So i recently heard of a BRAND NEW THING called -well not really really brand new.. It's called the Ganzfeld Effect.... and it sounds straight out of a sci-fi book.

The experiment:
Placing balls over your eyes, err... half of a ping pong ball over your eyes.  Get your ears to some fine static tune, and if you want an extra kick, shine a light to your eyes while the ping pong balls do what they do best, shield your eyes from seeing anything.
Next, take some gloves so that when the sensory deprivation gets a goin, you also lose feeling of having limbs, and so you end up with the feeling that you just are this lump sum of.... MASS... i guess.

The effect:
Straight to the point, you'll see trippy shit.  I'm talking LSD trippy shit - no wait you know what? i don't buy it, but what i do buy, is that your mind will feel that since there's no sensory input it'll have to come up with its own.  The same effect i feel will be in par with dreaming.

Anywho, the guys over at gawker wrote about it here.

So after work, i went to wally world, bought some pingy pawng balls, went to my buddy's house to do it! but instead we ended up watching the kroods.

So it's just past midnight and i'm about to try this at home.  I'll be updating more as I continue to experiment.

My goal:
See if i am able to interact with whatever it is that i see.  Example, if i'm hallucinating that I'm in the woods, will i be able to walk around? If i hallucinate that i'm in the middle of a crowd, will I push the guy in front of me for being a d-bag and not letting me closer to the concert? Will I remember to do all of this while it's happening!?
So many unanswered questions *to me at least*

-but for now, I go to my slumber chambers!

--Hh

Necessary tools:
Earplugs
Ping Pong balls (be careful when cutting these, use scissors for a much easier time)
Mp3/radio to listen to some continuous static
Gloves (optional, you can embrace your own hands as well)

Wiki article here