After forty years I am coming to the conclusion that very few people who say they practise Aikido actually know what it is and as a consequence are not practising O-Sensei's Aikido at all, merely something that looks the same. It will never feel the same and therein lies the difference.
If you can feel your own power, you have it wrong.
If you like the feel of your own power then that is even worse!
If you can feel your own power, you have it wrong.
If you like the feel of your own power then that is even worse!