Mohammad

I dont think that there is a vivid line separating these two."mystical experience" and "enlightenment" are just two words.I think lots of differences between these two arises when humans try to communicate to each other something that they understood.maybe enlightenment is just a deep and high form of mystical experience.and maybe even enlightenment is not end of the road.the end has no name.

I used to have(and I think still have) a scientific mind too.I am a master student of physiology.and lots of similiar expriences to yours made me realize that my models were just made up and non existent.the brain is creating my expriences?brain is just made up of matter.even signals in the brain are being created by movement of Ions(matter).these are what science says.but then,what is matter?! nowadays its so obvious to me that all of this is just a model.feeling,seeing,hearing... these are not movement of ions! The questions that you ask are very good questions and deserve time for contemplation.