electric shock sensation during meditation

[Patrick]

...i suppose most people go through their awakening learning about all this stuff beforehand...

Actually, I would say that it's the minority that goes through the process in this way (learning first and then experiencing). Your way is the most common one (experiencing first and then trying to figure it out).

Incidentally and IMHO I believe that each of us creates our own version of the Truth as we go along. We were never meant to be bogged down by dogma. Truth is subjective here in veiled 3d.