Terence Leclere

The Omnipresent Witness:

Sun, 11 Jan 2026 22:52:49 -0800

There is a way to communicate knowledge in person that will become more important than just information.

We are entering a time when it will become easier than ever to have any answer to any problem ever.

We already had this at our fingertips, but now it will be expedited. It will be precisely described in bullets, graphs, however we want in all these different ways. So profoundly, that this will no longer be a problem.

Having answers to questions will be easy. But the next step will be communicating those, and being able to receive this information and act upon it. Agents will be able to act upon the information themselves, and that risks running the world autonomously, and then you are just watching it.

From studying meditation, and identifying with the witness that watches the thoughts go by, float by like bubbles in a can of soda. I see a similarity in how quickly artificial intelligence can become those thoughts, and we are even more so the witness as the world happens around us autonomously. And we are just there witnessing it, whether we experience it or not.

But we can change things in the moment. This was our power.

We could always do this. It was just so subtle. We didn't notice, but now the contrast is becoming starker, as technology makes it easier for solutions to arrive and appear.

The next step is clear. Where do we fit into this?...Read More

processing the subconscious

Fri, 21 Mar 2025 09:17:27 -0700

All right, so this is, uh, another testament to the power of the subconscious rapport, having rapport with your subconscious crew and healthy stuff. So recently I saw Hundreds of Beavers. Great movie. Really funny. Excellent work. There's one part that just kind of crept up on me where it's just like these two little adorable baby bunnies.

And if you saw the movie, you know what I'm talking about, these two adorable baby bunnies, they're like the sole survivors after having to endure all this kind of harsh land and walking through the snow. And then they just can't go any further. And of course, this is me just filling in all these details because as humans with empathy, that's kind of what you do.

So the hunter, the protagonist gets to these baby bunnies and they're just wide-eyed and they're scared and they're just like, oh, help us please. And the hunter's like at, at first seems like, oh yes, I will help you. But then he ends up eating them and killing them, which is funny. But also. Fucking heartbreaking and so sad, and it really stuck with me. I was just like, oh my God, that is the fucking saddest thing. And so I'm kind of like there left with these emotions of just like, fuck, that's really sad. And just thinking about like how sad that is. What a sad life, and just feeling gratitude for not being in that situation and just fuck.

And so I went back to that thinking about the learning from NLP about seeing the subconscious as a crew who's like running the ship and you know, they're collecting all these stories and all this information and in this case, this one thing triggered. Something in me because there was a lot there. And so now in the past I would've seen this come up as me just being bummed out the rest of the...Read More

normalizing crying

Sat, 15 Feb 2025 11:24:24 -0800

This is something about normalizing crying, and I was gonna do a TikTok post. It doesn't quite fit with immersive, but here's some thoughts.

Normalizing crying—I had this thought that crying helps you heal, and it's a powerful force. It's a very human thing of processing emotions. It's how we do it. It's how we release, it's how we let go. It's a tool that we have.

When other people see people crying, it's like yawning, where it can have the effect of, "Oh, this is a safe space to let go and release." And then that process begins in other people. This is possibly why people feel embarrassed, or they make fun of it, or they repress it, or they don’t like that feeling.

And releasing and letting go can be tough! The feeling of letting go brings with it an element of—well, letting go. It’s loss, it’s, you know, it brings up life and death. It brings up all those elements of… it brings up that sense of… it brings up all those feelings which are very complex. The cognitive processing mind is not necessarily, right away, capable or even has the instructions as to how to process the processing, if that makes sense.

Meaning, the conscious mind would have to understand that these emotions, and the thoughts attached to those emotions, are temporary. Instead, the mind seems built to comprehend what is permanent, or at least establish a sense of permanence—i.e. reality, object permanence, things like that. This is what all our minds agree on as our shared reality.

it is here

Sun, 08 Sep 2024 12:28:44 -0700

There's a shift happening in how we experience events. A recent client mentioned that you can't do regular events anymore—every event needs to have something more. Audiences today are more aware, capable of deeper understanding, and want to participate rather than just observe.

Traditional formats worked because they provided clear instructions: sit here, watch this, pretend it’s real. But now, people want to see behind the curtain, to engage in ways that make them feel seen and heard. It’s not just about fame; it’s about recognition from those who matter to you.

Participatory and immersive experiences give audiences the ability to step into different realities, much like actors do. Historically, actors were feared for their ability to channel different identities. But today, that ability is something people crave—to step outside their daily lives and be someone else, even if just for a moment.

At the heart of it all is belonging. People want to feel like they exist, that their presence matters. This need for acknowledgment ties into legacy, validation, and the simple human desire to be recognized. Near-death experiences often reveal a sense of complete acceptance, of being embraced without judgment. That feeling is something we can recreate in our interactions and in immersive events.

These experiences don’t require extravagant settings; they simply require space for people to be seen and heard. Themed characters in events grant permission to play, to step into a world where interaction is easier and social barriers are lowered. That’s why people love stepping into their favorite fictional worlds—it gives them an entry point to connection.

immersive means mindfullness

Mon, 20 May 2024 20:42:59 -0700

I had the pleasure of presenting a talk recently about immersive at a health and wellness virtual summit 🙌🎙️ 💻 💡

Sharing my thoughts and ideas on how immersive experiences converge with mindfulness is a passion of mine ❤️‍🔥

The rising popularity of immersive experiences to me suggests a subtle societal shift in people’s perceptions of their existence. An awakening.

Rather than see “immersive” as a ubiquitous buzzword, I see it as a call for people finding new ways to self realize, and opportunities for them to do so in their everyday lives and in imagined realities. 🌟

People are seeking permission to be present, drawn to the awareness of transcending from one reality to another.

And by doing so, sometimes getting chances to feel seen and accepted; a welcoming feeling desperately needed in our world.

All of this is the power of the ineffable mindfulness of immersion.. hidden in each and every immersive experience.

Go now and seek them out!

Your story continues.. #️⃣✨

#immersive #wellness #mindfulness #presence #immersiveexperience #metaforyou

Terence the Immerser

Tue, 02 Apr 2024 20:42:00 -0700

This all happened at the Immersive World Adventure.

I didn't know what to expect or what I'd find, and i guess that most epic adventures begin this way: with trust and just one step.
20 years ago... the album one giant leap provided a soundtrack of an expanding consciousness I could only begin to imagine. at the same time I first learned transcendental meditation, a practice which would lay the potential for perceiving immersion 20 years later, just as Meisner foreshadowed it would take an actor to be, here I was privy to a space exemplifying immersion and its utmost ability to teach and transform through experience.

Guests, actors, speakers were all as an ensemble putting together an experience that would become a summit, a conference, a retreat..

Within all was this story about AI and the afterlife. Was it all a simulation? A son going into the jungle to find his deceased father in the underworld. Slightly based on Hamlet, the titular inspired character Amit went to through fire and cenotes to find him. Working with...Read More

Background actors and npcs

Mon, 19 Feb 2024 18:09:32 -0800

Sure, we’re all the main characters of our own lifelong immersive experience, but what about everyone else?

In a film or TV show you would watch, they would be the background actors aka extras as you focus on the protagonist, in a video game, they would be the NPCs helping your avatar/character. In life, they are strangers or friends you haven’t met yet, to paraphrase Yeats.

It’s very telling that it’s been normalized to treat background actors on sets as unimportant. Even more so that the term NPC has become derogatory, as they are often jokingly mistreated in video games as inconsequential nonbeings. As their name states they aren’t the player, so why do they even matter as much?

This speaks to a bigger discussion of a (hopefully) changing paradigm, and (eventual) elimination of a subconscious solipsistic societal structure (thanks, that’s #alliteration). Simply put, this is where kindness could come into play..

We live our day to day (depending on our location) amidst a sea of people we will never fully get to know. Though some people playing out their immersive experience may have an attitude of indifference or apathy (or straight up antipathy) towards these strangers, interaction is an opportunity to remember that all you meet are just as much individuals and masters of their own universe as the protagonist that is you.

Spending over 10 years playing roles that could basically be called NPCs for live immersive interactive experiences, I found each time playing these “supporting” roles the chance to conversely awake these “players” into realizing that there are actual living people beyond their own solitary experiences. Like when performing in VR in The Under Presents, where players would often think we weren’t human and...Read More

Acting is the key to building your own immersive experience

Tue, 19 Sep 2023 19:56:05 -0700

How do I know? I’ve been doing it for the past 30+ years

I just didn’t even realize I was doing it

It’s not for effect or results, unless you want them. You do have agency in this immersive experiential story

It’s more about just recognizing that it is all here

Happening for You

This is it.

The tools taught to actors about story, relationships, givens, these are all tools that can be used in and for life

And do often appear in many self-help guru techniques

Acting, in this sense, is not an art form of “presenting,” it’s the art of being “present” to the reality you are living in, moment to moment

The closest thing we have to the art of being

So this is a praise to all who dedicated their lives to this art; it is so much more than auditioning for those who oftentimes don’t even understand this, for gigs that don't even begin to tap this, it is the ongoing quest to learn more about humanity

And ourselves

And perhaps these acting techniques in the future will be known as what they truly can be

Instructions on how to be, in this (or any) reality

Sartre was wrong

Thu, 07 Sep 2023 13:30:58 -0700

Hell is not other people
Hell is yourself
Alone with your thoughts

Your mind will try to make sense of the impossible
Leaving you only to seek solace
In the fact that your mind is not you

You are not “yourself”

Don’t get caught up with the character stats
In the game you’re playing
The leveling up will level you

The experience count is endless

Instead seek to see the truth behind these numbers:
That you lived you played and in that sense you won

Remember the feeling of buying the game in the first place
Who bought that game?
Not the character within it

Not “yourself”

Among other people,
you get to glimpse into the eyes of other players playing the game
To learn to see beyond the score
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Easter eggs

Mon, 17 Apr 2023 13:48:20 -0700

There's always a theme to all this stuff.the stars tied together into constellation

oh look, a bear, scales, a belt
It's alway the same theme with all of the immersive stuff i do
and it's all summed up in these posts of easters past

🥚𝙸𝚗𝚌𝚞𝚋𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝
𝙱𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚎
𝙰 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚍
𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜 𝚊 𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚏
𝙰 𝚏𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚏𝚞𝚕
𝙰 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚋𝚢 𝚊𝚕𝚕
𝚂𝚘 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚞𝚗𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚜’ 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎
𝙻𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎
𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝
𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎
𝚃𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚢𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎
𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍
𝙰𝙻𝙻 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚘𝚛𝚜
𝙰 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎
𝙰 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚘𝚗
𝙰 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍
𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚎
. . .
🐣 #easter2020 #enlightenment #poem #esliot #emoetry #poetrycommunity #poetry #wordplay #poems #poetrymonth #wordsofwisdom #poetryisnotdead #homophones #darlingsandlovelies #poetryofig #spilledink #metaforyou

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  At some point
  I decided what religions m͙eant to me
  I always loved all things holy

The ce͙remonies
The communities

  In whatever way it started out for you
  Whether trust rings t͙rue
  Or a “perhaps, we’ll see”
  To me Easter is a͙ll about discovery

Its story is one of death and rebirth
which I f͙ind I experience almost everyday

In my o͙wn way

In each decision I make

a breath is taken

An inspiration

Then the task done

or r͙un its course

Mini arcs complete to celestial applause

  My͙ life these days is consumed with the mechanics of existing in moment to moment realities
  Easter eggs, hidden in plain sight, are particularly what interests me
  And...Read More