"The fact remains, we can, and do 'plug into' something higher."

Gee... you managed to get 3½ things I question into one short sentence.

1)"fact"--- The only fact I recognize is that we DO 'have experiences'.
2)"can & do"--- sounds like WE control the experience(s).
3)"something higher" that's linguistic subjectivity --what if it's just 'sideways'?..like our subconcious.
½) 'plug into'-- well, that is just an alternate term for 'experience', as far as I can see.

You see, GfS... you have this way of approaching these topics in an oblique dance (best I can do as a description). I suspect that you have specific personal 'beliefs' that you hold, but you only hint at them in your remarks, preferring to avoid direct confrontations about details and instead proffering subtle 'suggestions' about ways of approaching the possibility of metaphysical 'stuff'.

I end up being more curious about exactly what YOU are getting at than actually 'plugging into' any myself.

"...just send the request 'up' to have 'it' revealed. " *sigh*.. in a dozen paragraphs I might outline how that idea strikes me, but my earlier remark about "one has to believe in order to know!" would be featured, I'm sure.
I WILL say that 10-12 years of discussions here at Mudcat have sure given me lots of things to contemplate and practice in refining my own approaches.