@Frank Apisa,
Quote:I ask you this: Keeping all that in mind, is there even a remote possibility that what you experienced was simply an illusion of what you expected or hoped for?
Is there?
The mind is certainly a powerful thing. The act of meditation could be considered to be an act of self-hypnosis per se. However, to be seated on a hard floor with just a cushion, in an unheated room, on a chill Winter's morning, feeling warmth to the core, and a positively buzzing sensation literally all over, was not auto-suggested to me. At that point, my mentor was still coaching me to just empty my mind of all thought, by focussing on my breathing, the same way that I'd taught myself while an athlete, distance running.
When I later described what I'd felt, my mentor told me that she could see my aura extending both outwards, and upwards through the roof of our cottage.
So, to suggest that I willed this into reality, is a bit of a stretch, for I had no idea what to expect.
