A strong bond or....?

[missym]

Well, the other night while I was meditating, I was fooling around with Astral vision and was looking around the room. I was already in the 'able to stretch your limbs out of your body but not quite there enough to separate completely' state when I felt this awful, horrible, aching sadness in my heart. I felt like bursting out and crying. Not even 20 second later, I heard my cousin start crying her eyes out. I still had this aching sadness in my heart. I swear, I could feel everything she was feeling, about missing her brother immensly (he was shot and killed in December.. so it's been very rough for her).. This was a very extreme experience, one of the most extreme I've ever had. Was this because of our close bond? Or just because I was meditating (and therefore more sensitive/aware of others' emotions/energy)?
Has anybody had an experience like this?

ps sorry if I posted in the wrong area!

[Dragohad]

both. you have a close bond with her already, and since you were meditating, you were more open to her energies.