Amen to that, Phaedrus! I wonder why it is so difficult to find "a common language" to express this insight in a manner that is "meaningful" to balrog666. He thinks I've been talking about angels and tooth fairies, apparently. But what I'm talking about should be obvious to any person who has studied the operations of his own consciousness. Which is: The thinker, the "observer," the self is not a material object. Some of the most obvious things, oddly enough, seem to be the most difficult to discern.
As Heraclitus put it, "Nature loves to hide." [Memo to unspun: Yes, God is subtle....]
I was thinking of posting a "thought experiment" that the philosopher Eric Voegelin conducted back in 1960. It's called "The Moving Soul." It takes its premises from physics, particularly general relativity. Maybe this might establish the "common language" that we continue to lack. Plus it's a real "dusey!" Got to go limber up my typing fingers....
No, that was just an insightful comparison.;^)
To restate the idea, I think that subjective personal experiences like finding (a) faith, seeing a ufo, having a mystical dream, having a drug induced hallucination, or even having a encounter with a ghost or the tooth fairy do not lend themselves to objective examination after the fact and, without evidence, there is no real basis or purpose to any discussion of same.