John Lilly cytaty

John Cunningham Lilly – amerykański psychiatra, psychoanalityk, filozof i pisarz.

Pionier badań nad izolacją psychiczną. Dla przebadania, jak zachowuje się mózg pozbawiony całkowicie bodźców z zewnątrz skonstruował w 1954 roku odizolowany zbiornik, w którym w osolonej i podgrzanej wodzie unosiło się ciało osoby badanej oddychającej przez specjalne rurki w nałożonej na twarz masce. Badano reakcje mózgu w warunkach ciszy, kompletnego braku bodźców termicznych i dotykowych.

Jego doświadczenia nad zbiornikiem izolacyjnym opisał bardzo wiernie Stanisław Lem w opowiadaniu "Odruch warunkowy" o pilocie Pirxie, ze zbioru opowiadań Księga robotów z 1961.

Obecnie takie zbiorniki izolacyjne są produkowane jako sprzęt do badań psychologicznych.

Lilly prowadził także badania nad komunikacją ludzi z delfinami. Wikipedia  

✵ 6. Styczeń 1915 – 30. Wrzesień 2001
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John Lilly: Cytaty po angielsku

“It was in this state that I experienced "myself" as melded and intertwined with hundreds of billions of other beings in a thin sheet of consciousness that was distributed around the galaxy. A "membrane".”

Tanks for the Memories : Floatation Tank Talks (1995)<!-- . Nevada City, CA: Gateways -->
Kontekst: At the highest level of satori from which people return, the point of consciousness becomes a surface or a solid which extends throughout the whole known universe. This used to be called fusion with the Universal Mind or God. In more modern terms you have done a mathematical transformation in which your centre of consciousness has ceased to be a travelling point and has become a surface or solid of consciousness... It was in this state that I experienced "myself" as melded and intertwined with hundreds of billions of other beings in a thin sheet of consciousness that was distributed around the galaxy. A "membrane".

“You must forget you're omnipotent and omniscient and take the game seriously so you'll engage in sex, have children, and participate in the whole human scenario.”

Tanks for the Memories : Floatation Tank Talks (1995)<!-- . Nevada City, CA: Gateways -->
Kontekst: If you get into these spaces [non-ordinary states of consciousness] at all, you must forget about them when you come back. You must forget you're omnipotent and omniscient and take the game seriously so you'll engage in sex, have children, and participate in the whole human scenario. When you come back from a deep tank session — or a coma or psychosis —there's always this extraterrestrial feeling. You have to read the directions in the glove compartment so you can run the human vehicle once more.

“These limits are further beliefs to be transcended. In the network's mind there are no limits.”

The Human Biocomputer (1974) <!-- London: Abacus -->
Kontekst: In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true is true or becomes true, within certain limits to be found experientially and experimentally. These limits are further beliefs to be transcended. In the mind, there are no limits... In the province of connected minds, what the network believes to be true, either is true or becomes true within certain limits to be found experientially and experimentally. These limits are further beliefs to be transcended. In the network's mind there are no limits.

“At the highest level of satori from which people return, the point of consciousness becomes a surface or a solid which extends throughout the whole known universe.”

Tanks for the Memories : Floatation Tank Talks (1995)<!-- . Nevada City, CA: Gateways -->
Kontekst: At the highest level of satori from which people return, the point of consciousness becomes a surface or a solid which extends throughout the whole known universe. This used to be called fusion with the Universal Mind or God. In more modern terms you have done a mathematical transformation in which your centre of consciousness has ceased to be a travelling point and has become a surface or solid of consciousness... It was in this state that I experienced "myself" as melded and intertwined with hundreds of billions of other beings in a thin sheet of consciousness that was distributed around the galaxy. A "membrane".

“In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true is true or becomes true, within certain limits to be found experientially and experimentally. These limits are further beliefs to be transcended.”

The Human Biocomputer (1974) <!-- London: Abacus -->
Kontekst: In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true is true or becomes true, within certain limits to be found experientially and experimentally. These limits are further beliefs to be transcended. In the mind, there are no limits... In the province of connected minds, what the network believes to be true, either is true or becomes true within certain limits to be found experientially and experimentally. These limits are further beliefs to be transcended. In the network's mind there are no limits.