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Plenary directory snapshot: 20 September 2026. See the 6 October practical plan for checked session windows. Times are San Diego local session windows, not individual talk times. Select a title for its official listing; schedules may change.

TSC2026 Highlights

NEW ON AKASHICNET · HIERATIC COMPANION · 19 Oct 2026HIERATIC011C1 · A Place at the TableHospitality Without Conversion · Langar, seva & shared belonging · Three cinematic illustrations · 5 min read
NEW · ILLUSTRATED REFLECTION · Published 19 Oct 2026From Meta to MettāImagination · Evidence · Meta-awareness · Loving-kindness · Original quote & heart-torus artwork
NEW · CONSCIOUSNESS2.0 EXPLORER · Published 18 Oct 2026Animal–Human ConnectionResearch & Reports 1919–2026 · Three illustrations · Sources, experiences and open questions
NEW · ILLUSTRATED EXPLAINER · Published 17 Oct 2026Here, Now… and What If?A brick-sized explanation of AkashicNET · BQ001 published level 8/10 · Research depth is not certainty
TSC2026 · RESEARCH COMPANION · Published 17 Oct 2026From Stargate to TSC2026Five conference connections, selected studies of telepathy and distant intention, and free archive sources. Full archive review pending.
TSC2026 · RESEARCH COMPANION · Published 16 Oct 2026QDR: From Resonance to a Discriminating TestA closer look at the official poster abstract, its timing prediction, Wiest’s Orch OR account and the evidence needed to distinguish mechanisms.
TSC2026 · RESEARCH COMPANION · Published 16 Oct 2026From Wonder to WisdomExperience, non-dual awareness, panpsychism and AI as a mirror: evidence, open questions and an original mantra for compassionate inquiry.
TSC2026 · RESEARCH COMPANION · Published 16 Oct 2026Is AI Conscious? Four PerspectivesFour source-linked AkashicOMNI v0.5.0 companions on physics, biology, recognition and responsibility.
TSC2026 · RESEARCH COMPANION · Published 16 Oct 2026Conscious Beings, Living WorldsA conference synthesis connecting being and doing, panpsychism and living traditions while distinguishing findings, interpretation and open questions.
TSC2026 · RESEARCH COMPANION · Published 15 Oct 2026Giulio Tononi: Being, Doing and ConsciousnessA source-linked reflection on IIT, the distinction between function and experience, and the felt structure of space. Conclusions about artificial consciousness remain theory-dependent.
TSC2026 · RESEARCH COMPANION · Published 15 Oct 2026Donald Hoffman: From Observer Windows to Testable PredictionsA worked trace-chain example, complementary reading and a proposed reproducible benchmark. Mathematical reduction, consciousness-first interpretation and physical conjectures remain distinct.
TSC2026 · RESEARCH COMPANION · Published 15 Oct 2026The Kite of Consciousness: Jonathan Schooler at TSC2026A slide-grounded account of observer windows, proposed dimensions of time and a kite metaphor for minds. The framework is explored as a proposal, not an established account of reality.
TSC2026 · RESEARCH COMPANION · Published 15 Oct 2026When Thoughts Become Thinkers: Michael Levin Follow-UpRecent research, seven questions and a proposed interface experiment connect bioelectricity, learning and unconventional agency. Speculative extensions are separated from reported findings.
NEW · RECENT PAGES · Highlighted 15 Oct 2026Where Did That Thought Come From?I didn’t order a thought! A playful contemplative cartoon about hidden influences, awareness and everyday kindness.
NEW · PUBLIC WORKING DRAFT · Highlighted 15 Oct 2026DRAFT · HOMESENSE858 · Gift Economy & ReciprocityA working draft for community feedback: a TSC2026-inspired analysis of consciousness, economic security and a proposed skills-and-talents commons. Twelve AkashicOMNI perspectives, research links and New Earth proposals.
NEW · RECENT PAGES · Highlighted 15 Oct 2026Akashic Field, Trance & Lived ConnectednessA companion to Chris Laszlo’s TSC2026 abstract: explore spiritual meaning, connectedness and service in their own right, alongside a proposed Laszlo–Cayce research pilot.
NEW · RECENT PAGES · Highlighted 15 Oct 2026Quantum Biology DebateIndependent AkashicNET companion · Sources and context on page
NEW · RECENT PAGES · Highlighted 15 Oct 2026Quantum Pleasure PrincipleIndependent AkashicNET companion · Sources and context on page
NEW · RECENT PAGES · Highlighted 15 Oct 2026AAPSIndependent AkashicNET companion · Sources and context on page
NEW · RECENT PAGES · Highlighted 15 Oct 2026Alvin ClarkIndependent AkashicNET companion · Sources and context on page
NEW · RECENT PAGES · Highlighted 15 Oct 2026ANT NeuroIndependent AkashicNET companion · Sources and context on page
NEW · RECENT PAGES · Highlighted 15 Oct 2026CosmointelIndependent AkashicNET companion · Sources and context on page
NEW · RECENT PAGES · Highlighted 15 Oct 2026CUSAC / My Big TOEIndependent AkashicNET companion · Sources and context on page
NEW · RECENT PAGES · Highlighted 15 Oct 2026Cyan BanisterIndependent AkashicNET companion · Sources and context on page
NEW · RECENT PAGES · Highlighted 15 Oct 2026Google Quantum AIIndependent AkashicNET companion · Sources and context on page
NEW · RECENT PAGES · Highlighted 15 Oct 2026IONSIndependent AkashicNET companion · Sources and context on page
NEW · RECENT PAGES · Highlighted 15 Oct 2026New Paradigm InstituteIndependent AkashicNET companion · Sources and context on page
NEW · RECENT PAGES · Highlighted 15 Oct 2026OSS CapitalIndependent AkashicNET companion · Sources and context on page
NEW · RECENT PAGES · Highlighted 15 Oct 2026TSC Symbiosis Hub: A Climate-Adapted CommonsA proposed mycelium pavilion, twelve sponsor and exhibitor profiles, useful questions, framework comparisons and a climate-adaptation specification.
NEW · RECENT PAGES · Highlighted 15 Oct 2026After Dinner EncounterIndependent AkashicNET companion · Sources and context on page
NEW · RECENT PAGES · Highlighted 15 Oct 2026Attention, Microdosing & MeditationAn LSD attention reanalysis and a newly accepted Heartfulness EEG study: preliminary findings, null results, primary sources and questions for replication.
🌱 NEW · ILLUSTRATED REFLECTION · 10 Oct 2026A Glimpse Is Not EmbodimentSet · Setting · Prior Wisdom · An Eightfold Path reflection
📖🦋 UPDATED · BOOK II PREVIEW · 8 Oct 2026 · Independent AkashicNET readingHIERATIC · The Mystery of ContinuityNew front & back covers · 🕯️ Day of the Dead trilogy · 🔮 Planned 31 Oct–2 Nov; dates provisional
📖🎧 FEATURED · READ & LISTEN · 8 Oct 2026The Science of Channeling [September 2021]Helané Wahbeh · Book & audio · Evidence questions · BQ001 / BQ011 · 4 min readHelané Wahbeh · Book companion, separate from her conference presentation
🔥 Creative gathering · Independent AkashicNET feature · 6 Oct 2026Sacred Fire · Unity Through NEURO DIVERSITYOver two minutes of real fire on a smooth continuous loop · Psytrance & Terence McKenna · Tap to listen
📖 New book page · Independent concept · 6 Oct 2026The Science of MysticismSeven draft previews · Inspired by Helané Wahbeh and Dean Radin’s books
Featured music reflection · Independent AkashicNET companion🦋 The Buddhafly Effect · To Be ONELiquid Soul · Boom 2023 · Alchemy Circle · 26 July 2023 · 19:30–22:30 WEST · Hero artwork · Opening transcript · Full three-hour set

Community posts

🌱 NEW · ILLUSTRATED REFLECTION · 10 Oct 2026A Glimpse Is Not EmbodimentSet · Setting · Prior Wisdom · An Eightfold Path reflection
📖🎧 FEATURED · READ & LISTEN · 8 Oct 2026The Science of Channeling [September 2021]N2N · Reading & listening · Full cover · 🤓 Reference 📚Helané Wahbeh · Book companion, separate from her conference presentation
🔥 Creative gathering · Independent AkashicNET feature · 6 Oct 2026Sacred Fire · Unity Through NEURO DIVERSITYOver two minutes of real fire on a smooth continuous loop · Psytrance & Terence McKenna · Tap to listen
📖 New book page · Independent concept · 6 Oct 2026The Science of MysticismSeven draft previews · Inspired by Helané Wahbeh and Dean Radin’s books
Featured music reflection · Independent AkashicNET companion🦋 The Buddhafly Effect · To Be ONELiquid Soul · Boom 2023 · Alchemy Circle · 26 July 2023 · 19:30–22:30 WEST · Hero artwork · Opening transcript · Full three-hour set

Imaginary Dispatches TSC Talks Riffs · Fiction

🔥🐉 WHERE FIRE DREAMS OF DRAGONS · ONE FIRE, MANY MINDS · THE DRAGONS REQUEST A QUIET CORNER AND A PSYTRANCE DANCE FLOOR🎶 BRIDGE OF ETERNITY · THE DANCE FLOOR BOOKS A READING BREAK · KINDNESS KEEPS THE BEAT📖 THE LAW OF ONE · THE COSMIC LIBRARY HAS ONE RULE · RETURN WITH A LITTLE MORE KINDNESS🦋 THE BUDDHAFLY EFFECT · THE EGO CHECKS ITS COAT · THE DANCE FLOOR REMEMBERS WE ARE ONE🎟️♾️💗 AkashicOMNI multiverse boarding pass: ego baggage goes in the overhead locker; loving-kindness travels free. [1 Min Read · 1 Oct 2026]✦ New flagship · HUMAN 2.0 · Remembering How to Be Human · 13 min ↗Featured reading · FUTURES000 · A Catalyst for Creating a Heavenly Paradise on Pachamama · Aspirational proposal ↗E.T., phone Homer. HAL has the switchboard. Marvin is handling complaints. ↗We broke the Big Question into smaller questions. Unfortunately, several were also enormous. ↗MICROTUBULE ORCHESTRA · The photons have arrived. The conductor insists they were invited to wave.Fictional riff · Theme: Orch OR experimental tests · Jack TuszynskiWATER SPECTRAL DYNAMICS · The glass has requested the microphone. Apparently it has absorbed rather a lot.Fictional riff · Theme: Aquaphotomics for Consciousness · Roumiana TsenkovaIS AI CONSCIOUS? · The robot requests a moment to reflect. The panel asks whether that counts.Fictional riff · Theme: Is AI Conscious? · Roger PenroseBRAIN–QUANTUM INTERFACE · Please take both exits. Your brain will be reunited with its luggage shortly.Fictional riff · Theme: Towards a Brain-Quantum Computer Interface · Hartmut NevenKITE OF CONSCIOUSNESS · The nested minds have become tangled. Time has gone to fetch a stepladder.Fictional riff · Theme: The Kite of Consciousness · Jonathan SchoolerA T. REX ON MARS · Excellent keynote. Dreadful applause. The arms remain a logistical concern.Fictional riff · Theme: A T. rex on Mars · Brian KeatingORGANIC GEL HARDWARE · The computer has evolved. It now insists on a bowler hat and alternate Thursdays off.Fictional riff · Theme: Self-evolving organic gel-based quantum hardware · Anirban BandyopadhyayMUSICAL NEURODYNAMICS · The mind has found its rhythm. The remaining thoughts are queuing for the tambourine.Fictional riff · Theme: Musical Neurodynamics · Edward Large

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The Science of Consciousness
11–16 October 2026 · Paradise Point · San Diego, California

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