I feel like this thread is just me babbling at Luke_Grecki right now, but I wanted to toss another interesting experience into the pot. Fairly early on in my sitting today, it occurred to me that everyone who has ever succeeded at this wants me to as well. This was followed by a strong tangible feeling of being loved and supported--I pictured it as a big warm ball in the center of me. The feeling went away quite suddenly after a minute or two but I didn't feel disappointed, or like there was a whole there--it was more like being back to being just me, and that was fine.

ETA: "hole," that is. There was a whole there. :)