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Hello and welcome. First off. Let me explain what this is.
Welcome
to the Sensory deprivation tank. Imagine a bath tub covered with a
shell. 10 inches of water that is the exact temperature of your skin.
Over 600 pounds of Epsom salt included so the density of the water
allows you to float and not touch the bottom of the tank. Inside, its
pitch black. No light. No sounds, only your body to listen to. Nothing.
You go inside naked so there's nothing weighing you down or interfering
with your experience. Its just you, floating, exploring through the
mind.
So I get a text from John Bodine asking what I was doing
last night, I was just getting out of Byron Walker's house getting some
magic books to expand my library with. Of course I was down to hang out
with John Bodine, he has been one of the driving dominate forces into
the direction I've gone in magic. A mentor to say the least. He's
definitely given me places to go with my magic and things to think
about. Not to mention every session with Bodine is much like a session
in never never land. You never know where you'll go but you know you're
going somewhere.
So I get to John's house at around 10:30ish. We
session and talk about magic for a while. Jonathan Steigman came over
and we were speaking of the arts as usual. As soon as Jonathan left, it
was float time. You start by taking a shower to take off all the body
oils followed by some stretching. Then it was time. I approached the
tank almost as if I was about to enter a space shuttle. I get in and
close the hatch. The small blue and white LED lights were still on
while I was in there, I followed John's instructions on how to
stabilize myself while inside. I stabilized and then turned off the
lights. Here we go....
1.5 Hours later John knocks on the door and I knock back...my time is up. I got out of there a different person I believe.
This is what happened during the 1.5 hour float. Ready? Come along.
Past this line, there's no coming back. Don't read ready if you're not further. Wait, strike that...reverse it. MOVING ON!
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The
first 10 minutes were devoted to relaxing my muscles. Toes all the way
to my neck. My neck had the hardest time relaxing but it wasn't an
issue. I was floating in space and every movement i made with my arms
through the water felt as if it propelled me in one direction. I had
total control of where I believed i was floating towards. The controls
to the direction of which I was floating in was all in my head.
Amazing. When I got out of the tank, John asked if I'd like to write
down what I experienced and I jumped to it. I'm glad I did. I have the
note right in front of my face. I'll write them word for word and I'll
write in parentheses what I meant by what I wrote.
- We are apart of infinity. We are too small to even be seen & yet too large to ever be seen across.
(I
imagined space, what if we reached the end...a wall. How far would that
wall go for. Infinity came right off the tattoo on my back and turned
into a show for my mind. During the float I spent a lot of time
traveling in space.)
- Problems only need a small nudge. Don't waste energy.
(While
in the tank sometimes you'll glide over to the sides and you'll gently
bump into the wall. All you have to do is barely move your pinkie
against the wall and it will push your body away. Too much of a push
and you'll send your body to the other side bumping into the other
wall. I think to get rid of some problems, we make it seem like we need
to shove it away with all our force. I don't think you need to exert
that much energy to get rid of something unfavorable in your life. Give
it a small nudge and feel your body slowly making a nice and easy glide
away from it. )
- My body was a living being of nothing for the float.
(For
the 40-60 minute mark it felt like my body was part of the water. Since
the salt is in the water, your hands don't get wrinkly)
- I was sleeping while I was awake.
(It
felt as if my body was sleeping and I was able to listen to it work
while I slept. Almost like I tricked my body into thinking I was
asleep. So it felt as if my body was sleeping and my mind was 100%
awake. A very delightfully awkward feeling.)
*For a moment I was singing to myself in a quite voice "There's no earthly way of knowing... Which
direction we are going. There's no knowing where we're rowing, or which way the rivers flowing."*
- My body was music. Ancient music & we all still listen to it like its new.
(Since
there was no noise, the only noise I heard was the noises my body
naturally made. I could hear my heart beat as if it was the beat to a
song. Then i heard my muscles working. The strongest bass sound came
from blinking down. When you close your eyes it uses muscles and since
the muscles are close to your ears anyways, it sounds like a bass kick.
Then when you open your eye lids, it sounds like a snare hit, all while
your heart is providing the steady beat for you to work from. I made a
song in there using my eyes and heart. Music made from my body. I felt
like I WAS music. Music that has been with us since the beginning of
time but nobody has ever heard it. A hidden track to the human race.)
- Total control over direction.
(Any
direction I wanted to imagine myself floating towards I could do. Up,
down, left, right. The steering wheel was in my mind, not my body)
- I floated but all small worries and stress sunk to the bottom.
(I
don't have any worries or stresses really but it felt like any residue
of what remained was pulled to the bottom of the tank, through the
ground and into the core of the earth. I thought "Ok, I'll leave that
there...I don't need it." It was only me left over.)
- The layer of person was shed for the float.
(It
felt as if my personality, my appearance, my memories, the man I am was
taken off like a suit that I've always been wearing and it was left on
the bottom of the tank so I could put it back on when the float was
over.)
- I was somewhere else. Not sure where yet.
(I
was going places that I didn't know about. My next float I'll try to
discover where. Or maybe I'll just let that go and let the next float
just happen how its supposed to happen.)
- I was in the womb.
(My
skin was slippery, I was naked, I didn't feel like I was in air...I
felt like I was in the water and I could breath in it. While floating,
the water comes up to about 2 inches away from your eyes and it covers
your ears so you hear everything through the water because its a
perfect conductor. At one point I thought "Is this was the womb felt
like? Is this why I feel so natural in here?")
- 1 hour felt like I did 2 weeks worth of traveling.
(I
went many places, discovered many things, but I never fully 100% let go
into complete blank nothingness. I'll try that next time.)
- Went in hungry, but during the float hunger was turned off from the brain.
(Speaks
for itself. You know how if you go to sleep hungry but you don't wake
up starving. Its like your body knows you're going into sleep mode so
it turns off that hunger. So you can sleep peacefully.)
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This
was my experience. I encourage everybody to try this at least once. It
might change the way you process things and compute/analyze scenarios for the
rest of your life. Definitely one of the most amazing things I've ever
experienced.
Persist.Infinitely Changed.Chris Brown
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