In the first half, energy arts practitioner Dalia Burgoin discussed "mindsight," a technique she describes as "extraocular vision," which enables individuals to perceive their surroundings without using their eyes. This ability is accessible to both sighted and blind people, including those born without sight. Her journey began with energy work and blindfolded sensory perception, inspired by children in Indonesia who demonstrated similar abilities. After attending a retreat in Canada, she experienced a breakthrough, describing it as "a license" to perceive the world through amplified senses or extrasensory perception.
Burgoin detailed various forms of mindsight, such as hyperphantasia (internal imagery), prophantasia (projecting images into the brain), and transparency vision, referencing neurosurgeon Ben Carson's ability to "see through the bones," or mentally construct a 3D map of the human body. She also described edge detection and light sensing, which enable navigation in darkness and the perception of light patterns, respectively. "Basically, I'm kind of training people to...become extra, extra sensitive to their senses," she explained, in what could be thought of as a "trained synesthesia," teaching them to send that sensory information to the visual cortex.
Burgoin revealed that her 15-year-old daughter is highly gifted in telepathy, able to read minds and access memories without verbal communication. "She can literally think of a phrase in my mind, and she could spell it out," she stated, emphasizing that her daughter only reads minds with willing participants. In describing her workshops on telepathy and mindsight, she noted that attitude and perception are key to developing these abilities, regardless of physical sight. "People who don't have eyes tend to do really well," she said, detailing the dramatic case of a blind student who could see entities and spiritual structures in alternate dimensions.
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In the latter half, author and ancient mysteries researcher Andrew Collins delved into key archaeological sites, including Egypt's Giza Plateau, and the legacy of Atlantis. He revealed recent findings from satellite data suggesting a vast underground complex beneath the Giza Plateau, possibly linked to natural cave systems expanded by ancient peoples. Addressing the Sphinx, Collins challenged conventional Egyptology by proposing the Sphinx predates the dynastic period, originally a natural formation carved over millennia into a lion guarding an underworld entrance. He noted, "It started its day as a natural monument... possibly as much as 15,000 years ago or even earlier." Eventually, the top part was recarved into a human head representing one of the pharaohs.
Discussing the precision and longevity of the Great Pyramid, he pointed out that it has stood for several thousand years and could continue to exist for the next 10,000 years or even longer. He said it was created at the time of Pharaoh Khufu (around 2600 BC) by the architect Hemiunu, who has his own monument just to the west of the Great Pyramid. But the pyramid's construction may have had some inspiration beyond human knowledge, possibly psychic or extraterrestrial influence via "quantum entanglement" or telepathic communication, Collins mused.
He traced the Atlantis story back to Plato, who described an island continent in the Atlantic Ocean, identified as Atlantis—"the island of Atlas." Collins argued that Plato's descriptions align closely with Cuba and the surrounding Caribbean, rather than the Azores, supported by references to "navigable rivers" and shallow waters now covered by the Sargasso Sea's vast seaweed beds. He suggested that Phoenician and Carthaginian mariners, long before Columbus, likely reached the Americas and traded with indigenous cultures like the Maya and Olmecs, preserving these stories as trade secrets. On the fate of Atlantis, Collins linked its destruction to the Younger Dryas impact event around 10,800 BC, a cosmic cataclysm causing massive floods, tsunamis, and a mini ice age.
News segment guest: John M. Curtis