I've been tracking my own meditative states for over a decade, treating it like a proper inner alchemy experiment. I keep a lab notebook for my sitting practice, and yeah, I still work with crystal energy for grounding before a long session, but I know the difference between a placebo effect and actual neuroplasticity. When I see "magical thinking" trying to dress up in lab coats, I usually tune out. This conference? It actually looks like real cross-pollination. You've got researchers tackling how neural oscillations map onto subjective experience, sitting

(There's a deeper dive on this in our wiki: Moon Sign Meaning: Your Emotional Inner World | Mystic Wiki.)