Wonderful World of Wonder!

Do I use the word "transcendent" too often? Too lightly? I would say "no." And what is interesting, or surprising (at least to me) is that these transcendent, extraordinary moments that I refer to usually occur, or maybe always occur, within the context of some ordinary, mundane, or routine moment.

The transcendence just emerges, unbidden from "being in the moment," in "the flow," of some all-consuming activity, and this focus pulls one out of the usual human thing. I mean the feeling of transcendence is a human thing, but it feels like an extra-human thing that sort of descends and envelops someone.

This all sounds so trippy and ephemeral. Unreal. And these experiences can't really be verified or documented or measured. So yes one experiences these powerful, overwhelming events that emerge from simple, plain experience, and then they vanish, and one is left wondering if they really happened.

Welcome to our wonderful world of wonder!