Deprivation therapy treatments, referred to simply as "float tanks," have recently garnered lots of buzz. However, float tanks have been around since the 1950s. Sensory deprivation is achieved through floating in a tank that cuts off all sources of sensory experience: sight, sound, smell, and touch. Float tanks are filled with 12 inches of water that is almost the exact same temperature as the floater’s body, along with Epsom salt. The salt allows you to remain restfully floating at the water’s surface in complete silence without needing to exert any effort to stay afloat. Some people report that float tanks can actually bring about a "psychedelic experience" in which they see various geometric patterns. While these experiences are difficult to prove, a slew of research is now showing that floating is an effective, noninvasive method for: lowering levels of cortisol, lowering blood pressure, restoring a normal breathing rate, and promoting positive feelings of wel...
According to Marxist doctrine, the rich prevent the working class from becoming aware of their oppression and latent power by imposing their ideology on society. The ruling class uses ideology to persuade the poor that their miserable condition is either inevitable or compensated by future events. Marx identified the primary ideology as religion, the opiate of the masses, which justifies the misery of the workers by promising eternal benefits in heaven. Instead of religion, Fight Club identifies consumerism as the modern worker’s opiate. For example, the narrator (i.e. Jack) says, "the people who used to sit in the bathroom with pornography, now they sit in the bathroom with their IKEA furniture catalogue." In other words, the pursuit of the next best product is the current generation’s pornography. Workers pore over magazines because they believe that the accumulation of material possessions exemplifies the good life. Let us suppose that you bu...
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