HOW DO YOU TRULY KNOW WHEN YOU'VE PROPERLY TAKEN YOUR PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE ? ( Archived) (25)

when your comfortable in your own skin...when you have someones hand to hold that completes you and when you are able to share yourself without fear...thats when you know you have found your place....IMO......

I don't know but I'll ask Maslow.

hi kidadheart... its nice to hear from you again !



there's a floatation tank place close to where i live at a private healthy living centre in clapham common sw cenral londonish

i've been in there and asked to see the tanks but never used one yet!



the're basically a mini jacuzi / swimming pool type thing about 3 foot deep maximum and the size of a double bed ....but in pitch darkness !...with a blacked out door / roof to shut once you sit in the tank

the tank is all black as well ( if i remember correctly )...but anyway you can;t see or hear anything once you lay down in it because the lights go out ...then they do something to the system that just makes you effortlessly float on water without even trying !



its suppose to be really good for you and put you at ease with yourself !

( it does more than that but i'm sure somebody that really knows about these things and what there talking about will enlighten us even more )!

but looking at it i got the impression that you'll just feel like be a soul without a care in the world ..but yourself floating......

i don't know whether thats the ideal way to astral travell or anything like that ..but can see myself being in touch with the universe laying in that blacked out tank .

you might be able to play relaxation music as well outside the tank ( not sure) ..but it looks groovy man !

No, Gilly, I have not. However, I am familiar with the float tank and it's uses. I wonder if one could achieve the same results floating at night in the Great Salt Lake, in Utah? Could be possible. I have only floated in the ocean at night... too many waves for the purpose and not quite enough salt. Still, it is relaxing for the body!

About 400lbs of epsom salt is added to the water in the tank to raise the density of the water above the density of the human body, so that your face remains above the water. However, since the ears are submerged when you are in a relaxed position, hearing is greatly reduced, particularly when ear-plugs are also used. When the arms float to the side, skin sensation is greatly reduced because the air and water are the same temperature as the skin, and the feeling of a body boundary fades. The sense of smell is also greatly reduced, especially if the water has not been treated with chlorine.

A therapeutic session in a flotation tank typically lasts an hour. For the first forty minutes, it is reportedly possible to experience itching in various parts of the body (a phenomenon also reported to be common during the early stages of meditation). The last twenty minutes often end with a transition from beta or alpha brainwaves to theta, which typically occurs briefly before sleep and again at waking. In a float tank, the theta state can last for several minutes without the your losing consciousness. Many use the extended theta state as a tool for enhanced creativity and problem-solving or for superlearning.

For relaxation, one simply floats and becomes the observer of the body/mind system. Active floating has many different techniques. One may perform meditation, mantras, self-hypnosis, utilize educational programs, etc. The idea of active floating is that, when the body is relaxed, the mind becomes highly suggestible and any action taken during these states will enter the information into the sub-conscious. Flotation therapy may be used to complement other body work and healing methods.

hi HealthyLiving

good post

lots to talk about there when i get back

When your place just feels right!!!!!!!

thats not a bad answer jodigirlsfree !

but do you think that you need a apartner to take your place in the universe ?