Attraction to Floatation - Part I

I received a comment (from Float First) on yesterday's blog post asking me to show a picture of my tank and talk about what attracted me to floating.  I am not very tech savvy yet.  Here is a picture of the kind of tank that I have.  It is not a picture of the one in my apartment.  I will get a smart phone eventually and download some pictures of mine.

I have been attracted to the powers of the mind for as long as I can remember.  I read an article in a magazine when I was around 12 years old about lucid dreaming.  I remember it suggested to "wake up" during waking hours and realize that you were not in a dream.  It suggested to pinch yourself in these moments to prove you were awake.  By making this a habit, the thought would eventually come to you in a dream.  I can tell you it worked but it took a lot of effort to be consciously aware multiple times a day as a preteen.  There is nothing cooler than being in a dream and knowing it.  The feeling of "I can literally do anything I want" is powerful and very fleeting.  I would wake up very quickly, only to find myself trying to get back to that place.  It never did happen.

During the rest of my teen years I was always fascinated by Hypnosis.  I laid in bed many nights "Self-Hypnotizing" myself.  Counting down from ten, breathing and with each step and number I would "go down a step" until I got to the bottom.  Hypnotized.  It didn't dawn on me at the time I was actually meditating.  The only difference I was trying to manifest some incredible experience that I couldn't put my finger on, rather than just calm my mind. 

I will pick this up in my next blog post.  I don't want to bore you to tears.