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tamasaburo
USA
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 Posted - Nov 12 2008 : 8:34:09 PM
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| I was considering trying an hour in a floatation tank to see if it might help me get deeper into my meditation. Supposedly people who use them often have out-of-body experiences as the senses are drawn away from the outside world. It seems like it might help with pratyahara as well. Unfortunately, it seems to be fairly expensive, so I'd only be able to do it once a month at most. Would it still be worth it even if it's so infrequent or would I have to go more often to get real benefit? I was thinking maybe one or two really deep experiences might carry over into my daily meditation practice if I "got the taste of it," so to speak. Then again, it could be a waste of sixty bucks. Any experiences with this? Thanks. |
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Shanti
USA
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Posted - Nov 12 2008 : 9:12:11 PM
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Welcome tamasaburo 
This has been discussed here Floatation tanks |
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Etherfish
USA
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Posted - Nov 12 2008 : 9:20:08 PM
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I've never tried a tank, but I've run into sensory deprivation lots of times by accident. Usually I don't have the time to meditate. I used to lay at the bottom of a swimming pool with scuba gear and my eyes closed.
i work often in very old, very large buildings with all kinds of areas that are not used, not lit, and underground. I stumble upon these while looking for electrical panels, and shut my flashlight off, and realize there is absolutely no light or sound. My ears and eyes go through multiple stages of trying to focus, trying to listen, only to come up with nothing.
A couple times i have had time to sit down and meditate. It does help me to skip through the first stage of quieting enough to ignore outside influence. But beyond that it's the same as regular practice.
Sometimes I hear ghost sounds. The other day I heard probably an electrician yell something from a distance that they would have said in 1881 when the building was built. This was in the middle of complete silence when no sound was getting in from the outside. It wasn't spooky. I felt like I had brought myself to their time of long ago. |
Edited by - Etherfish on Nov 12 2008 9:21:12 PM |
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VIL
USA
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Posted - Nov 12 2008 : 10:35:56 PM
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The link that Shanti posted is worth a look even if you're not interested in flotation tanks. It's almost like a sketch comedy.
The response from Jim and His Karma to Lavazza's after affect from a flotation tank is so funny that I was crying: LOL: 
http://www.aypsite.org/forum/topic....ID=1187#7625
Take care:
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Edited by - VIL on Nov 12 2008 10:44:16 PM |
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CarsonZi
Canada
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Posted - Nov 12 2008 : 10:49:09 PM
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Better be careful with floatation tanks or you might turn into a raging gorilla! Haha (that's a reference to the movie Altered States based on the life of John Lilly)
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machart
USA
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Posted - Nov 12 2008 : 10:56:08 PM
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| I agree with CarzonZi, the only experience I have of a sensory deprivation tank is the movie " Altered States " ... a really good story of the choice of merging with the primordial soup vs merging with another human being....I won't spoil the ending...but my wife says I look a lot like William Hurt (when he had hair). |
Edited by - machart on Nov 12 2008 11:14:27 PM |
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lakshmi_shegar
USA
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Posted - Nov 13 2008 : 05:54:15 AM
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Hi Shanti,
Thanks for posting that link with the discussions. It was useful i did get a chance to know more about from others experiences.
Thanks, |
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