|China 2018 Retreat File: 20180531 Q&A10 (32:33-33:50)
Yogi: During the morning sit, I felt that the body grew very big.
Sayadaw: It is actually the mind thinking about form. Our memory or perception (sanna) already knows our body – where the head and hands are, and how big they are. Sanna already knows.
When we meditate, because the mind is calm, the body sensations change. Because we close our eyes, the mind gets the information wrongly. The mind tries to think what the new sensations look like, that’s why the big form appears. It is the mind creating the form by thinking.
If you want to know if it’s real or not, open your eyes; then, you can understand that it is the mind thinking, it is not real.