Rewriting Trauma with Ketamine and Consciousness

I have been part of a national study using ketamine, my mind, and cannabis for surgical procedures instead of opioids since 2018. There have been critics of ketamine and psychedelic therapy recently, but that’s because few people truly know what they are doing in this arena. At the same time, science is finally looking at the quantum connection the human brain may have with the entire universe. I’ve spoken about this with my doctors, but to most people it probably sounds crazy. It isn’t—and it can change your life.

What many miss is that ketamine and other psychedelics act as neuroprotective agents during times of trauma, allowing you to experience trauma as the viewer rather than the victim.

Myself and many other trauma victims who’ve received extremely high doses of ketamine experience this dissociative effect. I hypothesize this is why PTSD levels are reduced: the neuroprotective agent tricks the mind into seeing the trauma as happening to someone else.

I hear all these wild hypotheses from people who can’t heal themselves with these neurological enhancers. If you can’t do this, don’t criticize. That’s what I consider psychedelics—neuro enhancers—because I can push my mind further on them than I can with normal meditation. Indigenous American shamanism has known these techniques for thousands of years.

When I am in a healing state, the neuro enhancer is paramount. Besides being able to disassociate from the body, it optimizes the frequency and vibration of the music being played. From there, the mind–universe connection takes over. It’s practically the same as tuning into the correct radio frequency.

When I’m in hours-long states of deep, focused shamanic meditation, a force other than myself takes over. During a healing ceremony, I will be outside of my body and outside of this universe—but I can see the energy of the universe entering me as I breathe. Once healing begins, my exhales become gold, just as I inhale golden energy from the universe.

If this sounds crazy, it is. On some level, my mind feels in a state of quantum entanglement with the universe. I can ask the universe questions, and it gives me answers, or I can simply remain in a healing state and allow what happens to happen. I can also travel to other worlds, give myself 20/20 vision by wearing “virtual glasses,” and transfer energy to fellow sentient beings.

What may be the wildest thing you read here is that current scientific studies done at the Vatican City’s Pontifical University confirm the possibility of what I have been saying for years. This is an excerpt from a recently published study:

“What if quantum entanglement could accelerate learning by unlocking higher states of conscious experience? This study provides empirical and statistical evidence of how quantum entanglement influences consciousness at a biophysical level. Our evidence supports the possibility of connecting human brains to quantum entanglement processes.
The Q coefficient captured up to a 31.6 % increase in variance across twin responses, while neuroplasticity markers explained a 26.2 % increase in cognitive performance under entangled conditions. These results provide robust evidence that quantum entanglement enhances conscious experience and facilitates faster, more efficient learning. They point to the existence of anomalous cognitive mechanisms capable of anticipating future, unpredictable stimuli, representing a profound leap in our understanding of consciousness and its quantum underpinnings.” (Escolà-Gascón, 2025)

I have always said the universe gives me answers. People thought I was joking.

After six weeks of neuro-enhanced meditation combined with healing-state meditation, I stood up and started walking unassisted for the first time in a year—with complete resolution of my lower spine’s neurological pain. Even the muscle pain was minor after just six weeks.

During those six weeks, when I wasn’t using ketamine or psilocybin, I relied on shamanic healing meditation to keep myself in a transitive state (12 days total were spent in shamanic psychedelic healing rituals). My frequency- and vibration-based music played 24/7 during that time. I’ve shared these techniques with fellow warriors trying ketamine without miraculous results. I find medical teams are the primary obstacle—they don’t know what they are doing. It’s like pissing in the wind and hoping for a miracle.

It must be stated: I have been training my mind for this since before the age of 12. I practice what I call brain priming for at least a month prior. This is still done in Native American communities. When I am invited to peyote healing rituals with the Navajo Nation, it is set six months in advance to allow the patient to prime their mind for the ritual.

The idea that you can coach someone during the ceremony is considered ridiculous in the Indigenous American community. The mind has to be prepared ahead of time. My next surgery is in three weeks, and I’ve already been priming my brain for advanced healing for a month.

It’s the same thing magicians, mind readers, and con artists do. They prime the brain to do what they want, and the brain follows suit. Brain priming gives the mind cues to follow—then the brain and universe do the rest.

In April 2022, my brain and the universe cured my PTSD-induced sleep apnea while on ketamine by reliving my catastrophic parachuting accident in first person. Everything was exactly the same as the original event—except at the end, it felt like I landed in my Tempur-Pedic bed instead of smacking the earth.

For 28 years, I woke almost every night reliving that accident—burning in, gasping for air, feeling like I was dying all over again. Since that shamanic journey on ketamine at Ohio State in April 2022, I have not had that nightmare, and my sleep apnea is gone. Doctors don’t understand it, but the universe gave me the answer. Ketamine and psychedelics increase neuroplasticity and aid in creating new neural pathways. With help from universal energy, my mind created a new ending to the story.

It’s like a train racing toward a collapsed bridge—an impending disaster—until, at the last moment, a switch is pulled and the train takes a new track to safety. Now my brain has a new memory of the event. I don’t wake up every night gasping for air. This is the only empirically positive result I’ve experienced for curing trauma through this process.

You’re never going to find the answers in chemical combinations and coaching. The way to do this has been established for centuries, and for the last 5.5 years I have proved it repeatedly. I will do it again on September 15th and be born anew on my birthday, October 1st. “They” said this couldn’t be done.

I’ve come through two amputations and experimental, highly invasive spine surgery with zero anesthesia or pain medication. You read that correctly. With my mind and a neuro enhancer like ketamine, I can control the pain, regulate my vital signs, and accelerate healing.

I work with a team of world-class doctors at Ohio State using these techniques. My spine surgery was supposed to be a 12-month recovery with maybe 75% pain reduction. My healing took six weeks—and it was 100%. My doctors are blown away by what they call “unprecedented results and healing.”

My 23-year surgical rebuild is almost complete—something the medical world said was impossible. This isn’t for everyone, but if you are interested in advanced healing, pain management, and relief from PTSD, I can help you on your journey. Namaste.

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Shane was a former elite athlete (football & wrestling) who left college after getting hurt to pursue his dreams of being in U.S. Special Operations as a Ranger in the 75^th Ranger Regiment. He spent 13 years in the military before being medically retired in 2005/2008. He served in 1^st Ranger Battalion, the 173^rd and as a Ranger Instructor and Combat Diver at 6^th Ranger Training Bn. Since retirement, Shane spent the last 19 years as a tech entrepreneur while enduring a grueling full body rebuild to include multiple artificial joints and amputations. He’s been training and competing in para-sport and adaptive sports since 3 weeks after his initial amputation and now teaches, coaches & mentors disabled children, adults, veterans and Rangers. 

Most recently, Shane started an adaptive sports & wellness program for members of the 75^th Ranger Regiment in partnership with over a dozen national Adaptive Sports Organizations. In his spare time, he is still involved in LED & renewable technologies, writing and curing PTSD with psychedelics. He also competes for U.S. Special Operations Command on Team SOCOM.   

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