Sudden awaking/realization I have seen some videos in Youtube (here and here) where it seems that just by standing in front of Papaji, people start laughing without control.

Somehow it is implicitly said that this reaction is related to an awakening/realization experience.

My questions are:


Is this true ?
How is it that just the presence of a teacher is enough for such an experience ?
Can we say that this experiences are real Enlightenment ?


Answers with references are strongly appreciated.
The references below give a goods indication of stages of insight leading to enlightenment. 


  ... people start laughing without control ... Is this true ?


I am not sure if any one would burst out laughing at any stages of insight. This looks like hysteria to me. 


  How is it that just the presence of a teacher is enough for such an experience ?


In a Theravada perspective, this is un true. The Dhamma is something you should realize through your efforts and not something someone can give you. Hence a mere presence of a teacher is not enough. 


  Can we say that this experiences are real Enlightenment ?


Looking at the references below this does not look like enlightenment but some other experience induced by a different kind of practice which is neither Samatha or Vipassana in the Theravada Buddhist sense.


The Map of The Journey
The 7 Stages of Insight and Purification
The Progress of Insight