Okay, you say to be open minded, which apparently you claim i am not. this is a false statement. i am open minded to possible realities. And i agree there are myriads which exist. But there are also those which don't, nor ever will. I saw someone said "this is a spiritual post..." this forum may be, but the subject at hand is of a physical nature with spiritual inquiry. While the "spirit" (whatever your concept of that may be) has its qualities, so does the physical have its qualities. Due to the fact that we are discussing the physical and biological laws, one must understand the limitations of those laws. Spiritual advancement can only improve the body in ways which are physically possible. example...meditation cannot make you superman. while it can improve the physical shell, and even allow one to perform what would otherwise be called impossible feats, it does have limitations. Oh, and real quick, as for hitting a golf ball 200 yards...so what, I've hit quite a few over 400 yards, and probably could hit it 5-600 with proper training, but you cannot train your body to live without proper nutrition (in this case, any at all). anyway, back to what i was saying. some improvements are obvious, increased health and longevity, increased strength, increased sight, ect. ect. Some even swear levitation is possible. I honestly do not know for sure as i have never accomplished this, but it has been mentioned by mystics who practice long sessions of pranayama (its called Bhuchari-Siddhi). this may be possible do to the change in energy levels, and atmospheric pressure. As we can tell, spiritual progression can lead one into amazing advancements, but it does have limitations. example...no amount of magick can make my left thumb appear on my forehead, and my right foot appear on my back and remain permanent. the only way this is possible is by illusion which one projects into the mind of the observer so that they "see" it but isn't really there. One said also that they breathe in the nutrients. what nutrients? i know that sunlight contains vitamin D, and there are others no doubt, but there's nowhere near enough nutrition in the air to support life on its own. if this were the case, then sentient beings would not consume food in order to survive. Yes i also understand that plants get a store of needed nutrition from the air...but that's because they absorb carbon dioxide and WATER from the air, as well as the sunlight. But I'm sorry, you cannot live by just breathing. go ask any scientist this, and they'll tell you the same thing. and if you want to hear it from a spiritually enlightened man, ask the Dalai Lama, or Thich Nat Han. if you mail them a sincere letter, I'm sure they will write you back. And apparently my simplistic phrase caused some commotion, well the phrase was intended to do just that...so as to show the simplicity of the answer to the question at hand. Its no big mystery that you need to eat in order to survive. Also it must be mentioned that if you are to travel to other worlds and planes, or as one mentioned "jump across the Atlantic" one must do this astrally, and if what you want to accomplish is on the physical plane, then you must project to the physical plane. However, you cannot perform these tasks while in the physical body. whether or not you agree does not matter because no amount of wishful thinking is going to change this fact of life.