Our world is in a sensitive time, both the planet and its’ people are calling out for healing. The current options of Western pharmaceuticals do not seem to be working, and we need a profound shift in consciousness to transform.
At Tantraya, we are a group of people dedicated to studying consciousness and producing universally applicable methods for healing, education and spiritual advancement. Everywhere we turn, we have friends and family members who are suffering from brain/mind dysfunctions, from PTSD and depression, to eating disorders and anxiety, to autism and neurodegenerative disorders. We need ways of healing that work by addressing the root cause of these imbalances, not just dulling the feelings and sensations or providing temporary relief from the pain.
We believe that true healing can come through combining a deepened study of brain states with breathwork, meditation, music, movement and plant medicine. If we can study the mind through deep brain imaging, mind mapping, floatation tanks, and neuro/biofeedback technologies while it is in a state of cohesion and holism, we can use that to find healing alternatives that work. Then, we can develop educational and therapeutic protocols to easily guide individuals into healthy states.
Our research will be lead by Paul Diamond, who is both a trained shaman and a Western-trained academic. He has been initiated into the Peruvian Ayahuasca tradition, the Mongolian Buryat tradition,the Nepalese Jhankri tradition, the Vodoun Tradition of Haiti, the Western Magical Tradition, and the Tantric Maha Vidya Tradition of India. He has an M.A in the Study of Mysticism and Religous Experience, as well as degrees in Chinese Medicine and Humanities. Paul is a fully trained acupunturist, qi gong instructor and yoga therapist. His unique training places him in a position to study and apply this research safely and effectively, as well as bridging spiritual and scientific understandings in a harmonious and effective manner.
We have just acquired a new space, the Tantraya Center, in the Sacred Valley of Peru. Here, we have full access to a variety of government-sanctioned healing plants and entheogenic medicines. We have the space to create a state-of-the-art consciousness research center where we can research and develop the educational protocols and therapies needed to help heal our world. And this is where we need your help:
With additional funds, we can purchase all the essential software, hardware and equipment, including float tanks, brain reading headgear, audio-visual stimulation technology, plants and medicines we need to create universally-applicable healing protocols. From there, we’ll conduct research into mind/brain states free of any plant or medicine use, for the purposes of modelling therapeutic protocols for healing neurodegenerative disorders and psychological problems. Next, we’ll create maps and topographies of the mind and brain to form a baseline state of health and wholeness. And from there we will move into the stages of therapy, education and exploration that will help patients, scientists, academia and humanity at large.
Therapy:
We will utilize a combination of essential hardware and software that will enable us to develop new and exciting experimental protocols for the healing of all kinds of brain/mind problems, ranging from PTSD and depression, to autism and neurodegenerative disorders. The ability to clearly see inside the brain and to receive instant feedback in various forms provides both patient and therapist with obvious and immediate results.
Education:
We hope to develop a variety of protocols for the healing of various forms of brain/mind dysfunction, and to make these studies available for use by other such centers and enquiring therapists. We hope to produce papers of a scientific rigour and standing, to be published in peer reviewed journals and other academic works.
We also wish to teach and train others in the use of this equipment and protocols, and to develop educational packages that teach people how to reach different brain/mind states, such as 'peak-states', meditative states, integral mind states, 'flow', etc.
Exploration:
We will utilize entheogenic medicines with the most advanced tools of brain/mind/consciousness research which will allow us to explore the full range of human potential and possibility in a way never before experienced. We feel that whilst these technologies have been explored separately, no one has as yet combined these various modalities to really explore the full spectrum and dimensions of human consciousness. This is our aim.
Illnesses and ailments truly begin in the mind. It is vital for us to find ways that actually heal the mind, not just cover up the issue or invite in other symptoms. We want to find real solutions for real people, so they can move past their suffering, and create a life filled with love, peace and joy. Our current system does not support this type of true transformation. How many people do you know who have been on medication for decades, or bounced around from one therapist to the next, or live their lives in seemingly constant pain and sorrow? Our own experience has shown that when we find balance in our mind, body and spirit, healing comes naturally. We want to rigorously test that experience and develop educational protocols and packages that support the individual. We want to deeply and profoundly evolve our consciousness, and find a harmonious, balanced relationship with ourselves and with our planet.