Mind
My column about the spiritual side of science has actually seen a number of you sharing your own breathtaking experiences, states David Robson
By David Robson
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In the middle of the last century, the psychologist Abraham Maslow approached examining the structures of joy. Talking to individuals about their lives, he was fascinated to discover that numerous reported having actually experienced uncommon minutes of surprise, related to “awe … rapture, euphoria or happiness” in which “all separateness or range from the world vanished”.
Those sensations were frequently accompanied by a sense of fantastic understanding, Maslow stated– “the sensation that they had actually seen the supreme fact, the essence of things”. He explained these as “peak experiences”, and subsequent research study verifies these minutes can add to long-lasting wellness. Whether we …
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