Feynman did some interesting personal research on sleep which you have probably seen. He also experimented with sensory deprivation, which sounds like something that would make for a memorable experience.sleep's weird though
Sleep is weird. People object to the transhumanist idea of "uploading your brain" into a computer, which I think you are hinting at with "encode your consciousness" because there will be a discontinuity when the wet brain turns off and the electronic brain turns on. But we lose consciousness every evening and come to in the morning. What kind of continuity do we have now?the headlights of my school bus rounding a sharp corner early in the morning. It was dark, and all that was illuminated were cedar tree branches.
This image stuck with me since first reading it earlier today. Maybe it will stick longer.