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Originally Posted by SparkPlug
What's the deal with spiritual experiences folks claim to have? Does that happen to all types of people, in all types of situations or what?
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Greetings. I think the first order of the day is to get over all of this 'claim to have' part. We don't in any way
own our experiences, they are just something that happens.
It can happen to anybody and often when they are least expecting it. It can steal up on you like a thief in the night and turn your whole world-reality view upside down. It can bring you to a closer understanding of whatever you conceive 'god', 'spirit' or a 'higher self' to be.
A lot of people get hung up on these 'claims' but a 'claim' generally means something that can be 'proven' and this onus of proof must therefore rest with the 'claimant', however a real spiritual experience isn't anything that can be 'proven' and I guess that's why it's called an 'experience' to begin with. Everybody can say they are enlightened and that would be true. The next part comes in realising it both for and within yourself.
Peace.