Levitation?

[Green Moon]

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I know I'm going to sound REALLY stupid asking this, but is there a way to levitate in REAL LIFE. I'm not talking flying around the room, but perhaps just floating a few feet off the ground or something...
Links would be appreciated if information cannot be directly shared.... :fpraiseyo :shift:

[Green Moon]

Oh, second question, how do I get more Karma points on the message board?

[Faeawyn]

by getting poked :)...I poked you...you also have to poke others....all the information on karma is in the FAQ section :)

[Rowan MoonDragon]

I poked you too. :floating: as far as levitation goes, it is possible. I did it when I was 16 and it freaked my out. but I haven't done it since. I also haven't tried, but then again, I didn't try when I was 16 either...It just happened. I wish I could help you more...

[Green Moon]

I couldn't find it there.... :D thankies!

[Shanti]

levitate?
My husband has studied stuff about monks that really can. I dont know of anyione that can but the people my hubby studied about spent their lives learning.

[Faeawyn]

I couldn't find it there.... :D thankies!
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[lednevir]

I saw a TV show with film footage of buddahist monks floating a few inches off the earth.I think they develope such mind power that it pushes againest the earth.
Last year on CNN they said that a person had made a teleportation machine that one could put a basic mineral on one end and the machine would change it in to it's basic molucular structure and send it out the other end of the machine.They did'nt believe humans could ever do that but were hoping to advance it to where people could order CD's.... and have then zapped to then.
I dont see why they are closed minded about possiblilties.Over a hundred years ago people did'nt believe telphones could work and now we have cell phones.
Perhaps the reason we cant change to our molecular structure is our soul is connected with our cells.( how else could each cell split molecules every second)but then the monks are probably useing their soul to advance their brain?
Albert Einstein said that imagination is better than knowledge because knowledge is limited

[Shanti]

Here here for Albert Einstein!!!!
SOme must have thought he was nuts in his days.

[savannahrose44]

I myself have never seen it done. However, I have learned in the world of magic and witchraft any thing is possible...poke. :colorful:

[Child]

I've heard certain people in India have mastered yoga to such an extent they are able to levitate themselves off the floor. Apparently, this only comes after many years of extensive practice.

[savannahrose44]

I've heard certain people in India have mastered yoga to such an extent they are able to levitate themselves off the floor. Apparently, this only comes after many years of extensive practice.

How very interesting. That must take quite a bit of control and concentration to acchive. :colorful:

[fay]

i must admit i have never heard of literal levitation taking place before, but as a wiccan i have learnt that an open mind is one of the best qualities to possess. i have obviously heard of (and experienced) levitation on the spiritual plane, which is always fun, but sometimes slightly unnerving.
literal levitation sounds like, as many people have said here, it would require years of dedicated training.
blessed be

[Aurin]

Is it possible? I see no reason why not ( Gravity is a figment of everyone's imagination ^_^ ).

[stella01904]

MM ~ A friend of mine once said that he woke up several feet off the bed, but when he woke, he fell.
Physical - or had he A.P.'d and fallen back in his body? I would guess the latter. BB, Stella

[David19]

I think levitation is possible although i've never seen or done it but i've heard Indian sages and Budhist monks can do it but i think i heard that you shouldn't focus on doing it or something, i think you have to empty your mind before anything happens but i'm not sure, i also believe in teleportation but i don't think many humans will reach that stage, mystically (sp).

[Silverfire Darkmoon]

All you have to do is get your friends to put their fingers under your body and chant 'Light as a feather, stiff as a board' for several minutes. Duh!
Aleister Crowley said in his Eight Lectures on Yoga that he experienced levitation. While in a deep meditative state he noticed that his body had drifted into a corner or against a wall or to some other area of the room.
I believe that if you truly had enough mind-power, you would be able to levitate....but it would take a LOT of mind power and an amazing ability to focus it. So in the long run it would just be easier to get up and walk to where you wanted to go.

[Xentor]

Crowley said a lot of stuff that even he himself disagreed with, to amuse the masses.

I know quite a few ways to levitate using parlor tricks, but not once I've seen it done without any apparatus. If it is to be done, the method involved should change the body's mass without changing its coherence. Magnetic reverberations might make that possible. I've seen frogs float within a magnetic apparatus designed to do just that. Wind tunnels do a good job, too.

Apart from that, if anyone can prove to me they're using no apparatus whatsoever, I'm the first to accept the possibility.

[Avanti]

I've heard that monks after years of practise can levitate, but i've never seen it for myself. That indeed would take a hell of a lot of mind power, and I can't even make the pinwheel spin! So I don't think i'll be levitating anytime soon.

[Kodachi]

Green Moon, you asked if levitation can be done. It can. There's a site (or three) about this and other forms of mental ablities.

psipog.net
psionline.org

Those two are really helpful. Psionline has a forum so you can sign up there. I'm there too.

Oh and as a side note, it seems that you can't have PMs (private messages). Try to work that out.

[RainDance]

only close thing i seen or have had anything to do with levitation was the "light as a feather , stiff as a board " thing.
took four people one layed down the three sat across from each other
putting their two index fingers under the person laying down blah blah
it took three tries...the third try we got tired and all started drifting off , when all sudden it was working .... for like two seconds...
but yeah i saw it. we all saw it.
after that we were never really able to do it again.
makes me wonder..

but yes it is possible.

iono maybe you should try it..

self levitating im not too sure about..if you want i can go get my book.
i have one of information about that stuff..

[Nova]

MM ~ A friend of mine once said that he woke up several feet off the bed, but when he woke, he fell.
Physical - or had he A.P.'d and fallen back in his body? I would guess the latter. BB, Stella

That is actually a well-documented type of hypnogogic or hypnopompic hallucination. Hypnogogic refers to a sensation or hallucination occuring while falling asleep; Hypnopompic is the same occuring while waking. The most common type is sleep paralysis- where the person feels as if they have woken up, but find themselves unable to move or feel a heavy weight on the chest. Both sleep paralysis and "floating and falling" are types of 'sleep start.'

It is just a sensation, though.

I do feel that this kind of sensation can be induced through meditation and other means. I've seen people do some amazing things with their chi... I know there are books on inducing out of body experiences- not exactly the same feeling. I do believe though that it is the sensation of floating that provides the spiritual experience. Whether or not you actually lift off is beside the point.

[Romani Vixen]

The monks understand the truly mutable nature of reality. Gravity is an illusion.