This was a powerful float. Overall, I now know that sleeping in a tank is 10 times more powerful than waking state floating. Why is this? Well, in the sleep state, you automatically shutout the outside world. Also, YOU are out of the way of the body when sleep comes on. Anyway, on to this most pivotal float: neck scapula communication Mother water did her best to improve the communication between my neck and my left scapula and arm. She patiently and gently stretched and strengthened this area, working me towards reconnection and improved use of this area. anus I thought we were talking 1/2 year to 1 year before anything loosed up in the anus area. But really, the same thing is happening there as happened in my upper back. My upper back started out as hard as a rock. And now things are getting fluid there. And then the anus was the same way but it began to flow easily… but not before releasing a ton of psychologically impacted matter primarily of a sexual nature – I am talking floods of release, both physical and mental happened this time. And all without me doing anything. I also know that the regular release I receive in the lower back can be prevented if I simply start loading into my thighs instead of locking out my lower back as shown here: A very impressive session… from a very impressive tool!

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In “The Quiet Center” Lilly says that no system of concept manipulation is of use in discovering reality. He was well-versed in mathematics, logic, and semantics, but made it clear that they had no value in discovering reality. On the other hand, to build the float tank required mathematics, logic and engineering. The very devices which could not discover reality were used to build the float tank to discover reality!

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I listened to Jeffrey Thompkin’s “Gamma Meditation” during this float. I still got a wealth of body extension while integrating sensory input. Mother Water setup a point-counterpoint sonata in my spine tonight. She would open up the right rear thoracic area. Then the right rear sacrum. Then back to thorax. Then she spread open a triangle from sacrum to thoracic area. And then she worked on my right shoulder.

Finally, she showed me how chronically tensed my anus is, with the promise that time will open even that area.

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For some reason, floating seems to lower my need for eating. Of course, due to education and fear, I still shove something down my throat, preferably raw as cooked food is starting to appear more and more senseless every day.

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So, I keep noticing these lines of tension letting go. It seems to me that they are where I was struck as a child.And they just keep letting go at their own pace. This floating thing is truly amazing. A perfect blend of technology and Mother Nature. A perfect blend of help from others (Mother Nature) and work on self.

When you try to work on yourself, you can throw tie yourself in knots… shoot yourself in the foot. Miss crucial points because you cant see your whole self objectively. When others work on you, they miss things because they see things differently than you.

Here, we have Mother Nature in water and salt, who never misses the perfect chance to wash away debris, add more salt, dissolve more tension. She is your perfect therapist, setup brilliantly by Dr. John Christopher Lilly! God bless his soul!

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2.68 DEMO: There is a difference between WISHING for a thing and being READY to receive it. No one is ready for a thing, until he believes he can acquire it. The state of mind must be BELIEF, not mere hope or wish. Open-mindedness is essential for belief. Closed minds do not inspire faith, courage, and belief. DEMO: In this case THING is a thriving floatation tank center. I have _wished_ for such a center many times. I have looked with envy at Tim Strudwick’s center. I have heard the rave reviews of Frank and how many clients he was able to bring in. Now all of that _wishing_ was a way of looking at it as something I simply could not have. What they had was ->there <- and I was here… Now, on the other hand, completely unlike *wishing* we have *ready to receive*… when we are ready to receive, we BELIEVE! It is not -> over there <- it is OWN ITS WAY TO ME!!!!

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It’s the fact that we can create whatever we WANT.

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Tonight, I got into the tank. As usual, I started by smoothing out the ping pong. Then I progressively began to insure that the head-neck region was fully relaxed.

it was at this point, that I began to wonder why I ever got into floating. It seemed that I was there as relaxed as could be, wasting time in salt water.

this apparent “mastery of relaxation” held up its veil/charade for a good 15 minutes to 1/2 hour.

And then the sky caved in.

I began to exhale deeply. And draw in air deeply. And hold air for long periods of time with no effort. However, the air above the tank was cold and I needed to pee. So I had to cut this session short just as it was getting good 🙂

I have high expectations for what lies beyond all my tension. And only time will tell!

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This time, it is going to happen. I can make it. I want to offer floats for 20.00 each or a fixed rate per month. I want people to be able to start their own centers. I want to be rich and make others rich. And truly happy and knowledgeable.

This will make John Lilly’s brilliance shine again… THE QUIET CENTER.

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Franklin Merrell-Wolff wrote a text with John Lilly – “Pathways Through to Space” — it is fairly fun to play Wolff’s talk “High Indifference”and simultaneously play some Shakuhachi Flute underneath. 

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