here's a lil part of my essay on Abhidharmma Buddhism

So our envisioning process in our head is in a sense real- the same goes along with dreams and hallucinations because they relate to configurations of realities-but aren’t actual. Going on about hallucinations- for example one might believe the effects of someone on a substance that causes hallucinations are completely fake and “not real” from what the reaction to the user’s experience was- since it most definitely sounded surreal. Debatably, there is a way to reach a point during that type of experience where you do know what you’re seeing is real- that you’re actually experiencing some type of “ultimate reality”. When reaching that point, it would be hard to take these realizations back and translate them into language, although it isn’t something that is forgotten. These experiences have been noted that they share something in common with meditation, reaching states of satori, and even the attainment of the Buddhist monks. These are “selfless” experiences because it is said to be a way to experience your own consciousness without the ego on top of it- this supports the Buddha’s view that while you have your ego and continue to be close-minded, you will continue being selfish, and when you follow the path, (not having an ego) you will attain peace. That piece of prior knowledge relates to that statement because one would act differently (which is similar to the way the Buddha wants humans to act) by going through that “no-self” spiritual experience because it is comparable to the effects of reaching levels of meditation.