What does it feel like to go into a trance? According to Venerable Thupten Ngodup, the medium of the Nechung Oracle, the Chief State Oracle of Tibet, it is extremely frightening! He says it's like when we are "flying in an airplane and the weather is bad, and the plane keeps bumping up and down, isn't there something you feel in your heart?" Watch this video to find out what it feels like to go into a trance.
Image copyright Anna Kelden, Courtesy The Nechung Foundation, New York.
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