The Quiet Center: Isolation and Spirit

excellent

brilliant

What was this thing? I was looking for some insightful information or revelation on the inner workings of the mind or spiritual transformation and I ended up with this crap. The book is smplistic, irrelevant, and immature. A huge disappointment from a person who did such important work. Talking with dolphins and spiritual beings, really??

A great overview of Dr. John C. Lilly's work and ideas. The book includes practical advice on how to create your own void space, an environment isolated from sensations, without investing a lot of money in a floatation tank. However, I don't think it is really necessary to isolate oneself from sensation in order to find one's inmost self. This can be done in sensation rich environments where there is something to experience on all levels. But sensory deprivation in a floatation tank is probably a good way to exerience an altered state of perception without the use of psychoactive drugs or a lifetime of meditation practice. Dr. Lilly also had interesting ideas about how to liberate ourselves from our belief systems in order to expand our mental horizons. It is amusing to find such "thinking outside the box" advice coming from someone who pioneered research into a sort of isolation box but that is precisely what the floatation tank experience is meant to be, sending the mind on a journey outside the tank. Unfortunately, this book has many annoying typos and gives the impression of being a self-published title by his surviving relatives.

Good book. Built my own isolation float tank after reading. Would recommend to friends if I had them/5

Can’t wait to read!

Great work again!