{"id":130,"date":"2024-05-06T07:19:30","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T12:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/somnambulantdrift.com\/blog\/?p=130"},"modified":"2024-05-06T09:14:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T14:14:21","slug":"sometimes-i-want-to-leave-my-body-and-float-away-into-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/somnambulantdrift.com\/blog\/sometimes-i-want-to-leave-my-body-and-float-away-into-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes I want to leave my body and float away into space"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Alex Israel – Daybreak Nimbus<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

It was an ordinary day, other than the fact that I happened to be treating myself to a healthy dose of magnesium in a float tank. When I\u2019ve done this in the past, I\u2019ve had transcendent moments as a result of the combination of lighting, weightlessness, and whatever epic soundtrack I may have chosen. This time, the sound was not working, and I instead was subjected to an hour of sensory deprivation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although annoyed by the absence of music in what is an infrequent ritual for me, I fell back on my years of meditation practice to lull myself into a state of tranquility inside the pod. I can\u2019t quite estimate the duration, but in what seemed like an instant, I was in a different place. I was awash in color and fragrance, akin to what Debussy described, but oddly, there was no soundtrack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I bathed, physically, in the concentrated solution of salt and water, I also bathed mentally in an other-worldly blend of sensations. I felt the urge to score this experience, and I stayed in this place for what seemed like days. Before long, individual parts of a song slowly faded in, joining the sights and smells. As soon as the music was fully realized, I was jolted back to reality by the pumps shutting off, signifying the end of my float time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I emerged from the tank, rinsed and dried off, and headed home, the tune regrettably faded into memory. I got home and resumed my life, kissing my kids and wife goodnight, and fell into a deep, restful sleep. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next morning, although the song had slipped away, I felt the urge to check my equipment should creativity strike. By some unexplained phenomenon, everything was on, programmed, and patched, just as I heard during my float. I spent the day painstakingly arranging and mixing, hoping to do justice to the song I consider a gift from another plane of consciousness. I hope I did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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