I had a few 'cosmic' type experiences which convinced my intellect K was the real thing. Of course, I also had many experiences of devotion (weeping at seeing Rawat and that sort of thing), and group highs. I also had a good friend who sounds similar to Ham in that he never went for the devotion stuff, and used to talk about Rawat in the most sacriligious (to me) manner, but he regularly had cosmic meditations, and even though he is quite definitely an ex-premie, he still does.

I think some people are susceptible to such experiences and most aren't. The con is thinking Rawat has something to do with that susceptibility.

I also agree with Ham that it's important that we acknowledge that some experiences of Light, Music, Word and Nectar are not eyeball pressure, tinitis, breath and snot. I also do not believe they are God; but as phenomena, they do exist.