[Buddha-l] Tortoise mind?

[Gad Horowitz]

John Lilly, he who conversed with Dolphins, had many experiences in the
tank, with and without LSD.  Among his many discoveries there was "The
Office of Coincidence Control" (helpful and not so helpful deities). All
recounted in his book "Tanks(sic) for the Memories".



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jkirk" <jkirk at spro.net>
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Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 8:04 AM
Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] Tortoise mind?


>
> >>
> > I remember a passage from the Kausitaki Upani.sad, where it's argued
that
> > the 'devas' have retired from a person while he is asleep, because he
> > doesn't see, hear etc. Often it's said (I don't remember if that's the
> > case in this passage) that the prana's retire into the heart at deep
> > sleep. So the general idea was in India that senses without consiousness
> > are like an electric microphone or camara without batteries.
> > We can learn about a nonsensing mind in practical terms from the
> > experiments with sensory deprevation i.e. the satori tank.
> >
> > Erik
> ==================
> It's not always the case that people cannot hear in their sleep--depends
on
> how deeply they are "under". Some doctors think that people in some coma
> states can hear people talking around them and what is being said. More
> research is needed.
> Are people still doing the satori tank thing? I was just trying to recall
th
> eother day what these were called......these aimed at total sensory
> deprivation, right?
> Joanna
>
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