A Magical Experience On April 23rd Of 2024

Our intention, with this essay, is sharing.

Sharing what?

A rather peculiar experience we — well, me, myself, and I, to be precise — enjoyed on April 23rd.

April 23rd of 2024, which was a Tuesday, to be precise.

A Tedious Day

Our experience within April 23rd was boring.

Boring. Tedious. Dry. Uninteresting. Dull.

And so on and so forth.

Our energy levels were off and nothing interested us.

No inspiration. No enthusiasm. No passion.

None of it.

I was unhappy. And, I wanted out.

Out of that state. Out of that place. Out of that moment.

A rather peculiar idea came to me.

No, not an idea, as such; a process.

The process was very simple:

• Take off your dirty clothes.
• Take a nice shower.
• Roll your shoulders back and forth.
• Punch ahead, into the air.
• Jump up and down.
• Take three deep breaths.
• Put some clean clothes on.

Come to think of it, maybe this process wasn’t very simple. But, even so, it was easy.

Seriously.

It took me five minutes to do this.

A vague energy came to me. This energy led to a couple of ideas.

I wrote down these ideas and spent twenty minutes riffing on them.

The energy was there. But, just barely.

Yet another idea came to me: look at some of the old essays in my Google Chrome “Bookmarks.”

This would prove to be an extraordinary decision.

A Peak Experience

My current “Bookmarks” folder is vast.

You can find about 3,000 essays there.

A few of my favorites appeared. And, then, they were opened.

I remember reading one of these essays and feeling a sense of awe.

A sense of awe. And, a sense of inspiration.

Something really nice began to flow through me.

Right within this first essay, there were links to different essays, websites, pages; and so on and so forth.

I clicked on all of those links.

So many new ideas. So many new possibilities. So many new visions.

It was so awesome!

I was surrounded with new ideas and possibilities, all of which strengthened the energy within me.

A few hours were spent reading. But, during my reading, a number of new, utterly profound, ideas came to me.

I wrote down these ideas and, to this day, these ideas excite me.

My memory is a little hazy. But, if it serves, I stayed up till 3 o’clock in the morning; reading and writing.

I couldn’t fall asleep after laying down.

My mind was just brimming with ideas.

The energy persisted for a few days.

And, then, it faded.

Even so, though, my memories of this experience, and the ideas it led to, remain.

My Final Thoughts

Giving the experience outlined above a name is challenging.

But, if a name had to be given, then this name is sufficient: peak experience.

On the night of April 23rd, I had a peak experience.

A peak experience where the truth became apparent.

The truth being that our Universe is infinitely rich with possibilities, wonders, gifts, ideas, discovery; and so on and so forth, endlessly and infinitely; ad infinitum.

Every single thing within this moment was greater than all fears, worries, yearnings; and so on and so forth.

All was well. But, better than well.

Right within this experience, gifts and blessings of all sorts — new ideas, thoughts, essays to read, opportunities for creativity; and so on and so forth — came forth with remarkable ease.

My life is rich with experiences of this sort.

But, if memory serves, this may have been the greatest peak experience of my life.

One of the greatest moments of my life.

A lofty thing to say. But, a true thing to say, too.

The experience was greater than nearly anything known to me.

And, yet, so intimate, personal, and, really, mundane.

But, at the same time, absolutely transcendent, while being all of those things.

If we look at the literature of peak experiences, these are not meant to be abnormal.

No, these are meant to be normal, frequent, and common moments.

We are meant to experience magic of the sort that has been outlined.

And, furthermore, we are meant to enjoy this magic on a regular, frequent, and usual basis.

This may not be true. But, something tells me it is.

Our daily lives, therefore, are meant to be far more rich, and far more magical, than we assume.

Conclusion

Just to wrap this up, thank you for reading!

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