On Feb 12, 2010, at 11:45 AM, Hugo wrote:
I have to say my first experience was pretty amazing but it never repeated itself despite years spent doing long progs. I think it's tricky to judge for ourselves whether it's hypnosis/suggestion or something "real" and spontaneous. I think people make very bad witnesses, especially to something they believe in. We can kid ourselves so easily, especially when in a strong belief system like the TMO. The things they teach about consciousness seem bizarre to me now but were so plausible at the time.
It's been known for hundreds, maybe thousands of years, that if you do a fast, bastrika pranayama, it causes a hopping phenomenon known in Sanskrit "frog-hopping". It's not associated with levitation-as-a- spiritual practice.
