The Isolation Tank
Perfect Meditation
Made Easy
The Central Problem in Spiritual Search
“We are still living our lives thinking that whatever we need is outside of us”
The Central Problem in Spiritual Search
How do we find what is inside?
Make the body and the world disappear.
All this creates a situation where the mind is aware without having to be aware of anything - this may be the PRIMORDIAL state of the world:
“Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.” - Genesis 1:2
The Isolation Tank reduces body and world awareness with no effort!
The Isolation Tank reduces body and world awareness with no effort!
“Marcelo, can you lower the lights a little bit?”
In the isolation tank there is darkness
The Isolation Tank reduces body and world awareness with no effort!
In the isolation tank there is little or no sound
The Isolation Tank reduces body and world awareness with no effort!
Water temperature = skin temperature
Having water heated to skin temperature means that there is no clear distinction between inside and outside!
formless
The Isolation Tank reduces body and world awareness with no effort!
1000 pounds of epsom salt
dissolved into water:
simulates the Dead Sea.
hovering
For the atheist/scientist:
Here’s all the distractions the tank takes away:
X - Light
X - Sound
X - Temperature
X - sensing Gravity
X - responding to Gravity
X - Pressure on blood vessels
X - Muscular tension
All this creates a situation where the mind is aware without having to be aware of anything -
“Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.” - Genesis 1:2
The Isolation Tank reduces body and world awareness with no effort!
For the mystic:
A chance to experience the primordial state of being:
formless, darkness, hovering
Also known as the Sensory deprivation tank or Floatation tank
“(In 1954) I sought answers to the question of what happens to a brain … in the … absence of physical stimulation.”
-- John Lilly “The Quiet Center”, Ch. 15
He was told not to do it because he would die if he cut off inputs to the brain.
More background on the isolation tank
The Isolation Tank
Meditation Made Easy
Part I is Complete.
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Now, that we know about isolation tanks, let’s talk about Gnosis
“Gnosis is using the self to find THE SELF as opposed to using a church or group.”
John C. Lilly in his interview with Jeffery Mishlove on the show “Thinking Allowed”
(5/11/2011)
2922 NW 65th Way Margate, FL
Built the Black Beauty DIY Tank.
Floated on my birthday for 5 hours
I started the float with my feet facing the exit door. I regained consciousness 5 hours later floating 180 degrees inverted.
Physically impossible: the tank is 5 feet wide.
INternallySANE
“”The Deep Self” by John Lilly Mental Effects of Reduction of Physical Stimuli (Solitary Sailors, Living in the Polar Night, Forced Isolation and Confinement)
Central Principle of Isolation Tank Gnosis:
Isolation is Truth. Group is Reality. Truth > Reality
“Sailing Alone Around the World” Slocum, Captain Joshua.
Who has used the isolation tank and achieved Gnosis?
In the 1980s Harry Palmer isolated himself in the tank 24 hours a day for 8 weeks.
There were numerous revelations along the way.
Most significantly, a camera-like awareness hovered outside his body at all times.
Read his free book “Living Deliberately” for more details.
Who else has used the isolation tank and achieved Gnosis?
In Dec 2014 Terrence Brannon isolated himself in the tank 24 hours a day for 5 weeks… with brief exits for the kitchen, bathroom and email.
There were few revelations along the way. But significantly, a camera-like awareness hovered outside his body at all times after his continuous float session.
Read his free book “Isolation Tank Gnosis” for more details.
What exactly is isolation tank Gnosis?
Isolation Tank Gnosis has:
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How to know if we have gone inside?
Water cannot wet the real you.
Fire cannot burn the real you
“That which is real cannot be threatened.
That which is unreal does not exist.
Herein lies the peace of God”
- A Course in Miracles
The Inner Journey According to Classical Yoga
Eliminating body awareness, bringing the mind to 1 thought and then to zero thoughts
The inner journey on the traditional Yogic Path