I was looking at fiber supplements on Costco's web site, and there was one where the guy had more or less the experience above, but after just one. He said he wouldn't touch them again after that.
I can't help but think that if this is what happens after taking just one, you really, really needed to have a fiber supplement.
Not a lot of debate among scholars. There's no other evidence of the "eye of the needle" being used in a way that refers to the small doorway in a larger city gate or any of the other alternative readings. Conversely, there are sewing needles dated to that time and place that are roughly the same as modern sewing needles.
The statement is exactly as radical as it looks at first glance. Rich people can't be right with God, period. All the rest is trying to invent a loophole to let rich people be Christians after Constantine made it widespread in the Roman Empire. First century Christians were almost entirely made of the poor people of the Empire, and would have had no problem at all with the statement as read. The modern reinterpretation is often argued by the exact same people who say you're not supposed to "read between the lines" of the Bible.
Here's a Religion for Breakfast video on it: https://youtu.be/sf0Fm8aVApk
And don't get me started on Paul's "the love of money is the root of all evil". Just totally bastardized for the Prosperity Gospel.