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The Kogi tribe of Colombia selects certain babies to spend their first NINE YEARS in COMPLETE DARKNESS. No sunlight. Not even moonlight. They are trained to connect with what the Kogi believe is an invisible cosmic consciousness behind all life. The Kogi select these children at birth to become Mamas, the spiritual leaders of the Kogi. They are raised in dark caves, where their mothers and spiritual teachers teach them about rivers, mountains, trees, animals, and the Sun without letting them see them. Their training also completely reverses their normal sleeping patterns. They sleep during the day and remain awake at night, learning sacred stories, songs, and the sounds of nature. Anthropologists have described this unusual upbringing as an attempt to change how these children experience time and space. Even when they are occasionally taken outside at night, they are blindfolded to prevent them from seeing the world. The Kogi believe the physical universe originates in an invisible realm of consciousness called Aluna, where everything exists spiritually before taking physical form. They believe that by keeping these children in darkness, they can develop a connection with this invisible reality before experiencing the physical world. Imagine being nine years old and having never seen sunlight, a tree, a mountain, or even the faces of the people who raised you. Then, after spending your entire childhood learning about the world through sounds, stories, and spiritual teachings, you finally emerge into daylight and see everything for the first time. Some accounts describe future Mamas undergoing this training for as long as 18 YEARS. The Kogi believe these spiritual leaders can communicate with the forces of nature and help maintain Earth's balance. They also believe modern humanity has forgotten its connection to this invisible world. Do you think this kind of upbringing could unlock a different way of perceiving reality, or is it simply extreme sensory deprivation?