Are god type experiences common?

[Tek]

Id also like to point out that what one person considers a "god" experience may be entirely different from that of the next persons. Not only that but the same person who thought one experience was elusive enough to fall under this category might change their perspective after the encompassment of future experiences.

We are limited by language so we fail to accurately transcribe a common thread of experience.

^ This.

My first god experience had to do with a hyperspacial performance of the 1980s television program Eureeka's Castle. After I had that trip I knew, beyond any shadow of a doubt, that I was God playing around in a monkey body. Now I highly doubt anyone else I know could have interpreted that experience as a clue to the path of godhood, but for me there was just no questioning that that's what it was there for. Experiencing that vision made me realize I was not who I had assumed myself to be and that I had existed before my earliest memories.

The particulars of who/what/when/how/why this is the case I'm still trying to figure out even now, but the message was received loud and clear: there is no God other than the one Self we all share and we can directly access this part of ourselves, despite what our religious institutions try to teach us about needing a savior or intermediary between us and God.

 

[Guyomech]

IKJ: I've never been able to stretch it out that long. But I've had a few journeys where I had this strong sense that as long as I could hold onto the understanding, the trip would continue. I think I've managed to add maybe 5-7 minutes into my experience that way, but holding onto that understanding is an extreme mental workout which gets harder as the DMT fades.

All I can say about your 90 minute God experience: you must have had a really solid, beautiful sense of understanding that was sufficient to keep you there long after the molecule was done doing its work. Sounds incredible. I know you say it defies description, but please try!

Eliyahu: the reason I enjoyed your comments do much is that they are infused with all the passion and enthusiasm you'd normally hear from religious zealot... But without any of the burdens that come with the man made religions. I tend to look at these things from a more rational perspective, but I totally relate to everything you say. It's nice to see that level of passion accompanied by a sensible worldview. Articulating God is hard to do!