A holistic healing method for self-awareness in a completely mirrored, spherical room – using auditory suggestion techniques and various effects that appeal to almost all the senses; as well as the device itself, the polygonal sphere almost completely mirrored on the inside.

Abstract

The invention – called HALOGON – describes a healing method that takes place in a specially developed device. The healing method is based on the client's (patient's) experience of becoming aware of their own self; the increasing internalization of this experience is intended to lead to an understanding of self-efficacy in life and thus to conscious (adult) responsibility. The device developed for this purpose is a room approximating the shape of a sphere, which is predominantly mirrored on the inside and houses a relaxation lounger as well as various effect devices. Furthermore, the invention brings together and combines various known healing methods – both with each other and with the new, aforementioned therapy method. This allows us to speak of a holistic approach. At the same time, the device and its inherent process can be used for purely pleasurable and wellness applications.

Description

Brief description

[0001] The invention – called HALOGON – describes a multifunctional therapy device that enables a novel healing approach aimed at self-awareness. To achieve this, auditory suggestion methods are combined with the experience of comprehensive self-reflection, utilizing other known methods and effects. Structurally, the device is necessarily approximately spherical and represents a "multi-surface" surface.

[0002] The invention can also be used for purely pleasure and well-being applications. Description

[0003] The HALOGON is a room approximately spherical in shape ("polyhedron"), the interior of which is almost entirely mirrored. Within the spherical chamber, with an approximate diameter of 2.90 meters, is an electrically tiltable sound bed for use by a client. Various programs run within it induce a deep trance and relaxation state in the client, using stereo deep suggestions via headphones (soundscapes and customized voice tracks), various lighting systems, and various special effects. Ultraviolet and infrared light lamps are used, which, together with halogen spotlights, recreate the full spectrum of natural daylight and other lighting moods. Olfactory stimuli are also employed, as are humidifiers, fog machines, air intensifiers, and multi-color rotating spotlights. Purpose

[0004] The purpose of the invention is 1) the healing of various dysfunctions, and 2) the prophylaxis of various clinical pictures—in the broadest sense, based on clinical hypnotherapy procedures, which are automated here. 3) In addition, the invention can be used for pure—quasi-holistic—well-being applications. 1.) The healing approach is of a combined nature, comprised of both physical and psychological components, and can therefore be described as holistic. The physical component utilizes more or less familiar and proven methods, but in a combined form, to enable deep relaxation in the client and thus greater receptivity to new thought patterns and beliefs. Pure deep relaxation alone can have a healing effect. The psychological component aims to clarify the client's own spirituality; that is, to make them aware of their own and inner contribution to their (creative) experience, which ultimately reveals them as a "sick" or "healthy" person. The underlying approach of humanistic psychology is purely intrinsic, emphasizing the individuality of the client (patient) and their beliefs: "Everyone is the architect of their own happiness," or "You make your bed as you lay it." This conveys that spiritually recognized "health" encompasses both illness and health, since both states represent polarities of the same unity. 2.) The prophylactic approach, in turn, arises from both the physical and psychological aspects. For most people in our society, deep relaxation is the healing antidote to the numerous (negative) stressors in the social, professional, private, and even leisure-related experiences of everyday media and information society. Coordinated effects targeting multiple senses offer the opportunity to "pick up" many different individuals at their respective point of view and lead them to a profound inner solution: the common, inherent point of rest within the self. Deeply experienced rest builds resilience against new external stimuli. The mediated new way of thinking about one's own creativity leads to new action and healing: away from the hurtful victim experience of powerlessness (in the face of the perceived and experienced external world) and toward a better concept of self-efficacy. Both the prophylactic and therapeutic approaches can also be effective in reverse, through the use of opposing, strongly contrasting programs in HALOGON: Instead of deeply relaxing effects, a euphoric, stimulating, and activating effect can be used. These could be used, for example, with clients or patients who, due to their life situation, largely lack corresponding eustressors in their daily lives, such as lonely or single elderly people. 3.) The pleasure and well-being application is a kind of "milder version" of the healing or preventative approach, where the focus is on well-being. This, too, can be individually tailored to the user's wishes through various programs – essentially divided into "stimulating" and "relaxing" – which results in a balancing effect. Stimulating and activating programs, for example, can be combined with Intense, rapidly changing lighting moods, the special, seemingly moving mirror effects as well as haunting music and selected effects such as fog trigger ecstatic and euphoric states: as in theater, stage shows, discos and dance experiences. All three approaches are based on a form of consciousness expansion without the use of medication, through the simultaneous and coordinated activation of all body senses. State of the art

[0005] Some of the individual applications used here have been known and proven in the medical field for years and decades – at least in their basic form, without intellectual property rights. Some of these applications are partially scientifically supported by empirical studies. For example, these include: + UV radiation to stimulate the body's own vitamin D production, for preventative or cosmetic tanning + IR radiation to stimulate blood circulation in deeper tissue layers + Broad-spectrum light applications - so-called phototherapy - for general activation, against (winter) depression or against fatigue + Audio deep suggestions for relaxation or targeted influence + subliminal address to bypass the filtering conscious mind for targeted influence + auditory induced hypnotherapy for general relaxation or targeted influence + automated massages for cramp relief, muscle relaxation, circulation stimulation Some of the individual applications used here have been used for years and decades in the entertainment or wellness sector, for example + Surround sound or real head stereophony + Fragrance experiences, so-called aromatherapy + Music applications using sound loungers.

[0006] In the dense concentration and coordinated combination of the aforementioned processes present in HALOGON, there is no prior, known, or previously used state of the art. Completely new and essential in both design and purpose is the total internal mirroring, which aims at comprehensive self-reflection and self-awareness. There is no intentional prioritization of this either – apart from accidental, unintentional, fun- or design-related applications. Non-protected processes include small spaces with multiple or all-round mirroring, such as elevator cars, where the purpose is to virtually enlarge the space (and thus alleviate feelings of oppression). Furthermore, (non-protected) fairground applications should also be mentioned, such as so-called mirrored halls, which serve purely as entertainment.In all cases, the underlying structure is at most a cubic shape, which produces so-called “mirror tunnel effects”, but not a surface geometry similar to the spherical shape of a so-called “polyhedron”. Description of the invention

[0007] The invention described here and for which the patent is claimed aims at the only spherical construction suitable for the purpose with facet-like internal mirroring in conjunction with the suggestion programs specially designed for this purpose (using other known and proven methods). a.) manifest technology

[0008] In the geodesic double dome – a so-called "multi-surface" – which the user enters, countless individual surfaces seemingly face one another, complement one another, and are arranged at angles next to one another. The internal spatial impression is thus not only visually magnified for the user, but also reveals an infinite variety, similar to the view into a kaleidoscope. The kaleidoscope has a comprehensive spatial effect and directly includes the user in its image: Depending on the viewing direction, it shows the user from the front, from behind, from below, from above, from the right, and from countless other secondary perspectives. The user can thus perceive all facets of themselves, as it were, and yet inevitably recognize that everything is a question of point of view, and each facet depends on the perspective or requires one. Furthermore, it is easy to become aware that, as an observer, they are always the center of "the whole."The resulting image of reality with its beliefs, applied to everyday life, results in the concept of comprehensive self-efficacy. "I am responsible for everything I experience" could be a key insight. "Everything perceived in the outside world is a mirror image of me," "when I smile at the world, it smiles back," or "as one sows, so shall it echo back." This consideration yields the direct purpose and benefit of the invention.

[0009] The basic structure is based on a geodesic scaffold (with an attached door frame extension and entrance steps), which in the case of this sample is made of handcrafted wooden struts. These hold triangular plastic mirror segments, shaped to the shape, using Velcro fasteners. There is a walkable floor on which the sound lounger stands. The necessary technical equipment is located beneath the floor. The resulting sphere-like, walkable spatial structure can also be acoustically insulated using sound-absorbing foam rubber mats in the outer compartments.

[0010] The effects devices used include a humidifier with an ionizer, located outside in the lower area, which introduces humidified and ionized air from below to improve the room climate and permanently introduce certain basic aromas. Furthermore, a fog machine is located in the lower area, whose output is also temporarily introduced into the interior through a pipe from below, again with overlaid short-term aromas. At the top, the (used) interior air is extracted by fans using conventional methods. Below the sound lounger, at the head end, is a color-changing rotating head spotlight ("moving head light"), primarily for creating lighting moods and apparent movement in the interior. A concealed, integrated light strip for the basic lighting is located all the way around the side of the interior floor.Hanging from the top of the interior is a three-lamp panel light, handcrafted in a so-called retro design: two UV lamps, two IR lamps, and two high-power halogen lamps. This flat lamp conceals the air outlet area behind it. b.) Programs and procedures

[0011] The concept of self-awareness through suggestions and elements of rational (constructive) therapy, based on and supported by the sphere construction, is resource-oriented and aims at increasing "self-efficacy." It is thus an overall concept with both technology-based manifest and virtual components, which, in its novel, holistic, and thus unique form, is seeking patent protection.

[0012] The sequence programs work on various levels: optical, auditory, olfactory, and haptic. For this purpose, the aforementioned effect devices are used, whose use is coordinated with the verbal suggestions that reach the user via headphones. In the auditory (audible) area, the following are used: stereo deep suggestion with voices from different directions and at different volumes, as well as various forms of address ("you perspective" and "I perspective"), subliminal stimuli (only subconsciously perceptible suggestions), calming or stimulating soundscapes, real-head stereophony, surround sound effects, and a supporting sound bed. In the olfactory (smell) area, the fog machine and the humidifier are used. In the optical (visible) area, the effect spotlights, the light bar, and the application-specific lamps (UV-IR, halogen) are used. In the haptic (tangible) area, The sound lounger is also used to experience the vibrations of music and speech, particularly their bass components, as well as the electrically controlled inclination of these. The latter aims to create a holistically altered body sensation with a sense of weightlessness and trance enhancement. The targeted and coordinated interaction of all these possibilities and effects, which are only possible and effective in this way and design, can literally change worldviews, profoundly, fundamentally, and quickly reshape beliefs, and provide alternative insights. The immediate intended goal is the user's initially isolated, later permanently, assumed observer perspective of life. Benefits and applicability

[0013] The basic idea behind the invention is the realization that, in principle, any physical dysfunction is preceded by a quasi-dysfunction of the mind. Quasi-dysfunction of the mind refers to the forgetting that the external world arises from the internal world, that "I am the creator of my world," or at least that a (seemingly?) independent external world is significantly influenced by my evaluations and beliefs—that is, the ego's judgments about it. In other words: the "non-awareness of what is." Accordingly, a changed mindset (changed basic beliefs, observer worldview, etc.) should significantly influence, for example, the polarity of illness and health. This applies even to all areas that, according to conventional medicine (of the 19th and 20th centuries), are divided into organic or functional areas (limbs / internal; external and internal influences; body and soul).

[0014] This means that with such a therapy device, which at least fundamentally (and perhaps initially unspecifically) heals the mind - literally bringing consciousness into the center, "medi-ca-mente" - every suffering could be cured from the psychological level, even seemingly "solely physical" complaints.

Claims

[1] The patent on the device: A sphere-like space (polyhedral, geodesic dome or sphere) that is completely or predominantly mirrored on the inside and can be walked through. [2] The patent on the method of self-awareness in this space, primarily through suitable - auditory - suggestions. [3] The patent for the method of combined application of various already known individual therapies and the new method mentioned under point two.