Someone told me once that you could kill yourself using just your mind. I think there could be some truth to this, there are people who can control their heartbeats. What do you think? How much power does the mind have?

Isn't suicide counted here?

That usually requires an external tool to kill yourself with. We're talking mental suicide -- "look, ma, no hands!"

Isn't suicide counted here?

 

?????

All right then, you could just stop breathing!

No you couldn't.

Indeed. You'll pass out and begin to breathe again. Breathing is a reflex, and it's hard to suppress when you're unconscious.

you could stop eating though!

you could stop eating though!

 

Now that would take some serious mind power!

It'd be faster to stop drinking liquids than to stop eating... Ghandi went wtihout eating for pretty significant periods, as have others, and he didn't die.

OK Flurgenspurg, so what exactly did you hear, that you call it mind power, because there are many ways to 'send yourself to heaven'?!

wow. just wow.

 

There are however some Tibetan monks that have extremely powerful mind power and can actually raise or lower temperature in their own bodies.