The mystics agree (most of 'em anyway) that whatever it is, it is real and it can be personally experienced. In my case the sense that _something is wrong_ and

The mystics agree (most of 'em anyway) that whatever it is, it is real and it can be personally experienced. In my case the sense that _something is wrong_ and there was something missing - maybe some piece of secret knowledge - went away. Life became "complete." Questions that had nagged for years sort of dissolved: they weren't answered, but there was no impulse to ask or discomfort from not knowing. The overall effect is very much like "knowing the meaning of life" although the implementation is a lot more "I no longer care whether life has a meaning or not. Whatever this is this is fine." Hard to describe the "no longer needing an answer" - it is a very distinct thing. Not at all the same as having the question answered.