Frequently Asked Questions
I am no longer updating this website. All my activity is now on my Dark Gift Substack, where I regularly post articles about autism, consciousness, human sexuality, science, learning, purpose, extraterrestrial communication, and the fundamental nature of reality.
I recently moved my nonfiction book explaining consciousness, Consciousness: How It's Made, to my Substack:
https://ogiogas.substack.com/p/how-consciousness-is-made-part-i
Though I am presently converting it into a graphic novel with the artist Seth Charles. We should begin posting sample pages by the end of November, 2025. Visit my Dark Gift Substack to see if they are available yet.
As of October 26, 2024, here are my current books for sale:
Journey of the Mind: How Thinking Emerged From Chaos
AMAZON ● APPLE ● GOOGLE.PLAY
This is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You
AMAZON ● APPLE ● GOOGLE.PLAY
Billion Wicked Thoughts: What Really Turns on Men and Women
Unlocking the Sexy in Surrender: Using the Neuroscience of Power to Recharge Your Sex Life
Dark Horse: Achieving Success Through the Pursuit of Fulfillment
The Drug Hunters: The Improbable Quest to Discover New Medicines
Shrinks: The Untold Story of Psychiatry
The End of Average: How We Succeed in a World That Values Sameness
COMING SOON:
HUMANKIND
A Science Fantasy Graphic Novel
CONSCIOUSNESS: HOW IT'S MADE
A Graphic Science Nonfiction Book
My Dark Gift blog ogiogas.substack.com contains shockingly original articles about autism, consciousness, and the fundamental nature of reality. It’s updated weekly. Usually. Sometimes several times a week. And there should be a few videos soon, along with lots of quality illustrations from artist Seth Charles.
The "dark gift" is my term for autism. It's DARK, because my social intelligence is ravaged by the neural deficits of autism. But it's also a GIFT because it endowed me with an extraordinary sensitivity to the flow and structure of reality and the requisite emotional constitution to convert this sensitivity into action.
I had a radical and anomalous experience when I was eighteen that altered the trajectory of my life and delivered me here. The experience motivated me to spend my daily toil studying the fundamental nature of reality from a non-human perspective. In particular, I focused on the mathematics of purpose, too long ignored by human science, including the dynamic systems embodying consciousness, language, free will, and autism. Early on, I recognized that just as important as penetrating the math undergirding reality was developing the capacity to communicate all this extraordinary mind-bending erudite stuff to the public.
I ended up spending a lifetime on two parallel tracks: science and art. Especially mindscience and literature. This was fortunate, for once you start getting up to the highest of the highest levels of reality, where physicists and angels fear to tread, the unity of science and art becomes not merely self-evident and wondrous, but the prime mechanism for engaging with higher sentience in an effective manner.
The Dark Gift blog is an attempt to synthesize science and art in such fashion that a portal stretches open granting you access to another world.
A world where all are welcome. You’ll find strong opinions here, but no activism. No politics. Make up your own mind and live your own life, pilgrim! Whatever your background or education, whatever your age or genome or brain state, there’s a place for you here. Because the Commonality was made by all of us, for all of us.
Elections come and go. Empires rise and fall. The Commonality is everlasting. Your soul is everlasting. That’s the ultimate focus of the Dark Gift.
I'm no activist nor pitchman. I am only interested in sharing wondrous things directly with you. I'm here to share what I've learned and experienced, not peddle products. (The best way to support me is to buy one of my books or subscribe to my Dark Gift blog.)
On the Dark Gift you will find:
- NO Third-party advertisements or promotions. I'm not going to ask you to watch any commercials or click on any ads.
- NO Recommendations sponsored by third parties. Any endorsement or recommendation is my own personal opinion, though other than celebrating books and movies I love I don't expect to recommend many products.
- NO Partisan or political promotions. I am deeply non-partisan when it comes to human politics. You won't find talk of Democrats or Republicans here. The Dark Gift is a place you can escape your tribe a while. In this place, we reach for higher perspective, always.
- NO corporate sponsorships or affiliations.
- NO academic sponsorships or affiliations.
- NOTHING connected to crypto.
I am intentionally avoiding all supermind entanglements in order to strive for purity of contact with you, pilgrim.