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Originally Posted by PeteHski
While I sometimes get that feeling you describe, I certainly wouldn’t call it “sexy”. Well for me anyway, they are quite different feelings!

Perhaps I would call it “euphoric”
I also experience zen like moments where I am in perfect harmony with the world around me. It's more of a spiritual kind of feeling though and has no performance component. It's not an "I own this place" kind of feeling either. Kinda the opposite. I can well recall two occasions where I had that feeling and got goose bumps from head to toe. In both cases it was in quiet wide open spaces in the west. Riding down Ohio Creek road outside of Gunnison CO.



Another time was in Coloardo as well. In the high desert of Gateway. Being a tiny speck on a massive, and sometimes inhospitable landscape, can foster the feeling. Each time I have felt it, I have been acutely aware of my insignificance.


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