Perception and Consciousness Transduction | mechanism | 3 | untested ★ | 3 |
| In certain deep trances, consciousness may be swept away, leaving the individual unable to critically analyze their own state, and such trances may be accompani… early-sessions-7 §329 · Metacognitive Monitoring and Bodily Self-Location During Hypnotic Suggestion | trance state Extended Perception and Consciousness Transduction | mechanism | 3 | contested ★ | 2 |
| The subconscious is a 'barrier and threshold' that receives all inner data and filters it into the current camouflaged personality. unknown-reality-2 §744 · Implicit and Explicit Memory Contributions to Conscious Access Under Masking and Dichotic … | unconscious Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation | mechanism | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |
| The unconscious is not dark or unknown but is highly conscious; it is a 'hotbed of possibilities.' Its 'darkness' illuminates conscious life and provides streng… personal-reality §652; seth-speaks §13; seth-speaks §556 · Self-Referential Processing Under Visual Masking: A Pre-registered Test of Priming and Met… | unconscious Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation | ontological claim | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |
| The inner self (内我) is a higher consciousness than the outer self; the outer self is only its shadow, and the inner self creates physical reality. early-sessions-9 §509 · Intentional Modulation of Isolated Physical Random Sources: A Pre-registered Multicenter T… | unconscious Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation | ontological claim | 3 | untested ★ | 0 |
| The subconscious lies between 'two brains,' enabling the individual to operate as a single unit, but the two 'faces' are usually unaware of each other, yet each… unknown-reality-2 §744 · Interhemispheric Information Transfer and Metacognitive Independence After Callosal Discon… | unconscious Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation | mechanism | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |
| The unconscious translates the deepest nonphysical reality experiences into recognizable images and forms, while transforming undifferentiated reality into reco… personal-reality §654 · Prior Expectations and Sensory Evidence in the Neural Construction of Recognizable Objects | unconscious Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation | mechanism | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |
| The subconscious acts as a buffer zone between the inner self and the outer self; the inner self contains memories of previous lives and serves as the overall d… esp-power §12 · Prospective Verification and Source Monitoring of Children's Reports of Events Predating T… | unconscious Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation | mechanism | 3 | untested ★ | 1 |
| The outer self (external consciousness) is not aware of the inner self, because the outer self is focused on daily matters of physical reality; the unconscious … esp-power §12 · Self-Hypnotic Suggestion and Retrieval Suppression: Effects on Explicit Recall, Implicit M… | unconscious Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation | mechanism | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |
| Scientists relying only on external senses and material tools distort data and become prisoners of tools; they must use inner senses, otherwise they can only go… dreams-projections §2 · Neural and Behavioral Effects of Internal Sensation Training: A Randomized Trial With Expe… | unconscious Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation | methodological suggestion | 3 | untested ★ | 1 |
| To explore seemingly "empty" places and seek gaps between events, because the lack of camouflage there can instead provide evidence. dreams-projections §2 · Temporal Gaps and Event Boundaries in Perceptual Access and Episodic Memory | unconscious Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation | methodological suggestion | 3 | untested ★ | 1 |
| The psyche is the only important tool connecting inner and outer senses; the secrets of the universe will be discovered within the psyche. dreams-projections §2 · Pendulum Practice Versus Breathing Relaxation for Prediction of Future Random Targets: A P… | unconscious Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation | methodological suggestion | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |
| Science should openly accept legitimate research on the subconscious, inner reality, and related fields, rather than treating it as superstition. esp-power §14 · Topic Labels and Peer-Review Judgments of Methodologically Matched Consciousness Research … | unconscious Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation | methodological suggestion | 3 | untested ★ | 0 |
| Waking consciousness was originally dreaming consciousness; the world was initially a dream, and the entire earthly environment is constructed by consciousness … dreams-evolution-1 §892 · Developmental Ordering of Internally Generated and Stimulus-Evoked Neural Dynamics Across … | waking consciousness Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | ontological claim | 3 | untested ★ | 0 |
| If an individual personality is sufficiently flexible and safely changes the focus of consciousness, one can experience a greater range of conscious expression … unknown-reality-2 §723 · Attentional Flexibility and Perceptual Access During Wakefulness: A Pre-Registered Randomi… | waking consciousness Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | testable prediction | 3 | contested ★ | 1 |
| In the waking state, dream experience is at the peripheral background position; symmetrically, in dreams, everyday experience is also peripheral. unknown-reality-2 §723 · Cross-State Memory Accessibility and Attentional Prioritization During Wakefulness and REM… | waking consciousness Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | ontological claim | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |
| Normal waking consciousness is discontinuous; within each hour it experiences about fifteen to fifty "blanks" or fluctuations, but it erases memories of these n… seth-speaks §19 · Frequency, Memory Consequences, and EEG–fMRI Correlates of Spontaneous Mind Blanking Durin… | waking consciousness Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | mechanism | 3 | contested ★ | 2 |
| Waking consciousness has memory only of itself and its perceptions, so it tends to assume no other consciousness levels exist; during troughs of fluctuation it … seth-speaks §19 · State-Dependent Memory Access Around Spontaneous Lapses of Conscious Thought | waking consciousness Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | ontological claim | 3 | untested ★ | 1 |
| When the personality becomes aware that other realities exist and may experience other states of consciousness, it activates its own potential, changing electro… seth-speaks §19 · Expectancy and Attention Training Effects on Perceptual Access and Neural Connectivity: A … | waking consciousness Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | mechanism | 3 | untested ★ | 1 |
| Waking consciousness usually participates in projection only during periods of high vitality and exceptional health, to maintain overall stability and avoid exc… early-sessions-6 §277 · Within-Person Associations of Vitality, Sleep Quality, and Vestibular Symptoms With Out-of… | waking consciousness Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | mechanism | 3 | untested ★ | 1 |
| Pre-sleep suggestions (e.g., "I will realize I am dreaming while dreaming") can substantially increase the chances of conscious projection from the dream state. early-sessions-6 §277 · Presleep Autosuggestion and Mnemonic Training for Signal-Verified Lucid Dream Induction: A… | waking consciousness Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | methodological suggestion | 3 | contested ★ | 2 |
| Bringing consciousness into the dream state is important for training and development, but an appropriate balance must be achieved; trying too hard makes it dif… early-sessions-6 §264 · Training Intensity and Targeted Lucidity Reactivation: Effects on Dream Awareness, Sleep I… | waking consciousness Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | methodological suggestion | 3 | contested ★ | 2 |
| In dreams, a part of the personality is the "I" that maintains awareness in the dream state and observes the dreaming self; this part is a conscious segment of … early-sessions-7 §322 · Metacognitive Monitoring and Agency During REM Dreaming: A Pre-Registered Interactive Stud… | waking consciousness Consciousness States and Attentional Dynamics | ontological claim | 3 | untested ★ | 1 |
| Future true psychical physicists will allow consciousness to flow into inner reality, using the mind without instruments. unknown-reality-2 §744 · Tactile Imagery Training and Object Representation: A Preregistered Behavioral and fMRI Tr… | you create your own reality Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation | methodological suggestion | 3 | untested ★ | 1 |
| Your environment is part of the self, physically presented through thoughts, emotions, and beliefs; you choose your psychological territory. personal-reality §614 · Beliefs, Behavior, and Environmental Change: A Preregistered Factorial Trial of Cognitive … | you create your own reality Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation | ontological claim | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |
| You create your own reality also includes post-death experiences; the type of experience is chosen according to beliefs. seth-speaks §11 · Prospectively Measured Beliefs and Recalled Experiences Following Cardiac Arrest: A Multic… | you create your own reality Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation | ontological claim | 3 | untested ★ | 1 |
| The intensity of inner feelings is the dominant factor; strong hatred, resentment, or fear can trigger tragic situations, while strong joy can immediately chang… early-sessions-8 §334 · Affective Arousal and Environmental Electromagnetic Measurements Beyond Known Physiologica… | you create your own reality Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation | mechanism | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |
| Physical systems serve only as a test board; physical conditions are not permanent but constantly changing. early-sessions-8 §334 · Affective State Modulates Perceptual Sensitivity and Decision Criteria Under Constant Sens… | you create your own reality Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation | ontological claim | 3 | untested ★ | 2 |