Dr. Young: But not like a river going through it?
Dan: No, I feel warm and at the end of the meditation I fell my
head getting big and warm. I also feel as though something were
moving very fast all through my body.
Dr. Young: You feel another body vibrating or your physical body?
Dan: I felt as though another body came out of me and extended
six to eight inches beyond my physical self. The thing I didn’t feel
too happy about, though, is the pain in my right arm from an old
injury.
Dr. Young: This happened today?
DAN: Yes, whenever I concentrate on my navel, now, whether
it’s at home or in the subway, I feel the vibrations.
Dr. Young: You can also do that in the subway?
Dan: Yes, but if I find a quiet place I can concentrate more effec-
tively. Oh! I forgot to tell you that when I concentrated today I felt a
sensation in my ears as though something had opened up, a sort
of tickling. Master Chia described that as the channels opening up.
Dr. Young: Do you know how he teaches other students?
Dan: What I like about this system is that it is so simple, a baby
could do it. It is not complicated. Just concentrate.
Dr. Young: You mean that you never concentrated in your prac-
tice?
Dan: Maybe once or twice but I used to concentrate in the higher
centers, the thyroid or the solar plexus.
Dr. Young: And nothing happened?
Dan: No.
Dr. Young: Did you know that he tells his students to concen-
trate on different points along the line?
Dan: He did tell me, too, to concentrate on the base of my spine,
my back, crown, etc. But I don’t have to concentrate point by point.
It just happens.
Dr. Young: That is what is so important about your case.
Dan: The main point that he is concerned about is to have the
energy circulate and to get the channel open and strengthen the
tissues. It is not imaginary, because I can feel something going up
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