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April 2025

Observing Transcendent Experiences
Connections to Spiritual Teachings — Number 9 in the Observation Series
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Joe Shirley
The “I” Who Observes
Getting Curious about the Witness Experience of Self — Number 8 in the Observation Series
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The Feeling in Every Conscious Experience
Observing Virtual Materiality in Non-Emotional States — Number 7 in the Observation Series
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Multiple Coexisting Feeling States
Examining Complexity within Inner Experience — Number 6 in the Observation Series
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How Virtual Materiality Makes Perfect Sense
Considering the Link Between Feeling and Embodiment — Number 5 in the Observation Series
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Joe Shirley

March 2025

Challenges to the Assumed Somatic Basis for Feeling
Examining States Diverging from Expectations — Number 4 in the Observation Series
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A New Hypothesis: The Sadness Signature?
Investigating Consistency within the Same Person — Number 3 in the Observation Series
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Joe Shirley
Surprising Results as We Begin
Setting an Initial Hypothesis and Collecting Our First Data Points — Number 2 in the Observation Series
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The Crucial Role of Observation
Getting Started with Our New Science — The First in a Series
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Joe Shirley

February 2025

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