The Best-Selling Self-isolation Books of All Time

Dr John Lilly, author of 'The Center of the Cyclone' & 'Man & Dolphin' draws upon 22 years of groundbreaking scientific research to present his remarkable theory & techniques of 'isolation therapy,' showing how to unfold & experience new degrees of self-awareness & personal harmony. He's been studying isolation therapy ever since he developed this method in 1954 at this Nat'l Institute for Mental Health.

Since 1973, he's been working in California with scores of volunteers who've recorded their extraordinary experiences, Thse personal 'tan logs' on the feelings & fantasies experienced by Burgess Meredith, Robert Wilson, Gregory Bateson, Werner Erhard & others while in the isolation tank are presented together with the author's hypotheses & observations on peace in isolation versus 'sensory deprivation.' The book also gives standards & specifications for isolation-tank manufacture & step-by-step instructions on how to build & maintain a tank. As Dr Craig Enright says in his foreword: 'The tank is a tool for process, like meditation...the inner theater...that allows us to expand our awareness of our internal state of being...& enriches not only that realm but the course of the everyday world in which we live.'.

“If you have ever stopped yourself doing something you love because ‘now just isn’t the right time’, read this book.”. A personal journey that inadvertently became an accidental self-help guide to doing what you love and living as your true self, whoever that might turn out to be, 100 days of solitude is inspiring thousands of people to claim the time and space they need to find themselves and live their best lives. This is not one of those 100 day challenges, nor is it about hardship and isolation and going off the grid; if anything, it's the opposite of that.

In giving up her life in London to spend 100 days living alone on a small Greek island, Daphne was searching for a better way to live, and for deeper connections with her true self and those around her. The things she gave up turned out to mean very little, and most of the challenges she faced came from within, from her own preconceptions and the Antagonist that we all carry around in our heads. Part memoir, part fiction, part philosophy and part travel writing, 100 days of solitude is a collection of one hundred stories, all of them connected and each one self-contained. One hundred essays on choosing uncertainty over security, change over convenience, seeing things for what they truly are, and being surprised by yourself; on love, loss, death and donkeys; on reaching for your dreams, finding enlightenment on a rural road, peeing in public, and locking yourself out of the house; on dangerous herbs, friendly farmers, flying Bentleys and existential cats; and on what it feels like to live in a small, isolated island community through the autumn and winter, to live as a writer who actually writes, and to live as your true, authentic self, no matter who that turns out to be. And to write your own story, the way you want it told; to find your voice, and the courage to let it be heard.

Taylor Swift said once, “The scary news is, you are on your own now. But the cool news is, you are on your own now” The fear of loneliness has been injected into our minds since we were kids. We have learned that the kid who eats, & sits alone, and has no friends is pathetic. In every book/movie, the kid with no friends is always featured as a weak character who needs to be saved. No one wants to be seen as a ‘weirdo’ hence, our dread of being alone. We don’t want people to think of us as unwanted or not fitting in with the cool kids. We don’t want people to think that no one chose us. So what do we do?

We start becoming like an ideal version of whom everyone loves. And in the race to achieve people’s acceptance and love, you lose yourself. But enough is enough. The book is divided into two sections. The first section is about transforming loneliness into solitude. And the second section is about using your solitude to turn it into your growth period. If you are ready to transform your perception around loneliness and achieve your goals using your ‘alone time’ then welcome to ‘The Art of Being Alone.’.