Awe cannot be coerced \u2015 yet it can be invited.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n For instance, through the environment: the mountains, the sea, a sunset or sunrise, feeling how this is part of an infinitely more expansive universe, a starry night, a religious building, a specific happening, the excellence<\/a> in any performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n More abstractly, one feels this \u2013 or becomes aware of it \u2013 through an encounter with Beauty, Immensity, Depth\u2026 with the Unspeakable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Anything that invites awe can be seen as a kind of autosuggestion.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In other words, it\u2019s a communication with the non-conscious \u2015 therefore, with \u2018total self<\/a>,\u2019 symbolized through the awesome object or situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As with any autosuggestion, trying to coerce it, it may backfire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eventually, a symbol always leads to total self. A Symbol Is Always YOU<\/a>. For instance, remember the last time you felt in awe? Chances are you also felt profoundly \u2018you\u2019 in that situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Awe is the feeling of grandeur in this.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n It shows how wonderful and important YOU are. This is the profound message of awe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the same time, as in any of the above cases, awe has an awesome effect also because it head-on humbles the ego in contact with the total self \u2015 not standing in the way for a while, being Open. Awe is this combination of humility and grandeur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n An encounter with total self \u2015 therefore also with meaningfulness.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Awe can remarkably feel like coming home where you belong. You can feel at peace with \u2018it\u2019: your life, life in general, the universe\u2026 in a profoundly meaningful way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thus, experiencing awe should always be welcomed as an important moment. It is a close encounter of the meaningful kind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s also a very wholesome moment. At such a time, you breathe sanity. It\u2019s an experience that you should cherish and carry with you. An experience that \u2013 if repeated now and then \u2013 makes life more worthy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And yes, this tends towards the mystical.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n A mystical experience is always one of awe, even when it doesn\u2019t feel so at first sight. \u2018The mystical\u2019 lies further along the road of awesomeness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Every day an experience of awe is everyday mysticism<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n An open door to Open Religion<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wow.<\/p>\n