Tanks for the Memories Floatation Tank Talks

by Lilly, John Cunningham; Gold, E. J.

• ISBN13: 9780895560711
• ISBN10: 0895560712
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-06-01
• Publisher: Gateways Books & Tapes

Summary

A definitive series of talks by two acknowledged masters of consciousness exploration on uses of the flotation tank.

Author Biography

Dr. John C. Lilly is a dolphin scientist and communicator. He is the inventor of the floatation tank and has conducted neurological and communications research. E. J. Gold is the author of more than four dozen books, including American Book of the Dead, Life in the Labyrinth, and Practical Work on Self. He lives in Nevada City, California.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
Thanks for the Hallucinations, Dr. Lilly	1	(14)
Lecture given by Dr. Lilly at California Institute of Technology, April 8, 1975. The introduction by Richard Feynman is not included. This is an historical perspective on Dr. Lilly's work with the ``Isolation Tank.''
The Directions Are In the Glove Compartment	15	(16)
Dr. Lilly talks about energy sources to the brain, programming, beliefs, fair witnessing, Oscar Ichazo's consciousness map, Earth Coincidence Control Office, as areas that can be explored and properly stored to run the human vehicle.
From Physics To Eastern Philosophy	31	(18)
Dr. Lilly on brain physiology, self meta-programming, the theory of self-reference, eigenfunctions, and his current (1980's) tank usage.
Sanity Clause	49	(16)
E.J. Gold on the habits of being human and the habits of Being, overcoming habits, categories of thinking and the worlds one enters as a result of these categories, and using all these things in one's work with the tank.
The Thought You Must Never Think	65	(24)
E.J. Gold's talks on getting beyond the tank space, the laws of universes and ways to use the laws, the body space, transit practice, working with new explanations of phenomena, the Human World and other worlds and the possibilities of traveling between them.
Don't Linger In The Doorway	89	(16)
E.J. Gold's talk on the Beta, Alpha, Theta, and Delta States, Reverie, development of the mind, tank rules, and active use of the tank.
Always Ask, ``Where Am I?''	105	(14)
E.J. Gold saying more about habits and their relationship to who you are, habits, and identity, and more on habits.
The Tank Is Your Native State	119
E.J. Gold speaking about self-importance, discipline, worry and the attempt to change habits.