Welcome to the DhO, Silence.
Ident Silence:
First up, awesome site and a tremendously encouraging, supportive community. I've got a few questions regarding where I am in terms of progress on the Path and I hope that some people will be able to clarify some things since I'm new to this model of experience. I'd better explain where I've come from so far....
I've been inclined towards altered states of awareness/consciousness since childhood although a Catholic upbringing, in my opinion, stunted my explorations of these states and the understanding of them.
Yeah, Catholicism can have that effect. Been there, done that also. I think many here can relate to your skepticism of organized religion. It's organized alright: organized to keep the masses in the dark! Lord forbid that any one should break free of the conditioning and rise above it.
Ident Silence:
So, after all that......I have experienced various key insights, based on what I understand from this site, such as the time/space framework, accessed several jhanas and nanas involuntarity and voluntarily, and had that 'blip' characteristic of stream entry.
I am very skeptical of making any claims to attainment here as I don't have full knowledge of this model and am basing my claims on what I understand from what I've read on here. I know I could be wrong at any point and have no problem being criticised by those more experienced than myself.
What exactly did you mean by "blip characteristic of stream entry"? What is the definition you use for stream entry?
As for the second highlighted area, have you considered reading more about the discipline and practice in order to find out more about it? One very good book to start with is Walpola Rahula's [url=http://amazon.com/o/ASIN/511TNCG4XML/thomelio-20 title="What The Buddha Taught">]What the Buddha Taught. It breaks down the teachings pretty well, as well as addressing and dispelling some general misunderstandings that people unfamiliar with the Dhamma may have. It's an excellent place to start.
Along with that would be Rupert Gethin's [url=http://amazon.com/o/ASIN/0192892231/thomelio-20 title="The Foundations of Buddhism">]The Foundations of Buddhism which provides a bit of historical background to the development of the "religion" of Buddhism as well as some nifty descriptions of the teachings. Gethin is an British scholar in Buddhism, yet despite this seeming shortcoming, he has a pretty good grasp of the basics and how to explain them.
Anyway, hope you find what you're looking for.
In peace,
Ian