Not OP, but I can identify with mystical experiences like what's hinted at in that post.
I don't have any experiences I would call "verifiably paranormal", but I've had a few I've not been able to fully account for to my own satisfaction from a purely materialist perspective (despite a total collapse of my childhood evangelical Christian beliefs).
One was sudden, total cessation of a destructive habit I'd struggled to stop for decades, after a single prayer I hadn't realized was related to that struggle ("I don't care what it costs - make me more like You"), a very unexpected turn of improbable events immediately following the prayer, and an intense spiritual experience following the unexpected events.
I have devised pure materialist accountings for it, but they aren't rigorous and haven't persuaded me.
...all that said, I actually found the GP post very understandable and thought it made tremendous amounts of sense - perhaps even was "wise." I certainly wouldn't call it "bafflegab".
> despite a total collapse of my childhood evangelical Christian beliefs
I should perhaps clarify that while I had the total collapse and found myself staring nihilism in the face, I currently am drifting towards a very heretical, Bible-is-flawed-and-maybe-not-divine-at-all form of faith in Jesus (in part due to the above-mentioned experience).
I don't have any experiences I would call "verifiably paranormal", but I've had a few I've not been able to fully account for to my own satisfaction from a purely materialist perspective (despite a total collapse of my childhood evangelical Christian beliefs).
One was sudden, total cessation of a destructive habit I'd struggled to stop for decades, after a single prayer I hadn't realized was related to that struggle ("I don't care what it costs - make me more like You"), a very unexpected turn of improbable events immediately following the prayer, and an intense spiritual experience following the unexpected events.
I have devised pure materialist accountings for it, but they aren't rigorous and haven't persuaded me.
...all that said, I actually found the GP post very understandable and thought it made tremendous amounts of sense - perhaps even was "wise." I certainly wouldn't call it "bafflegab".