People sometimes confuse consciousness exploration with care or therapy. This confusion deserves to be addressed. The Laboratory’s work is in no way a therapeutic practice.
What our work is
Our work belongs to the field of exploration and experimentation around consciousness and its dynamics. It does not aim to treat anything. Its purpose is to better understand — through patient observation — how consciousness unfolds, how attention is cultivated, how the inner and outer worlds organise themselves in relation to one another.
What it is not
It is neither care, nor therapy, nor a medical act, nor a substitute for anything pertaining to health. For medical, psychological or psychiatric questions, the Laboratory systematically refers to appropriate frameworks. This is a non-negotiable ethical stance.
Why the distinction matters
Confusing consciousness exploration with care produces two risks. First, it creates an inappropriate expectation (“I will be treated”), which diverts from the real work. Second, it exposes the approach to justified criticism, in a context where the boundaries between exploration and unregulated care-like practices are sometimes blurred.
The Laboratory holds this distinction as a founding principle.