Psychedelic States On-Demand (No Substances Needed) | Dr. Patrick Porter

Dave Asprey

Apr 8, 2025

Episode description

Your brain isn’t broken—it’s underpowered.

Energy crashes, poor sleep, brain fog, and emotional reactivity don’t just happen. You’re running on low voltage, and your mind pays the price.

In this episode, Dave sits down with Dr. Patrick Porter, founder of BrainTap, to reveal how to reprogram your brain using light, sound, and guided visualization—no substances, no side effects, no BS.

Dr. Porter breaks down how to activate gamma brainwaves, repair trauma loops, access psychedelic-like states, and boost cognitive performance by 19% in just six weeks.

You’ll learn why most brains burn out decades too soon—and how to charge yours back up.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

• How to flood your brain with energy and wake it up

• The light and sound protocol that mimics psychedelics—safely

• What gamma brainwaves unlock—and how to generate them on demand

• Why your default mode network traps you in stress and distraction

• The BrainTap protocol that improved cognition by 19% in 6 weeks

• A real-life transformation story that rewrote one woman’s fate

• The link between sleep, trauma, brain states, and performance

• How to build a brain that performs like it’s decades younger

This episode gives you a playbook to reclaim your focus, deepen your rest, and experience the full range of human consciousness—without touching a drug.

Turn your brain on. Then turn it up.

Mindsip insights from this episode:

Maintain brain voltage to prevent dementia symptoms

The brain's voltage decreases with age, and if it drops below a certain threshold, it can lead to symptoms of dementia and Alzheimer's.

#Alzheimer's

#dementia

Recognize energy and frequency as origins of illness

According to the speaker, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) website states that every illness originates from the 'field,' which refers to energy and frequency.

#biofield

Aim for six and a half hours of sleep with deep and REM cycles

Studies show that six and a half hours is the optimal amount of sleep, not eight, as long as it includes one hour of deep sleep and two hours of REM sleep.

#sleep

Nourish cells to promote longevity and prevent aging

A study showed a chicken heart was kept alive for 35 years, suggesting cells don't need to age and can live forever with the right nutrition, light, and detoxification.

#cells

#longevity

Increase gamma waves to trigger natural DMT experiences

Increasing gamma brainwaves produces GABA, a precursor to DMT, which can trigger psychedelic-like experiences without using any substances.

#cognition

#GABA

Experience mesmerizing campfires to enhance relaxation

A fire is mesmerizing because it burns at a 10Hz frequency, which is the alpha brainwave state, and emits infrared light, causing your brain to mirror it.

#infrared

Utilize light and sound technology to quiet the monkey mind

Light and sound technology can shut down the Default Mode Network, also known as the 'monkey mind,' which is responsible for protective paranoia and is often overactive.