Have you ever had an intense emotional experience that you'd describe as spiritual or religious? Especially atheists but everybody
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Replying to @literalbanana
no super intense ones but many moderately intense ones caused by landscapes, weather conditions, low population density
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Replying to @solipsistfever @literalbanana
there is usually the sense of being reminded of a different world or life or mental context where things matter(ed) more
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Replying to @literalbanana
a wise being on this website used to call it "the thing". or the more mundane version of it
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Replying to @solipsistfever
the idea of it being a different place/mental context/world seems important - dreams can have that sense of recognition
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Replying to @literalbanana
yes my dreams are usually mundane in their surface-level description but have this sense of seeming more meaningful
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Replying to @solipsistfever @literalbanana
i wonder if there's a way to hack it into everyday life. is that what (some types of) meditation try to do
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also ordinary memories seem to slightly acquire this quality after a few months
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Replying to @solipsistfever @literalbanana
memories of atmospheres, not episodes
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