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Awe
Awe is one of the most profound feelings humans can experience.
When you are amazed by a vibrant sunset, or watching a baby take its first steps — you’re reminded of how insignificant you (and your problems) are.
You feel connected to something much greater and more meaningful.
Think about the last time you were truly awe-struck. Remember how those mo
... See morefrom How to Be "Rich" in Awe by Jade Bonacolta
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- Awe is the feeling of being in the presence of something vast that transcends your understanding of the world,”
from archive.ph
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- Awe is something you feel when confronted with forces beyond your control: nature, the cosmos, chaos, human error, hallucinations.
from Awe w/ Laurel Halo 7th November 2023
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- After reviewing accounts of psychological, sociological, religious, artistic, and even primordial awe (awe toward power), the researchers surmised that awe universally involved the perception of vastness and the need to accommodate the experience into one's present worldview. That is, awe is triggered by some experience so expansive (in either a po... See more
from How Awe Stops Your Clock by Jesse Graham
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on the emotion of awe in which we argued that awe is triggered by two simultaneous perceptions: first, that what you are looking at is vast in some way, and, second, that you can’t fit it into your existing mental structures.[30] That combination seems to trigger a feeling in people of being small in a profoundly pleasurable—although sometimes also
... See morefrom The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt
Awe is a primary stimulant for curiosity, which begets progress. It reinstates our acknowledgement of the expanse, in both the grandness of things and itti-bittiness of ourselves. In experiencing awe, and the wonder that can follow, we're invited to explore the edges of our knowledge.
from On Awe by Benjamin Laufer
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According to psychologists Dacher Keltner and Jonathan Haidt, awe is the sense of wonder and amazement that occurs when someone is inspired by great knowledge, beauty, sublimity, or might. It’s the experience of confronting something greater than yourself.
from Contagious: Why Things Catch On by Jonah Berger
- Astonishment, as I have said, is the effect of the sublime in its highest degree; the inferior effects are admiration, reverence, and respect.
from On the Sublime and Beautiful/Part II/Chapter 1 - Wikisource, the free online library
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