Greg's been talking way too much about hypnosis on this show lately. (It's called *Open Loops*, though, so maybe that's the point? After all, hypnosis chatter is his love language. As are chirps from $15,000,000 fake birds.) But Greg's fascination with hypnosis these days is less about the formal process of putting people into a trance and more about looking at the world through the lens of hypnosis. How does imagination shift experience? How does your individual relationship with your imagination change your day-to-day reality? And if imagination and illusion are filters through which we have ever-shifting experiences of the world, does that mean base reality—that which is external to our individual experience—is absolute and finite in its nature? That the atoms, particles, chemicals, and other scientific words used to label what's "out there" are just...there? Perhaps the nature of reality is something simpler, more interesting, and a lot more powerful. Returning *Open Loops* guest Richard Wickes has spent over 30 years exploring that possibility through Chinese metaphysics, Eastern philosophy, and energy work. A Daoist energy-work teacher, healer, and author, Richard began his journey training under a Daoist Grandmaster in Chengdu, China. His studies have since encompassed Qigong, Tai Chi, BaZi, and the Yuen Method. With a BSc in Psychology and a background in clinical bodywork, he's authored six books exploring energy and consciousness, including *The Five Element Code* and his latest, *Nothing Is Important*, which examines the transformative power of nothingness in an increasingly overstimulated world. And as well-credentialed as Richard is, he humbly submits to you the Rosetta Stone of Energy Work (minus the museum colonialism, but with an incredible UK accent) in this episode. And you get it. This is a direct information transfer—a Chi transmission through your central axis as you become absorbed in every word Richard says. You'll walk away with your chakras ring-ring-dingling after you listen to this. No, Greg wasn't able to talk much about altered states this episode. He was in them.
Greg's been talking way too much about hypnosis on this show lately.
(It's called Open Loops, though, so maybe that's the point? After all, hypnosis chatter is his love language. As are chirps from $15,000,000 fake birds.)
But Greg's fascination with hypnosis these days is less about the formal process of putting people into a trance and more about looking at the world through the lens of hypnosis.
How does imagination shift experience? How does your individual relationship with your imagination change your day-to-day reality?
And if imagination and illusion are filters through which we have ever-shifting experiences of the world, does that mean base reality—that which is external to our individual experience—is absolute and finite in its nature? That the atoms, particles, chemicals, and other scientific words used to label what's "out there" are just...there?
Perhaps the nature of reality is something simpler, more interesting, and a lot more powerful.
Returning Open Loops guest Richard Wickes has spent over 30 years exploring that possibility through Chinese metaphysics, Eastern philosophy, and energy work.
A Daoist energy-work teacher, healer, and author, Richard began his journey training under a Daoist Grandmaster in Chengdu, China. His studies have since encompassed Qigong, Tai Chi, BaZi, and the Yuen Method. With a BSc in Psychology and a background in clinical bodywork, he's authored six books exploring energy and consciousness, including The Five Element Code and his latest, Nothing Is Important, which examines the transformative power of nothingness in an increasingly overstimulated world.
And as well-credentialed as Richard is, he humbly submits to you the Rosetta Stone of Energy Work (minus the museum colonialism, but with an incredible UK accent) in this episode.
And you get it.
This is a direct information transfer—a Chi transmission through your central axis as you become absorbed in every word Richard says.
You'll walk away with your chakras ring-ring-dingling after you listen to this.
No, Greg wasn't able to talk much about altered states this episode.
He was in them.
Official Website: https://www.wickesway.com/
Explore Richard's Books on Amazon: https://a.co/d/0j5Qq6yA
The Five Element Code: Read Your Body, Decode Your World: https://a.co/d/06o4uufE
Nothing Is Important: https://a.co/d/09bmHDxH
BaZi Oracle Cards: https://www.wickesway.com/bazi-oracle-cards.html
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@daomyway
Substack: https://substack.com/@richardwickes