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Overwhelming, surprising, humbling, even alittle terrifying- Awe is what we feel when faced with something sublime, exceptional or altogether beyond comprehension.
How can science measure the feeling of peering over the Grand Canyon or holding your newborn for the first time?
Dacher Keltner, PhD believes that more nuanced sensations-compassion, forgiveness, humility, and awe are what push us beyond self-interest and "wire us for good." Cultivating awe, he says, is part of unlocking the truest sense of life's purpose. In Keltner's words, awe shifts a person's thinking "toward the collective" - O, Nov 2010
