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Noetic experiences feel more real than reality

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A defining hallmark of a true mystical event is the unshakable conviction that you just downloaded objective truth. Even if the insight makes absolutely no logical sense to anyone else, the noetic quality guarantees that you will feel it is more profoundly real than your everyday existence. It makes arguing with a mystic essentially impossible.

Noetic experiences feel more real than reality
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