When I feel truly safe & secure I can be open. Being open means not being a control freak,to stop holding on with my mind. When thoughts no longer get in the way, if you can put the ego aside a shift to something utterly different can occur. You accept reality as it is, but without value judgments this is a very bodily based experience. You can experience a sense of unity but it has nothing to do with gods or religions it is what it is. There are no words to describe this state of being.