You know you're getting older when you forgot you dug a hole and then fell into it.
How I would answer the questions from
my perspective is as follows:
[1]I believe "Something" exists, but just don't ask me what that "Something" is.
I base this not on clear-cut objective evidence but on personal-subjective experiences that I have not been able to explain in any objectively-rational way-- but they happened nevertheless over a period of two years. I've talked about this a few time here at RF, once in quite a bit of detail.
Because it is so subjective, I cannot and do not assume that others will experience or even believe I went through this because it even mystified me for the longest time.
[2]As an anthropologist, I tend to go in the direction that the evidence takes me, but we also are trained not to close the door on looking for more evidence, including if it were to go against our previous leanings. Therefore, with me, "knowledge" and "belief" are not far apart at all, just more a matter of degrees.
Maybe my "experiences" I've misdiagnosed? I don't believe I have, especially with what's happened since that seems to strongly indicate that this was all real.
In closing, I tend to believe this "Something" seems to relate to "love", but not just some sort of kissy-facey love but something that goes
way beyond that in some sort of "mystical" way. It's been an emotional overload for me, needless to say.