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I disagree, again.  Labels like "happiness" apply to states when there is a certain mix of hormones in the brain and body.  You don't have to add something - the hormones themselves are the feelings, and they don't need something else added.  Take the example of drugs - drugs inhibit and stimulate various hormones and neuro-receptors.  They cause enormous amounts of feelings and emotions - and I think that anyone would be hard-pressed to say that drugs are from God, especially the truly deeply affecting ones like heroin.  Feelings are chemicals, and that's a pretty cool idea in and of itself.

Ballistic calculations and experiments do not help you develop power from your lower body - which is, really, the main way in which to get lots of extra power in slinging.  Reflections on slinging should involve how to get power from the whole body, and especially the hips and legs.  Using a sling is like throwing a punch - if you just punch by simply extending your triceps, and don't move your hips, waist, and shoulders with it, and don't push up from the floor, then the push would be very weak, and you would see flyweights and heavyweights punching with the same power if they do equal repetitions for arm exercises.  In the same way, if you just rotate the arm at the shoulder and swing the sling into movement like that, then you won't get the same amount of pure power as you would if you explosively powered the sling forward with a co-ordinated movement beginning at the feet.
  This is how I sling.  I am left handed, and I start with my right foot forward and the leg slightly bent.  My right shoulder is also fully in line with my right foot, and my left arm is far back, with the sling hanging and the pouch almost touching the ground.  I push up my left foot onto the ball, and explosively rotate my hips forward, my shoulders and waist following.  My arm whips forward, and the final flourish is done by the wrist, which loosely whips downward when the projectile is released.  My left shoulder ends up in a roughly vertical line with my right knee, and my right arm ends up behind my back.  This process of using the legs to create the power at my hands and at the sling really works, and I end up with very powerful shots.  Still, not as accurate as I'd like to be, although I improve each time.  And this way of slinging is becoming very natural.  It's just how I sling now.

I practise slinging daily.  I also used to practise taijiquan daily, before I learnt other things.  I don't want to turn this into a taijiquan discussion, but when practising taijiquan forms, the purpose of doing it slowly is to perfect the body mechanics.  It's not about being mystical - it's supposed to be a replacement for the internal practises of zhan zhuang found in other styles.  Some call taijiquan forms "dong zhuang" - a moving zhan zhuang.  In fact, some taijiquan teachers say that you are not properly practising taijiquan until you are correct in terms of body mechanics.  Mark Chen says this, for instance.  If you are perfecting your form, what are you doing?  Just dancing, trying to get the "feel" of it in your qi?

  Anyway, since I practise slinging daily, I can work on the body mechanics to create a perfect throw.  It is not possible to get it right all the time, but I have an image of a great throw, mechanically, and try to conform to it.  That makes sense, doesn't it?  I work on the body mechanics and then throw smoothly using them.  Smoothness is part of the perfect throw, so I aim for that along with the body mechanics.  If you think that just throwing stones will eventually get you a perfect throw, rather than trying to use a method, then fine - but try telling a javelin thrower, boxer or gymnast that.

Apparently my message was misconstrued. I was not talking about slinging as a path to enlightenment, or perfection of self. I was talking about not overthinking the moves, and just relaxing. If you are stiff and overcorrecting, you tend to screw up more.

OK, I think I get it.

When slinging, just sling; do not think about slinging, it will just mess up your throw.

When thinking about slinging, just think about slinging; do not think about thinking about slinging, it will just mess up your mind.

When thinking about thinking about slinging...

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seems to me if you could levitate you would just levitate the stone.
the ultimate slinging with out the sling lol