If an experience seems hyper-real, that just means it is accompanied by heightened emotions. Emotions are how we judge the salience of thoughts. If you have strong emotions when thinking about something, you understand this to mean it is important to you.
It’s probably worth making the distinction that important ‘to me’, is not the same thing as it being important. Sounds obvious, but many a smart cookie has mistaken the emotional sensation of certainty/conviction as ‘this must be true and/or important’....
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I've met many Buddhists who believe lamas, practices, rituals to be real because they were associated with strong emotions
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