Postcards From the Edge of Consciousness

$80 bucks for an hour[0] for Sam Zeiger's tank described in the article.

Shoot, I don't see the harm in checking it out. I'll try to start getting back into meditating more often and check it out in September. At the very least, it sounds very interesting.

It reminds me of a less intense version of the "world's quietest room" [1] which is apparently 99% sound absorbing. Of course people seem to have the ability to 'float' for quite a bit longer than people can make it in that room. Perhaps the salt water helps?

[0] http://www.bluelightfloatation.com/fees.html

[1] http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2012/04/05/how-long-could-yo...

I've done this once, in one of the tanks with a latch described. It's interesting, sure, but its also really uncomfortable in there. The air is super humid and thick, it's almost difficult to breathe. I'm not ever claustrophobic, but I had fleeting nervous thoughts of being stuck in there. Overall I'm happy I did it once, but I don't think I'm willing to pay the price to do that to myself very often.

I've done this. I found it to be extremely relaxing. The best way I can describe it is that half-awake dream state you reach sometimes when drifting off to sleep for an afternoon nap.

I found the after effects to be similar to my (limited) experience with meditation.

> You’ll hear things that you don’t normally hear,” Zeiger had said as he prepped me in his living room. “Your heart beat, your blood flow. A lot of people report hearing a quiet, high-pitched whine, which is your nervous system.”

I think that's called Tinnitus, and it generally means you have damaged the hearing cells in your cochlea. Still technically correct, but not as romantic as implied here.

nautil.us is clearly spamming HN (quite effectively I might add over the last few days), I guess we can expect HN to get even worse now.