A possible answer, I just came across in a book:
"In neurological terms, such experiences (spiritual practice) represent a reorganizing of activity in the brain as a whole. The loss of ego boundary and the involvement of all senses suggests that the Reticular formation is being influenced so that the processes which normally convey a sense of being rooted in space-time are inhibited. The "floating" sesation often associated with astral projection suggests that the Limbic system is also acting in a unusual mode."
"In neurological terms, such experiences (spiritual practice) represent a reorganizing of activity in the brain as a whole. The loss of ego boundary and the involvement of all senses suggests that the Reticular formation is being influenced so that the processes which normally convey a sense of being rooted in space-time are inhibited. The "floating" sesation often associated with astral projection suggests that the Limbic system is also acting in a unusual mode."