Re: Floatation Tanks...John Lilly (npc)

["rslovacek" <rslovacek>]

Glenna,

        Yeah, that tape loop was soooo fascinating.  And for some reason I'm
thinking that Dr. Lilly's lecture was the last in the week-long series.  After
so much mind-expanding stuff, including a 500-person strong meditation led by
Baba Ram Dass.  The next night I ended up sitting next to Ram Dass on the
front row while his former colleague, Tim Leary, did his thing.  It was at the
beginning of Leary's strong interest in long-life and L-7.  The two were
together at uhhhh, Harvard?, when Ram Dass was still named Richard Alpert.

    Oh, and the word was "Cogitate", sorry about that.   Which means "think"
:)

--Bob

PS: Melissa Etheridge on the Letterman Show tonight  :)


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  Subject: Re: Floatation Tanks...John Lilly (npc)


  Wow, Bob--that's fascinating about the lecture!!
  I'd like to hear more, 'cognitive', huh?
  This kinda stuff interests me ALOT!

  Thanks!
  XO-Glenna
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    Subject: Re: Floatation Tanks...John Lilly (npc)


    Yeah, I've used them about a dozen or so times, and am considering buying
one.
    But damn, they're so damn expensive!

    One place I went to a few times in Houston, the owners were surprised when
I
    mentioned that I'd come to see if it could help stop the serial migraines
I
    was getting at the time.  It did.  In fact I don't recall even Dr. Lilly
    mentioning that possibility, either in lecture or in his books.  It was
nice
    :)  I had 3 sessions in 5 days that week.

    Anyone who hasn't done it, OMG.  Try to get a "designated driver" for the
ride
    home afterwards cuz you'll be sooooo relaxed  :)    Also, go with a
lover;
    when you get home you'll both be soooo horny and so relaxed that you're
likely
    to slide into tantric sex   :)

    The place in Austin where I used to go, the owners were lovers, and he and
she
    both had a huge grin when my gf and I asked if they ever used a tank
together
    :)  They had.   If I remember right, they musta liked the idea cuz they
    flipped the door sign to "Closed" as soon as we left  <G>

    As another example of changing reality, I attended a lecture by Lilly and
his
    wife once.  They played a tape loop for about 15 minutes, with the word,
    "cogitate", repeated over and over.  By the end of the playing they asked
the
    audience what we were hearing.  There were literally dozens of different
words
    and phrases we all heard, yet it was "really" just the one word.
    Interesting week; others in that lecture series included Andrew Weil. Baba
Ram
    Dass, and Timothy Leary.  Talk about a natural high!

    --Bob