Yes the feeling I get in my chest feels just like that. But as for my waist down it's like the tingling I described.

Seeing a doctor is not likely to help you, they normally know nothing about energy and are more likely to decide you need locked up or something. You'd be far better talking to folk who use energy daily - Reiki Masters, Yogis, whatever floats your boat.

Hi jcb123,

I experience the exact sensations you describe and have been able to do so voluntarily since I was about 14. I'm 29 now and just this evening thought why not have a look to see if anyone else can do it. Obviously quite a lot of people can.

From what I can gather (I've only just started looking into it) the feeling is caused by stimulation of the pineal gland which is located right in the middle of the brain as it releases melatonin.

There's an enormous amount of information available on the internet about this from all sorts of angles. Loads of spiritual and metaphysical beliefs in various cultures for hundreds of years seem to grant the pineal gland a unique significance in that it acts as 'the third eye' and allows us to 'see' far more than it's generally accepted we can.

Most of the information I've found relates to meditation and reaching higher spiritual planes or gaining awareness of other dimensions.

I'd rather not dwell on that to be honest because I find it rather difficult to take seriously. I'm more interested what the effects of pineal gland activation have on the body and on itself over time if it's practised a lot. I gather that it is a gland which calcifies (don't know if that's good or bad), has links with sleep patterns and affects skin condition.

Fascinating though it is to read into the fantastical and exciting promises of interdimensional mind travel I'd really like to try and understand what the scientific implications of being able 'to open the tap', as I think of it, really are.

Basically is it good or bad for us? Does opening the tap preventing it calcifying or cause it to do so, make us sleep better or worse or make our skin age faster or slower? Why can we do it?

I can't seem to find any solid acknowledgement from the scientific community that people can do this and I suppose that's why most of the 'information' I've found relates to more alternative takes on it's implications.

Here are a couple of links to pages which have 'information' on the subject:

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

https://www.crystalinks.com/thirdeyepineal.html

Ed, London

I can do something similar, too. Once when I was pregnant I used it to make my baby move so I could see if he was okay. And it was before his quickening so I'd never felt him move before. (I felt bad about it, in case it may have been too harsh a thing to do, but I was worried about him.)

I've used it as a substitute for energy a lot but I suffered from adrenal fatigue so I assumed it was adrenaline.

im 13 and i have been doing this for as long as i can remember but i have never thought of it like something amazing i thought it feels weird and cool so i do it all the time it makes the hair on my arms and legs stand up and i think its adrenaline pumping through my body but im not 100% sure about it i woudl like to have an answer on what it is please.

I am curious, do you also feel peoples mood, energy or vibe kind of linger with you for long periods of time?