@saramiller I feel your euphoria like I was the one had aya. I drink in the poetry with which you transferred the message of aya to your reader. But in all this the following words ring out clearly and effectively for me:

I felt the radiation of LIFE surround and permeate me; my skin was no barrier to the "external" environment. Waves of electricity from my own cells rose and fell in harmony with the great sea of BEING. There was no separation between us.

There is no more immediate demonstration of the healing effect of the harmonious encounter than these words conveyed.

I'm following you because I really want to have your experience. Let's exploit this further, please.