Hhmm.. ok that sounds really upsetting. I'm sorry to hear about your friend... When did this happen, and how is he doing now? Do you still talk to him?

His experience sounds a bit different than what I'm talking about, I think. I mean, it's the same in some senses, like he was detatched from his self, but what I meant was being detached from your self where you can actually get an objective view of yourself, your thoughts, and the world around you.. not so much actually going insane. And there was actual damage done to his brain, and I don't think there's brain damage done through achieving this with meditation... unless there is? I wonder if you could cause yourself to go insane by meditating for long enough.

Take it easy,
Dylan