http://home.comcast.net/~dchapman2146/pf_v3n3/NeuroWeird.htm
"I am willing to grant that [transcendent experiences] feel real, but that
comes back to the question: 'Why does anything feel real?' said Beyerstein. 'It
is because your brain creates a model of what feels real.'
Our brain combines all available information, including incoming sensory
input and previously stored memories, and creates an internal cognitive model
of reality. This model is usually based largely on external sensory
information, said Beyerstein, but occasionally it is built entirely from input
from inside the head. Regardless of what it is constructed from, it will feel
just as real, and under some circumstances it can feel more real than real."
