I Lived in Darkness For 7 Days, Here's What I Learned
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
- I spent 7 full days and nights in complete darkness all by myself in a pitch-black room that was built to let absolutely no light in. I went through the entire darkness retreat experience using an infrared night vision camera to document it here.
After only a few days your brain naturally produces DMT, a powerful hallucinogenic drug that can cause near-death experiences, intense hallucinations and deep spiritual insights.
This dark retreat has definitely pushed me to my limits, but I’m grateful I went through it.
Let me know if you have any questions!
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Give this guy a silver play button
Haha with time it will happen! Thanks 😁
@@leonjhendrix should happen soon!
this guy is litteraly copying the other guy
@@Fernando18730 Name one content creator that didn’t get inspiration from somebody.
This channel is underrated
Blind people: Hold my bear
how does this only have 30k views, i thought i was legitimately watching a viral 4 million views video with this quality of content and just the overall production quality too
seriously this is amazing stuff and i wouldn't be surprised if in a year from now you had a million subscribers, youtube is VERY much your element and you make it look insanely easy
seriously leon is underrated af i mean he just started but i am excited for him
Now after Aaron does his this will blow up. Lol
Cuz it’s dum
Fed
2 years later (a year later from your comment) this video has yet to hit 100k views & he only had 500k subs. Yes, great quality video and well produced. Just not as good as your making it to be he bought a go pro and a plane ticket calm down.
"we think we're owed something in life.... when we owe
something, we are already in debt." Love it. Thanks for the awesome video. KEEP PRODUCING CONTENT.
Thanks! I'll keep making stuff for sure
This is some next-level production quality. Props to you!
You leaving the darkness and seeing the sun rise is incredible
You’re under the radar, your content is great and this is one of my favorite videos.
Your dark room experience reminds me of ayahuasca a little bit. Love the journey you’re on
I don't have friends like you to help me to make the experiment,
but i need this to fix my childhood trauma, and depression.
I will consider it and research about it seriously, thank you for the idea!!
try shrooms
Have you done the experiment yet? Im in the same boat. Jump in and let's go do it
Honestly if you're trying to heal that, I can't say I'd recommend psychedelic type experiences. They CAN help, they can make you feel alive and whatnot, but the true healing is in the choices you make day by day. It's the more mundane experiences, choosing not to lay down and die. Choosing not to be scared. Choosing to go to the grocery store even though your anxieties make you feel like you're going to pass out, or facing some other fear you have that is attached to whatever traumatic events you've gone through.
I have been in a dark place for a very, very long time, and honestly, the advice I've scoffed at the most is exactly the advice I needed to take.
Keeping the serenity prayer in mind helps a lot, if only the gist of it.
But you need to train yourself to accept the thinfs you cannot change, and change the things which you cannot accept.
It's really that simple, and seemingly impossible at times.
Sometimes, you have to just wait it out and preservere.
Sometimes it takes an incredibly long time.
But progress truly lays in the choices you make, the seemingly insignificant ones.
It's choosing to get up and do the dishes when you're depressed; it's forcing yourself out of your comfort zone and into social interactions you don't think you can handle, when really, you can.
We all want some magical cure for our plights, we want a pill, or a psychedelic experience that will open our mind and take away our suffering.
But it's more simple than that. more simple, and much more difficult.
It's hard work and willpower, every day.
It's choosing to refuse to allow your mental state dictate what you are capable of, over and over, until it gets easier
@@RetardationAwareness thank you very much that was beautiful 👍
@@RetardationAwareness real 💜
Hit the like if you came here through Charles Hoskinson, ADA crew unite.
Great video though, one of the better ones I've seen on darkness retreats. After no stimulus for 7 days and then watching a sunrise like that, that must have been overwhelming.
Props for sticking through this challenge- and sharing it with us! It was interesting to see your brain scan after the dark. I wonder how long the effects last. Dr Brockenshire should definitely study this!
:)
@@rrrandom what does full energy do, you mean like freezing all the way? Id so that would give him frostbite
I’m sure you grew a lot in that week Leon. Props for completing it
Sure did!
I went on a cruise a few years back, & I had an interior room with no windows. I went to sleep, set no alarm, & I slept for 14 hours
I still can't believe you guys did this! Can't wait to hear about Chris' trippy experience
I dont really care to do psychedelics but i would definitely try this... I can only imagine how much healing will take place in my being after this
Do a flotation tank. No light, sound, floating. It's amazing
“We think we’re owed something in this life , but we have everything and we OWE the world, we are in debt” WOW 🤯 this statement rings so intensely in my mind and I feel it’s truth. Wow that’s incredible
I once rented a room with no windows & only one small light and outlet. It was pitch dark all the time unless that light was on. I can relate to a lot of what you were going through. I don't know if you could hear anything around you but my room was mostly silent I could hear my heartbeat and I thought even blood flowing through my body. I never felt comfortable in that place but I do think it helped me to build up mental strength and perseverance not to run away when I was scared.
THIS IS THE BEST. THANK YOU for your bravery and courage, stamina, commitment, sacrifice and patience. YOU KNOW there is a God WITHOUT A DOUBT at this point.
This chanel is crazy underrated
Man this is a great vid, great experience, great lesson! I'm pretty sure i could not handle a whole week in total dark alone, respect 🙌🏻
this guy is a genius
i tried dopamin detox for a month straight it felt good i was emotionnale as well but the emotions u have getting ur eyesight back is no joke i swear i cried to a point i felt like all my traumas were out of me
People are wondering if this is what blind people see, blind people aren't able to see just the light (or partial light), but what they did in this video is so different. They had no human interaction meaning they had almost nothing to hear, they don't have their mind occupied with some objective. Blind people interact and hear other people and have something to occupy their mind.
Also, props to these guys, it's extremely hard to be able to stay sane in this creepy setting, amazing video.
My husband is blind since birth and he sees colourful light dots like little lightnings the whole time when he is awake.
@@ZuerstJesus Do you think he would see different lights if he also did the experiment? I'm sure the body senses light and is aware of light and day. Skin is intelligent also
@@ecoconatus8089 Yes, I think so. Because his brain makes these lights even when it is dark.
Damn brother this was extremely well done! 🙌🏼
I'm genuinely thinking about trying this myself now!
Haha nice, appreciate the kind words! Well, proceed with caution 😛
Ay yo this video is so powerful I love it! the algorithm needs to pick this up
Thanks man good chatting to you on IG!
I got inspired to do this too. You in Boyuan?
Incredible documentation. I feel like if you had no camera in there the experience would have been even more profound.
Why ? You think they may hold back even subconsciously , knowing they are on film ?
Amazing video, thank you!
Finally understand why yogis would build and pitch dark room underearth and stay there sometimes for 40 days. Makes perfect sense!
Your mind is the most powerful thing ever !!
I recently found out about your channel. Please keep up the great content. I love your channel and adventurous mindset. this channel will blow out very soon.
INCREDIBLE!! Thank you so much for sharing your oh-so-personal journey!🙏🏽🙏🏽🫶🏽
Holy cow! This is so underrated
I just came out from one 2 nights only 3 days on water only there was no other option as all was booked but experience for life! Well done to you!❤
Blessing that I found u 🙏
Whos here because they first heard about this from the Aaron Rodgers news
Wow man. I was waiting for this since you posted about this on your ig and I must tell you that it was worth the wait. I learned Soo much. Wonderful video. Keep going
Thanks man appreciate it!!
Your videos are some of the most interesting i have found on youtube, keep the great content coming! Thanks
I was thinking to try this for 5 days, but never had the time, set up and courage to do it. The hawaiian babywoodrose was the game changer. I did it only once and I never felt happier in my life. The morning after I woke up and I was reborn !
How many did you eat? Most I've done is 4
Wow that's hard and at the same time impressive what you did. Thanks for sharing your experience :)
Very surprised this only has 12k views. Awesome work Leon!
For three reasons; primarily this experience belongs to the future science and is not within the borders of known science. 2- there is no $$ in encouraging others to stay in darkness. 3- you have to turn off your TV for one week.
Your videos worth millions of subscribers! Great job!
Wow that is so incredible. Thank you for sharing this experience!
This is seriously underrated. Glad I stumbled across this video.
Another awesome video Leon! Thanks for sharing your experience and insights :)
Thanks! Of course 😉
Fantastic. I have done this five times. Eash time I sought to push beyond thresholds I encountered in previous D R's. Each retreat was to be seven days, but I never made it to the full seven until the fifth time. The first was 110 hours. I thought I was going to break, so I left early. Each time it got better. I had amazing fractal visions, starting in the first retreat. I have identified different levels of visual experiences. They kept getting more intense, during each retreat and also in subsequent retreats. The fifth one was the best, as I had a breakthrough unlike the other times. I call it "Going To Narnia". I plan on going dark again soon. I need to go deeper, longer. I also fast during the entire time.
Fasting as well? That's hardcore.
@@eleanor4759 When you are not doing anything, fasting is easy.
Amazing! Thank you so much for sharing this with us. 🙏♥️
Who’s here because Charles recommended it?
OneLove…
This was amazing thanks for sharing! Your videos are too underrated
Absolutely amazing my friend 🔥
I love this vid, I'm glad I checked out your older content!
this video is terribly underrated
Found one video now I’ve watched all your gonna blow up eventually this is content
most underrated video
When I was going to sleep one time, I felt that hallucination after closing my eyes for an hour and it was almost blinding with tons of flashes, creepy images, etc. It feels horrible...I feel bad for you bro :(
great quality!! This video deserves much more views
Here before 46k views. Absolutely amazing video.
Fukn beautiful, Thankyou for being brave and bringing this to every one.
Great video Leon! Thanks for sharing your experience in the dark room!
Paul! Thanks for stopping by 😛 Come to Austin again soon!
you deserve at least a million subscribers by now
Extremely entertaining! Underrated
Man this is gooooood. The Evergreen content. Tools of Titans vibes.
Thanks Leon!
you really work hard to provide great content im surprised you have 85k subscribers
You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it
Inspiring videos, keep it coming Leon
Thank you Leon.
22k views? This deserves more honestly
thank you for this video! It will be on my to-do list for 2021.
Epic! Let me know how it went :)
ARod thinking about routes in one of these next week
pretty cool! deserves more views
Wow. Intense man! Would love to hear more about the brain scans and how it healed your brain. What type of brain scan machine is that?
Aaron sent me here 😂😂
Amazing!
U've done a lot of hard work for this video.
It deserves more view.
I hope u'll get a decent amount of view and subscribers real soon.
Thumbs up man.
Great work.
Amazing, congrats!
Wow, this video made me try this in the future.
Wow can’t wait to try this!
"We think we're owed something by the world, or by life. That we deserve something. But we already have everything... We OWE something. We're already in debt."
I can relate to the feeling like you're owed something. Its not a pleasant feeling, as entitlement is likely it's source. In the past it has stopped me from solving my own problems, feeling like the universe owed me a solution.
Man I really enjoy watching your videos. Keep it up!
Thanks, will do!
these vids are amazing !! you'll blo up
Impressive content 👌👌👍👍❤️❤️
You went through a healing process. I like to think of hard times like jesus walking through the desert to find peace and knowledge
Edit, i see at the end the doctor literally explains it healed ok thats amazing
You should put your rambling descriptions of your visions into an AI art generator, it would probably be really trippy and possibly close to what you imagined.
awesome leon!!!!!
Amazing video! Absolutely amazing! I hope one day I can produce something like this!
It making sense tbh. You own everything you want. And when you miss something big likes LIGHT you start understanding what you really having. I changed 1 day when I was sad all day and night and start stop sleeping hoping I would die. I never died “HAPPY BOUT THST” I start hearing and seeing crazy shit. I can remember I was mad and everything was mad. It was only my, I and I am. The doctors told mine mom I missed an lot off attention and love. After that I changed bc off medication and start going to play football. The doctors said I missed an lot off sunlight bc I was sad and lonely all day in mine dark room. Thinking about how bad I was. I shouldn’t have born. Now I’m the person who loves to listen to people and not just be sad. I start watching things likes this video and using mdma and lsd. The only things that was good about missing sunlight was: I’m not scared in the dark and don’t care about it. The only bad thing is. I can’t sleep with sounds around me.
I'm definitely not crying right now
I’m not trying to trash your video and experience but you played a clip of Mantak Chia talking about darkroom enlightenment… his book says stay in darkness 10 days or so to get the full effect of the DMT building up in your system but you left the room when it was only a small dose of dmt being produced by the brain… you should have stayed longer then 7 days because you possibly missed out on the best part… you should do it again for longer. Plus at Mantak Chias darkroom retreat he gives you foods and liquids that increase the DMT production… but good work anyway.! I have to do this.
This sounds like how I feel on a normal basis’s. I can’t imagine how I’d feel if I did this
Really amazing. I am thinking to doing this me. Thank you
there is a mystical belief that one should not keep rooms completely closed because beings can gravitate to it
here bc of Aaron Rodgers
😂 same
@ 5mins 15secs there is a orb which in the paranormal is considered a spirit or something of energy coming near you which can also make you think or feel things you don’t normally go through
You are a legend 😍
Very interesting video might try this too
great videos! awesome channel!!
losinng eyesight is the worst i had that prob before i felt like dying people should try this to know the value of what they have
Just found this channel and I love it..
Curious how you shot this video 📷
Why you are underrated
Why doesn't this have more views?
wow! That must have been incredibly difficult. I would’ve gone crazy lol
You were reborned 😴😟🥺😓😔😑😑😑😌🥲
I've seen the Abyss. It's a black ocean of nothingness. There was a cliff and over the cliff there was the Abyss. You don't know how terrifying it is to peer into the Abyss. I began to disappear as if I were drowning in the Abyss. I began to become nothingness. It frightened me. And I got down on my hands and knees and put both palms of my hands on the ground to come back to Earth. I made it back and since then I've never went back to the cliff that overhangs the Abyss.