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Old 03-08-2008, 04:21 PM
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This thread is for non-believers (atheists, agnostics, freethinkers, etc):

Have you ever had a mystical experience?

If so, what do you consider a mystical experience?
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Old 03-08-2008, 04:26 PM
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I think so.

I consider a "mystical experience" to a particular understanding, or more specifically a shift in understanding.
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Old 03-09-2008, 09:37 PM
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I would say yes, but I contribute it to psychological phenomenon rather than some external other-worldly force. Unfortunately it would be extremely hard for me to describe in words.
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What do you mean by mystical?
I did have a massive re-understanding a while ago. I guess that could count.
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I ran into a fence once. Don't ask why, but i had a real mind-blowing "tilt" on that occasion.
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When I used to run a lot, I hit a "runner's high" a few times, I've never experieced anything else to equal this experience(drugs included).
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This thread is for non-believers (atheists, agnostics, freethinkers, etc):

Have you ever had a mystical experience?

If so, what do you consider a mystical experience?
I'm not sure what you mean by non-believers, since I believe in a great deal but find the God-concept a bit baffling. Yes, I have, and what I mean by it is something that changes your stance towards your experience of things in general, and to other people in particular.
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I can't say that I have. I see a mystical experience as some kind of ultimate epiphany. I equate it with some sort of higher being. The only epiphany I've had was to realize that mystical things don't exist to me.
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Is the only difference between "a mystical experience" and "thinking" the degree to which it affects the thinker?
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Is the only difference between "a mystical experience" and "thinking" the degree to which it affects the thinker?
Nobody can experience other people's internal life. In my case the effects were, subjectively, of a completely different kind, not a matter of degree at all - but, obviously they both happened in my