Toby Woods
@tobyjwoods.bsky.social
Honorary research fellow @Monash and @UniMelb. Previously postdoc @ Monash Centre for Consciousness and Contemplative Studies, PhD @UniMelb, lawyer @Allens. Science | Philosophy of mind | Meditation | Consciousness | Spontaneous thought/experience
Reposted by Toby Woods
What if there were a drug that allowed us to study consciousness in its most basic form?
Christopher Timmermann describes the potential of 5-MeO-DMT, a psychedelic that strips away everything but awareness.
Read the full article here: bigthink.com/neuropsych/5...
Christopher Timmermann describes the potential of 5-MeO-DMT, a psychedelic that strips away everything but awareness.
Read the full article here: bigthink.com/neuropsych/5...
August 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
What if there were a drug that allowed us to study consciousness in its most basic form?
Christopher Timmermann describes the potential of 5-MeO-DMT, a psychedelic that strips away everything but awareness.
Read the full article here: bigthink.com/neuropsych/5...
Christopher Timmermann describes the potential of 5-MeO-DMT, a psychedelic that strips away everything but awareness.
Read the full article here: bigthink.com/neuropsych/5...
How does one do nothing skilfully? Can one get something of this skill in a single 15 min session? Is this first session aversive and difficult, as people commonly find doing nothing, or is it calming and easy? Our new preprint on Do Nothing meditation answers these questions! 🧵
osf.io/8fp6e
osf.io/8fp6e
October 2, 2025 at 12:49 PM
How does one do nothing skilfully? Can one get something of this skill in a single 15 min session? Is this first session aversive and difficult, as people commonly find doing nothing, or is it calming and easy? Our new preprint on Do Nothing meditation answers these questions! 🧵
osf.io/8fp6e
osf.io/8fp6e
I spoke to Jack Roycroft-Sherry about my research on contentless experience in meditation and other topics for his podcast: youtu.be/kpxvo3VnaGE
November 20, 2023 at 3:01 AM
I spoke to Jack Roycroft-Sherry about my research on contentless experience in meditation and other topics for his podcast: youtu.be/kpxvo3VnaGE