MIND-FIRST PRACTICES

Visual Practice Finder

A visual map of the We The Dreamer experiment—Martin Lenclos’s sketches for every mind-first practice and field test.

Last updated: February 19, 2026

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We The Dreamer Core Practices · Experiments in Perception · Tools for Inner Navigation · Field Tests in Relationship

Core Practices

Treat “consciousness comes first” as a working hypothesis: you anchor the premise → shift into observer stance → apply the shared-mind lens → test identity as awareness → tune felt qualities → then reset under urgency and → loop back to the premise. This keeps the inquiry running across ordinary moments and high-pressure scenes without turning it into a belief.

Field sketch — visual cue, not final symbol — one long evolutionary arc unfolding inside a single thought-bubble of mind.

[THOUGHT:] First Dream
Consciousness Before the World

Field sketch — visual cue, not final symbol — many figures sharing one thought-bubble of awareness, one Dreamer field appearing as multiple perspectives.

[TUNING:] The Dreamer Stance
One Mind in Every Room

Field sketch — visual cue, not final symbol — two figures facing each other, each wrapped in their own scribbled thoughts, with a line of seeing leading to a mirror: awareness noticing itself through another.

[TUNING:] We The Dreamer
One Mind Behind Every Body Echoing Mine

Field sketch — visual cue, not final symbol — figure with a scribbled storm over their head softening into a calm face held in cloud-like awareness, as The Dreamer’s gaze replaces the tangle of thoughts.

[TUNING:] As The Dreamer
Opening to the Dreamer’s Awareness

Field sketch — visual cue, not final symbol — recognizing the same inner light of the Dreamer in different forms.

[VISUALIZATION:] See The Dreamer
Visualizing with Qualities (w/ audio)

Field sketch — visual cue, not final symbol — awareness contracts into reaction, reopen it to the field of shared mind.

[TUNING:] Choose Again
Returning to the Dreamer’s Stance

Experiments in Perception

Experiments in Perception are short, repeatable perceptual flips—reappraisal and attentional set-shifts—designed to test a mind-first working hypothesis in lived experience. Instead of arguing metaphysics, you change the reference frame (world-first → awareness-first) and note what measurably shifts in the moment: felt solidity, self-relevance, affective charge, cognitive grip, and relational friction.

Field sketch — visual cue, not final symbol — perception dissolving into dream.

[TUNING:] Dream This
Acting from the Dreamer’s Field

Field sketch — visual cue, not final symbol — a long journey, with many locations and moments, all shown inside a single thought-bubble of awareness

[LENS:] It’s Dreamnow, Not Spacetime
Seeing the World as Mind-Stuff in One Now

Field sketch — visual cue, not final symbol — seeing every piece as mind itself.

[LENS:] It’s All Piece of Mind
Seeing as the Dreamer Sees

Field sketch — visual cue, not final symbol — a chalkboard full of equations, forms and stories all resolving into one Dreamer-mind.

[LENS:] One + One = Dream
Remembering Non-Separation in Relationship

Field sketch — visual cue, not final symbol — awareness slipping out of the mask.

[TUNING:] Name the Mask, Slip Out
Returning to the Dreamer’s Gaze

[MANTRA:] What’s Mine Is Mind
Returning Form to The Dreamer

Field sketch — visual cue, not final symbol — placing awareness before the world.

[TUNING:] Attune
Remembering the Dreamer Before the World

Field sketch — visual cue, not final symbol — one world, many forecasts: same mind dreaming both sun and storm.

[TUNING:] By Design / My Design
Returning Agency to the Dreamer

Field sketch — visual cue, not final symbol — the Dreamer seeing through the illusion of winners and losers.

[THOUGHT:] Within Consciousness, Nothing Matters
The Dreamer Beyond Measure

Field sketch — visual cue, not final symbol — awareness dissolving the projected cage of perception.

[TUNING:] Release Them
Returning the Scene to the Dreamer

Field sketch — visual cue, not final symbol — awareness steady within the fog of thought.

[REMINDER:] What Blinds Me Can’t Touch Me
Remembering the Untouched Dreamer

Field sketch — visual cue, not final symbol — awareness holding the world as dream within.

[THOUGHT:] The Aware in Awareness is the Real in Reality
Returning to the Baseline

Field sketch — visual cue, not final symbol — the dream’s projection flattens into the single frame of Now.

[REMINDER:] No Then, Only Now
Returning the Timeline to the Dreamer

Tools for Inner Navigation

Tools for Inner Navigation are field instruments for tracking state and re-orienting awareness toward clarity inside a consciousness-first hypothesis. You locate where perception is tuned, make a small shift in “altitude” (distance from the story), and observe what changes in grip, charge, and felt solidity.

Field sketch 1. — visual cue, not final symbol — The four mind-states circling toward the dotted figure — awareness remembering itself.

[TUNING:] The Dreamer’s Compass (Four Cs)
Orienting Toward the Dreamer

Field sketch — visual cue, not final symbol — awareness widening beyond its frame.

[VISUALIZATION:] Open Mind, Open Space
Loosening Identity into the Dreamer

Field sketch — visual cue, not final symbol — awareness re-awakening inside the dream before the world begins to seem real.

[TUNING:] Premise Protocol
Beginning the Day as the Dreamer

Field sketch — visual cue, not final symbol — awareness rising from the noise of the dream into the lucid field of the Dreamer.

[TUNING:] Tune the Frequency
Listening for the Dreamer’s Signal

Field sketch — visual cue, not final symbol — awareness watching the world’s broadcast from the quiet seat within.

[REMINDER:] Watch the Mind’s Channels
Returning to the Dreamer’s Seat

Field sketch — visual cue, not final symbol — the everyday scene lightened into transparency of mind.

[VISUALIZATION:] Keep It Light
Seeing the World as the Dreamer’s Idea

Field sketch — visual cue, not final symbol — burdens set down at an inner threshold so awareness can cross into the Dreamer’s sanctuary.

[VISUALIZATION:] The Gateless Gate
Returning to the Dreamer’s Sanctuary

Field Tests in Relationship

Field Tests in Relationship are collective perception drills for testing a shared-mind hypothesis inside real interaction. When tension, intimacy, or coordination makes “separate selves” feel most real, you pause, widen to observer stance, apply the shared-field lens, and choose a next move that reduces reflexive polarization while keeping boundaries and responsibility intact.

Field sketch — visual cue, not final symbol — awareness turning outward through the Dreamer’s mind to dream the world together.

[VISUALIZATION:] Within Selves Interlinked
Joining the Dreamer Between Us

Field sketch — visual cue, not final symbol — awareness relaxing its grip and letting the same current flow through self and other.

[RELEASE:] Let Oneness Flow with All
Embracing a Relationship with the Dreamer

Field sketch — visual cue, not final symbol — awareness staying lucid while the dream of conflict plays out.

[RELEASE:] Not Me vs You, But Us in One
Responding as the Dreamer in Moments of Conflict

Field sketch — visual cue, not final symbol — one coin, two dreams, one mind watching.

[THOUGHT:] Two Flip Sides to One Dream of Separation
Recognizing the Dreamer Behind Opposites

Field sketch — visual cue, not final symbol — awareness remembering one mind behind guilt, releasing the cycle of self-blame into the Dreamer’s field.

[RELEASE:] Once Recalled, Oneness Restored
Dreaming Guilt, Regret, Shame

Field sketch — visual cue, not final symbol — awareness standing firm within the dream, untouched by division.

[MANTRA:] Only Love Commands
Returning Authority to The Dreamer

Field sketch — visual cue, not final symbol — The Dreamer seeing form as sketch, not essence.

[REMINDER:] Just Drawn That Way
Seeing Through the Dream of Form

META NOTES

This page is a living document. Last updated: Newly created on February 19, 2026

*ABOUT THIS EXPERIMENT

The Dreamer Project and its affiliated materials (including “We The Dreamer” and the Practice Library) explore a consciousness-first worldview through creative and phenomenological means. These materials are experimental in nature. They make no claims of scientific proof or therapeutic efficacy. No empirical evidence currently confirms or denies the hypothesis that consciousness is fundamental to reality, nor that these practices produce measurable benefits. Participation in this project is voluntary and self-directed. It may surface challenging reflections or unsatisfying results; that possibility is part of the inquiry. If you are navigating mental-health concerns or emotional distress, please seek guidance from a qualified professional. This work is offered freely for educational and philosophical exploration only — a field test in perception, not a path of belief.

Visual Practice Finder

Core Practices

Experiments in Perception

Tools for Inner Navigation

Field Tests in Relationship

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