The scale of wonder

“The activity itself enables experiences that are beyond the everyday. People talk about their senses being alive, about being able to see things much more clearly. It gives them a glimpse of what it means to be human as in the capacities they have that we don’t tap into in everyday life.”...

1. Mimicry - emotions are starting to be recognized, subtle copying of gestures or facial expressions
2. Feedback - here is where we begin to experience the emotion being expressed towards us
3. Contagion - the emotions evoked in u...

Deliberately invoking the emotion of awe quietens the ego. It also creates a greater willingness to look at things differently while recognizing the gaps in one's knowledge.

Invoking the emotions of awe and wonder, such as looking at the aurora borealis, also reduces the n...