Your story is a good descriptor for a jumping off point for training our minds - somewhat based on new neuronal activity.

I've been meditating and doing inner spiritual work since 1975 - basically the result has been work on being present. I still space-out / mild dissociation at times and I'm okay with that. Now - sometimes streams of thought "appear" to me from higher or different sources, which seems like magic and/or a gift. This has required a lot of training and following a middle path.

The middle path allows for balance of which I feel I live within at least some of the elusive present. Also exploring states of consciousness that exists outside time. I feel so blessed to have had such a cool life so far.