Mi'sen

I think it can be an ongoing effect, which is why a lot of realizers can stick with the cosmic interpretation of their own awareness.

this is a crucial point. different meditators may experience the same/similar meditation-related mental arising. some will seek to elaborate on their experience, perhaps even reify it. others simply recognize it as mental arising and can thus let it go.

thus the common instruction to allow mental arising to come and go, without elaborating upon it, making it some "special thing"

I generally agree, but some people will too readily ignore or negate a serious window of opportunity because they’ve been taught to see all meditative experiences as just more sensory arising. Nuanced approach is optimal; but yours is probably safer on avg.

Sorry to be so abrupt. I’m trying to make that the old me, but it squeezes back through every now and then.