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The Float Tank Design and Build; The First Steps on the Path…

• By Chuck Seegert
• August 30, 2014
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So these topics didn’t develop over night for me. Some time ago, it was a winter’s evening in 2005, I went to the dollar movies with my girlfriend of the moment to see a show titled: “What the Bleep do we Know!?” It was her idea and I was indulging her, thinking more about what would come later in the evening than anything in the show. There were a few things related to consciousness and quantum theory that mildly piqued my interest as I had been dabbling in consciousness studies since I was in grad-school. Much of it seemed unlikely or incredible, however, especially to a recently graduated Doctor of Engineering.

 

Fast forward about 4 years to the summer of 2009 and my interests had turned, or returned to consciousness studies again. Just a little personal info about me, I spent 15 years or so in industry doing advanced product development projects in the wound healing and orthopedic space. At that time I was still doing this type of work, which meant that the time I had available to pursue these interests was in the morning from about 0530 to about 0700.

 

This is not as bad as it may sound to some of you; it is in fact a habit I’ve cultivated since I was in my mid-20s. I am an early riser by nature and this was actually my favorite time of day when I could drink my coffee and read whatever I wanted in the absolute silence of the house that would later be filled with the noises of a young family.

 

Anyway, I entered a phase (detailed elsewhere) that still holds my attention where I took a whirlwind tour of psi-mediated phenomena and influence of consciousness on reality. This stretch of study started with Amit Goswami, one of the researchers in the movie    (“What the Bleep Do We Know?”), and eventually brought me to John Lilly’s work and his forays into the realms of consciousness. I read all of his work, for which I was nicely primed by the other study I had undertaken and sometime while I read it I decided I wanted to float.

 

At the time I lived in Dallas, TX and the only spa I could find that offered a float tank was in a fancy part of town and required $150/session. While I was making a good living, I didn’t like the idea of spending that much money, especially when the type of work I wanted to do in the tank would require many, many hours. I also didn’t want to purchase a tank for $15,000 to $50,000 as that was beyond my desire to spend as well.

 

Being an engineer by nature and training, as well as, an accomplished wood worker, something I’d been doing since I was in 4^th grade (my Dad’s a contractor), I decided to build my own. The requirements were laid out in John Lilly’s, “The Deep Self” and so I set out to do just that. It was a journey that lasted over a year and a half, starting in Texas and continuing now in California.

 This blog captures the design and build of my float tank, among other things that interest me and I think may interest others. Apologies for the length of this introduction, but if you’ve read this far then maybe I captured something worth saying.

 

Chuck Seegert, PhD

Oroville, CA

8-30-14