[adodge]

just ran across this while doing some last minute homework:

Mystical:  evoking our awe, love, wonder, gratitude 

[Raphael]

this video on youtube from a neuro scientist helps explain so much about the truth chills, the source is actually found in the RIGHT brain, i.e. the hippocampus, so goes the theory.

this video builds on the work of Michael Persinger, co-inventor with Stan Koran of the 'God Helmet'.

enjoy

namaste

[RedFish]

Good to see I am not alone.

I am a 45 year old man who has had this ability since childhood. Starting in my 20's I experimented and developed the ability, and it is now very strong and I have a high level of control over it. I can hold it for well over a minute (2-5 minutes sustained) and can direct it wherever needed.

For the scientists:

Knowing the Scientific Method, I will try to document evidence in this first part of the post and refrain from anecdotal references and speculation until later in the post. There is far more to life than can be isolated by science, but I will endeavor to keep this first part as scientific as I can.

Direct experiences I have had an can easily reproduce:

1. Direction of electrical-like energy from the region of the Medulla Oblongata to any location of my body at will and without regard to breath, eye sight or specific thoughts or memories.

2. The ability to sustain this energy for several minutes without fatigue.

3. The ability to use this energy to heat my body.

4. The ability to lessen the effects of pain (though I have a natural high threshold to pain already).

5. The ability to project this energy up from my cranium (the region of the Coronal Suture) in such a way that my hair stands straight up.

6. The ability to direct this energy by both mental means and by changing my posture. For example, arching my spine forward concentrates the energy on my back and Gluteus Maximus).

7. 20-25% increase in muscle strength by the direction of such energies.

Observations and possibly related events:

Through experimentation, I have been able to cause an even sunburn on both shoulders to possibly heal faster on one shoulder than the other by a difference of 2 days. The reason I say "possibly" is that I had no way of being certain both shoulders were identically burned, they only appeared and felt the same.

My vision has been 20/15 to 20/10 (better than 20/20) for most of my life.

I also have increased control over facial and aural muscles. I can de-align my eyes, defocus them and make them shake rapidly at will. I can rouse a loud roaring in my ears, and make each ear independently move in the vertical direction.

I have been shocked by electrical current on several occasions.

My heart and blood pressure are both 'normal' when I go for medical checkups, so these frequent exercises seem to have done no harm to them.

OK, those are the scientific points. Now for the insights gleaned over 40+ years of experimentation and development of these abilities.

It grows stronger with practice. People often comment that my skin looks younger than my 45 year age, but lately age is starting to catch up. My eyes are finally starting to tire and need reading glasses, but using the energy rejuvenates them for a half hour or so if I don't have glasses handy.

I have done many experiments around healing, and all but the sunburn example are inconclusive. In any case, it *seems* to speed up healing and even seems to work on others when I lay hands on them and invite the energy into them. I say "invite", because it is far more effective when approached that way as opposed to "commanded".

I rarely get sick (perhaps due to diet and constitution), but when I do, the energy doesn't seem to have much of an effect on fever or symptoms.

I have done meditation and pranayama, but these seem to be distinct from this ability -- though I believe they have helped me focus and direct the energy better.

I have noted that birds (particularly ravens, crows and jays) seem to have this ability too. Watch them and you will see what I mean.

I first became able to control the ability when I was watching the movie "Excalibur" in 1981. There is a scene where Merlin uses "the charm of making" and his words strongly activated the chills. So I memorized the words (Ahlnal na thrac outh vas bethod doch yel tienveh) and was able to summon the chills at any time using them. I no longer need the words now.

Here's an interesting anecdote. When I was in my 20's , I went to a wedding in Vegas. The bachelor party was 'off the hook' and I drank way, way, way too much. I got alcohol poisoning and could have died. My best friend is a physical therapist and took me back to the hotel to observe me (I was unconscious). He was about to call 911 because my pulse had dropped too low, when he remembered the Merlin chant (I had confided my ability to him and he was also an Excalibur fan). He loudly chanted it, to try to get me to respond to his voice, and then he said it was as if a shock passed through my body and my pulse quickened and my eyes opened. Amazingly, I got up, drank some water, went to sleep and attended the wedding a few hours later!

In my gut, I am convinced that this ability is drawing energy of some kind into my body and that it is similar to being electrical in nature, but more subtle. Experiments I have done with a digital multimeter show that my body always has a fluctuating current and doesn't necessarily correspond to the activation of the energy. Perhaps it is not the right instrument... but I would be willing to allow any researcher to try to measure it if they have better equipment.

Finally, regarding TK and other 'powers' -- I wish I could say I have them, but I have tried and do not seem to.

I am glad to know that others have this ability and are developing it. In my case, I am still healthy at 45 even though I call on the energy often ...so I would tend to write off any claims that it can damage your heart or veins. On the contrary, my experience leads me to believe the opposite is true.

[RedFish]

A few more thoughts occurred to me:

I am a lucid dreamer and often fly and have TK in my dreams. I have personal experiences in some dreams that lead me to amazing personal discoveries in the waking world (that I would not have investigated without the dreams).

I am a thrill-seeker type and have done many risky and sometimes dangerous things.

I have had a near-death OBE experience about the time I started being able to control this ability.

I had the ability long before having any interest in spirituality, but my investigations into spirituality have greatly enhanced the ability.

I do not take any medications as a rule. I even refused pain killers after severe trauma and surgery resulting from a near-fatal motorcycle crash (the motorcycle landed on top of me and crushed my chest, broke several bones, etc.) I was at work the following Monday.

I fathered a child post-vasectomy (demonstrating unusual healing capabilities).

I did use fluoride toothpaste for years, but this does not seem to have inhibited the energy summoning ability. I have since stopped using fluoride after learning of its negative effects on the pineal gland. This does not seem to have made a difference.

I do not believe in aliens, do not see auras and do not trust astrology -- but I often know who is calling me just before the phone rings. Often times it is someone I have not spoken to in a long time and had no reason to believe they would call. I also seemingly randomly get the idea to call someone I haven't talked to in a long time and they say "we were just talking about you right now!". These occurrences are common throughout my life.

I also do not believe the energy has anything to do with the adrenal gland. Trust me, I know what adrenaline feels like and the effects are vastly different.

Hope this info helps.l

[RD]

I often know who is calling me just before the phone rings ...

 ...a near-fatal motorcycle crash ...

Pity your ability to foretell the near future did not enable you to avoid the donorcycle accident.

I fathered a child post-vasectomy

Vasectomy failure rate (if doctors instructions are followed) less than 1%.

Average percentage of “fathers” not the daddy 4%

[RedFish]

I often know who is calling me just before the phone rings ...

 ...a near-fatal motorcycle crash ...

Pity your ability to foretell the near future did not enable you to avoid the donorcycle accident.

I fathered a child post-vasectomy

newbielink:http://www.webmd.com/sex/birth-control/news/20040505/vasectomies-pregnancy-prevention [nonactive]

newbielink:http://men.webmd.com/news/20050810/paternity-study-shakes-up-family-tree [nonactive]

Hahaha... I only wish (or maybe not) I could tell the future. But that assumes there is only one possible future, which is preposterous. This is more like a form of telepathy. When someone I have a close connection with is thinking about me, I somehow pick up on it... That's all. BTW, Quantum String theory scientifically supports the possibility of such forms of telepathy.

Your injection of the opinion "donor-cycle" tells me a lot about you. Thanks for that.

Regarding the fatherhood thing... The child is verified as mine, the doctor's instructions were followed and the doctor confirmed my procreative capabilities are restored. He told me such instances are ~ 1 in 1200.

[RD]

Your injection of the opinion "donor-cycle" tells me a lot about you.

Here's an expert who shares my "opinion" ...

“Motorcycle fatalities are not only our number one source of organs,” said one surgeon. “They are also the highest-quality source of organs, because donors are usually young, healthy people with no other traumatic injuries to the body, except to the head.”

http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/22/motorcycle-helmets-and-donor-organs/

[ I used to drive one myself when I was young and ignorant, but after seeing the result of Car Vs Biker I wouldn't ride one again ].

[beatyouonce]

Can anyone relate to this? Have you ever tried to keep the goosebumps inside? You know how they always seem to go up to your head up your spine and then just go away.

Have you tried keeping it inside and moving around but never letting it out?

I feel it gets a lot stronger the longer you can do that, i can only manage that for about 20 seconds. But i can keep the goosebumps fullbody going for 2-4 min.

Then there was that chi man video on youtube, I personally dont believe anything until i've seen it myself, but he does mention that he pushes in energy into his stomach, where he "mixes it"

Not i've tried pushing as much of this into my stomach/ab area and if you can hold it there and keep adding it does seem to feel interesting.

P.S i dont buy into any of this mystical stuff spiritual or whatnot, if this stuff is real if it is an energy we all have that we can control, then it will be explained by science.

[JJ88]

Can anyone relate to this? Have you ever tried to keep the goosebumps inside? You know how they always seem to go up to your head up your spine and then just go away.

Have you tried keeping it inside and moving around but never letting it out?

I feel it gets a lot stronger the longer you can do that, i can only manage that for about 20 seconds. But i can keep the goosebumps fullbody going for 2-4 min.

Then there was that chi man video on youtube, I personally dont believe anything until i've seen it myself, but he does mention that he pushes in energy into his stomach, where he "mixes it"

Not i've tried pushing as much of this into my stomach/ab area and if you can hold it there and keep adding it does seem to feel interesting.

P.S i dont buy into any of this mystical stuff spiritual or whatnot, if this stuff is real if it is an energy we all have that we can control, then it will be explained by science.

Finally some  people with  common intrests , i have the same  freaking  abillity and i dont know how i can even manage to do it. But i was in to dragonball Z long time ago i was 15 at the time.
I went with a friend during full moon outside, screamed like an sayian and since then im capable of doing this at will. I just have to visualize the energy flowing or bursting out of my body and there it is : goosebumps all over my body. Its almost 10 years now. Think im gonna have a little goosebump party, if anyone has some questions feel free to ask.

(Disclaimer, this is NO bullshit story! All the events happend as told here!)


JJ88

[Country_boy1986]

I am also able too controll my my goose bumps or chills all I half to do is think bout it an I can do it as long as I want to, also I am able to controll my heart rate I can make it go as low as 35 beats per minute an my normal heart rate is 54 an my resting heart rate is 45 . Also have an extremely high sense of smell an hearing. Bet yea never heard of a person being able to smell a rattle snake even before u see it an automatically no there's one somewhere around in the yard while walkin. I tolerate pain different also when I'm in pain my blood pressure is high an I'm very adgil irritable. An I haven't been sick since 2009 to now so fare. I'm also o+/CMV-. An one more thing before I was ever able to do all this I'd donated blood one time an when I donated my blood pressure was 80/50 an heart rate was 35 an oxygen was100% I don't no if that's what caused it but sense then I've been able to do this. It's the truth100% believe me or not.

[Country_boy1986]

What causes your hands to feel like heat hot burning sensation to the touch ? Just wondering cause my hands have done it three times before with a 2 month period it feels as if you stick your hands in boiling hot water thing is it don't hurt just wierd . An also my hands an feet goes ice cold feeling an tempature dropes an who body goes cold., my doc said when I go cold like that its probably cause my resting heart rate is 45 do u guys no anything bout this? Also I get an natural high out of no where some times an my eyes dilate as if I'm high as hell an hadnt done anything to get that way  .

[RD]

... when I donated my blood pressure was 80/50 an heart rate was 35 an oxygen was100%

What causes your hands to feel like heat hot burning sensation to the touch ?

To have a heart rate that low [35bpm] and the oximeter still reading "100%" oxygen saturation, a possible explanation is you have too many red blood cells, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polycythemia , a condition which can also produce "burning" hand pain.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradycardia

[Liger_Yager]

Thanx guys I wanted to know was there anyone else that could do this. I can make the goosebumps show up on any limb or all over. I can't make them show up on my hands, feet, or face.

JBB I too started this by watching DBZ Goku going super sayin (spelling) but after feeling the effects of him doing this I then tried to reproduce the feeling and only succeeded by thinking of that part of the show. Now I can do it without the add of this. I feel it's done by controlling my breathing; as I slow my breathing down before I began to do this.

I hope this is just the beginning and has ESP applications. I'm not crazy but I do feel the human body is able to do more than we are doing. If any of you want to talk about this more e-mail me at D_Juan_4u@yahoo.com

Again thanx guys. 

[teknix]

Here is a video I made doing it:

They are now calling this phenomena ASMR in the united states, but in other countrys it has been known as Tian Qi or Prana, in which according to scientific nomenclature the first to discover it get to name it, so calling it whatever else is scientifically inaccurate.

It is also generally acquired through forms of Internal Alchemy or Meditation.

[teknix]

I would suggest that those who do experience it document it as well.

And maybe get a hold of the ASMR research center here :

http://www.asmr-research.org/ [nofollow]

[sc20]

I'm another one of the people who have this seemingly useless "talent".

I couldn't even guess at when I first discovered I could do it, but I know it was happening in my early teens (I'm 30 now).

Any time I wish I can cause the sensation to occur, regardless of temperature. I can even cause it in saunas or hot tubs despite the heat. Like almost everyone else, a sensation almost like an electric chill begins at the rear base of the skull, then spreads down the spine and to the limbs in waves. Accompanying that is the feeling of power or strength. When trying to explain that feeling of power to people in the past, I've described it as feeling like I could jump a house or lift a car over my head. It just feels like raw power.

The whole body is flooded with that massive surge, like an adrenaline rush, and if I focus on it I can increase it to the point where the sensation becomes almost uncomfortable. There have been times when I've actually caused the back of my head to be sore afterwards because the feeling was so strong and I kept it going for so long (minutes at a time). The soreness felt very much like when you have sore cheeks from laughing really hard, except it was located in the rear of the head/neck (I believe it would be the splenius capitis muscle).

When I experience the sensation, my eye muscles want to tense up as though squinting. Once I finally release the sensation my vision feels crisper, and colors are more vivid as though I'm looking at the world through high saturation filters. It only lasts 30 seconds or so before my colors return to normal.

Like some others, I'm able to control my pulse and heart rate. I've had heart issues since I was a child, and I can recall entertaining myself when hooked up to heart monitors by raising and lowering my heart rate, or making it settle at different rates. At the time I didn't think it was a big deal - I thought everyone could do it.

I have no idea what is actually going on in the body when this all occurs, but I'm glad I'm not the only one who can do it. None of my friends or family can, so they never understood what I was talking about. They just thought it was odd whenever I'd show them how I could raise goosebumps at will.

[itsalive]

No, you guys definitely aren't alone. The heart rate thing I was a bit unsure was related. It's pretty cool to have that level of control of the mind/body but I too sometimes wonder if it could only cause complications later on. I've just come to terms to think of it as some form of channeling inner chi.

[Rennie]

I was just browsing through to find out about Goosebumps. I can control them as I want and I can create goose bumps all over my body, keep them as long as I want and then take it of. I never try to lower or increase my pulse. I do feel it has to be a mind over body effect. My friends find it weird that I can do that. It all has to do with the mind. It will be good to learn to slow down the heart rate.

[Syxx676]

I just had to join this thread, as I too can do the same thing.  Send goosebumps and raise the hairs on my arm on command... curious to read more about this...

[user1989]

hello there , i am also able to control goosebumps, im from roumania ,i'm 24 well i guess we could make like a little list see how many can gather here and where from ,(i know my english is not that good)
PS: take care