There is an in depth explanation in Zen, Buddhism and Hinduism of this phenomenon. I would suggest reading anything by Nisargadatta Maharaj, who expanded on th

There is an in depth explanation in Zen, Buddhism and Hinduism of this phenomenon. I would suggest reading anything by Nisargadatta Maharaj, who expanded on this in detail to questioners from all over the world who came to his humble dwellings in a Mumbai tenement to observe him. I’d suggest starting with ‘I am That’, available on Amazon, iBooks etc. He claimed to be outside of time and space himself.