Hi Annie, Purjo et al,
I can identify with that experience, and would definitely class it as 'spiritual'. I've known it in meditation (of the prayerful kind), but also in moments of just delighting in what is. So often we experience beauty but just don't appreciate it until much later, if at all. Yesterday I was up the mountain (Table Mtn, Cape Town)and at two points had to stop for a few minutes - not to catch my breath but simply to delight in particularly beautiful arrangements of nature. For those who are not allergic to Christian writings, there's a lovely book by Melvyn Matthews called "Delighting In God'. I've made a point of 'delighting' more this year, and it really makes a difference to my life - when I remember to do it!
Warm greetings from a wintry Cape Town
Carola
