None. Not just “none that I would be willing to talk about in public”, but no “spiritual” experiences at all.
The scare quotes are because I do not know what people are intending to point to when they use the expression, or elaborate upon it. Whatever they are pointing to within themselves, when I take hold of the words that they use, they do not point to anything within me.
I’ve gotten in trouble for this before, but I suspect this is not strictly true, and rather that what it is like to have these kinds of experiences and this kind of perception has not been adequately explained in a way that allows you to recognize them. I’m not saying it is literally impossible that you have never had experiences of the kind referred to by “spiritual”, only that I suspect it is very likely that you have, even if it was only as a child. Alas I think some people build up the notion of “spiritual” to such a degree that when they tell others about it those others get the impression it’s something so far outside ordinary experience that they have not had it.
Probably much of this could be resolved if we could be a bit more precise about what we mean by the word “spiritual”, but as the linked post helps explain, this is a persistent issue in that these experiences often lack an ontological aspect which means talking about them requires post hoc application of ontology to literally be able to say anything.
Alas, no-one can see another’s experiences, nor show them their own. All I can see is the words that they use, and “oneness with everything”, “the presence of the divine”, and “self falling away” are not words that I would use to describe any of my own experiences. Neither do any of my experiences seem to be the sort of thing that the OP asks for, but I thought it worth while adding the data point.
None. Not just “none that I would be willing to talk about in public”, but no “spiritual” experiences at all.
The scare quotes are because I do not know what people are intending to point to when they use the expression, or elaborate upon it. Whatever they are pointing to within themselves, when I take hold of the words that they use, they do not point to anything within me.
I’ve gotten in trouble for this before, but I suspect this is not strictly true, and rather that what it is like to have these kinds of experiences and this kind of perception has not been adequately explained in a way that allows you to recognize them. I’m not saying it is literally impossible that you have never had experiences of the kind referred to by “spiritual”, only that I suspect it is very likely that you have, even if it was only as a child. Alas I think some people build up the notion of “spiritual” to such a degree that when they tell others about it those others get the impression it’s something so far outside ordinary experience that they have not had it.
Probably much of this could be resolved if we could be a bit more precise about what we mean by the word “spiritual”, but as the linked post helps explain, this is a persistent issue in that these experiences often lack an ontological aspect which means talking about them requires post hoc application of ontology to literally be able to say anything.
Alas, no-one can see another’s experiences, nor show them their own. All I can see is the words that they use, and “oneness with everything”, “the presence of the divine”, and “self falling away” are not words that I would use to describe any of my own experiences. Neither do any of my experiences seem to be the sort of thing that the OP asks for, but I thought it worth while adding the data point.