What Happens When We Experience ‘Awe’?

[@jaimie00]

I experience awe quite a bit. Whenever I look up at the night sky, and I think about the vastness or just looking at Jupiter and thinking of how massive it really is, and how strange its core must be. Whenever I drive anywhere and pass Lake Superior, it makes me think of the true scale of it, its depth, its breadth, and how magnificent it really is. When I look at my daughter. When I watch my kitten growing and learning and hunting without ever being taught. When I watch my older cats accept him to an extent that you would expect only from a mother (especially when it's my male cat taking care of him). Awe is everywhere, you just have to know how to see it.

[@thomascruz3405]

I couldn't have said it better myself...well said.

[@kamjo79]

Jaimes perfectly said.

[@georgecataloni4720]

I think my awe-o-meter is broken. Each year, my friends and I hike up Mt Washington, but while they're all "Wow, look at that view!" I'm like "Yup, that's Earth. As expected.". What I like from the trip is the feeling of the breeze, the ice cold mountain well water, relaxing on a patch of grass in the sun, hanging with friends, and the sense of accomplishment of reaching the peak. It just feels nice. Seeing stuff doesn't make me feel anything.

[@Davidjackson_305]

George Cataloni yes the same exact thing with me

[@JonasHamill]

George Cataloni Try smoking a dooby when you get to the top. Then you'll feel the awe.

[@georgecataloni4720]

Jonas Hamill I don't like weed. It makes you think you're having fun when you do it, but reflection reveals it was ultimately pointless. It's not the same kind of fun you get from actually doing fun things while sober.

[@subh1]

George Cataloni next time may be try a different mountain?

[@georgecataloni4720]

subh1 Why?

[@skykid]

Honestly I don't get out a whole lot (because I'm a depressing nerd) but often a mix of auditory and sentimental experiences can make me feel awe. Like beautiful music combined with genuine altruism or empathy. It makes me feel like life is a lot more than the rat race of work and stress and greed. Like living is more than just survival.

[@qqq1701]

My last experience of awe was moments ago seeing Julia in the video.

[@supermann258]

Smooth

[@qqq1701]

***** *you. fixed.

[@qqq1701]

Hexilux k

[@DeKnight95]

+Hexilux tits? where?

[@santotiago80]

qqq1701 Totally honest answer

[@ShotsOfAwe]

Wow! Thanks!

[@ssdudess]

Shots of Awe heyyyyy big fan of your videos here...i love your art

[@Ninja9191]

Your videos are amazing, really awesome!

[@Aristocratic13]

Can someone introduce us? (Tell me what channel or video thus person has)

[@scotx1307]

This is exactly why I have to go camping or hiking at least once a month. Even a few hours surrounded by trees helps me clear away some stress and remind me that I am not the center of the universe. :)

[@MASsurvival]

I feel an overwhelming feeling of awe each time the plane is on the track racing to get enough speed for lift and the moment the plane touches off the ground. I can just think: this is what I love about humanity.

[@junezhang2128]

The universe always has me in awe!

[@wellhappy2008]

Me too!

[@richirex888]

We ought to have Awe in God. God is the way and he created us to worship him and have awe in him. God parted the sea and helped isreal and saved the world of sin. God is great! Amen and Shalom :) hallelujah!

[@OndrikusMC]

I feel a lot of awe whenever I look in the mirror

[@JonasHamill]

Ondrikus You must be pretty big then

[@Hexilux]

Ondrikus Full body mirror, if you know what I mean...

[@dich5088]

Ondrikus aaaaaaaaaaaaaa ha ha ha ha haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa >X) why don't you make a KZbin video with yourself in it, so we can all feel that awe you are talking about?

[@OndrikusMC]

Di Ch I'm not sure if you could handle it. After all, my superior brain barely can Jonas Hamill My name means "the great" in Latin

[@bigbagofbeans8362]

Your ego is catching up to Kanye 😂😂😂

[@zacharymorse9029]

Best moment of awe, watching the sunrise over the horizon from the top of a mountain. There is nothing like it.

[@frozeneternity93]

"Last awesome experience you had" Staring at the clouds in the sunset on my way home every day (so Friday). They are fucking amazing

[@Bram06]

Awe is awesome in literally every single way

[@Bram06]

***** No i'm Bram

[@SilasMortimer]

This morning, actually, I stepped outside for a few. The sky was heavily overcast, giving everything a grey tint. The rain was falling gently but insistently. There were occasional loud booms of thunder. I did feel awe and a sense of gratitude for being able to experience the moment.

[@440emil]

the last awesome experience i had was this summer I sat on the beach and saw this incredibly beautiful sunset that was an amazing moment

[@SilverIcetail]

The last awesome experience I had was one that I took a picture of. I was up in Hammerfest for work, right before the darktime where the sun doesn't go up at all. The sun instead skims across the horizon. It gave the sky a dark red color, and the shades of the mountains in front of the sun gave a bright red on black contrast that was increadible.

[@VampireHeart518]

My latest awe-filled moments happened: at an Anathema concert, and seeing 'Santa Maria del Fiore', the Dome in Florence... ('fiore' means flower in italian, but in romanian, 'fior' means both a shiver and also an 'awe' feeling...). Seeing pictures of it... it don't mean nothin'. Being there... it's just... Alien. Huge. Glorious. Divine.

[@bencarew84]

I last felt awe when i was researching the exo planets seen from the Kepler satellite. Imagining how far away those planets are, how we are such a small part of the universe but in another way such a big part, we are how the universe knows itself. Quite humbling.

[@lt80355]

Sunrise on the coast of Northeast Florida. It was insane. I *completely* get the feeling of having more time. So weird. I always have a feeling of awe at concerts and certain movies too.

[@P42I37L4AX]

A few days ago on a small Greek Island, suddenly there was a power blackout at around midnight. I looked up to the sky and saw the milky way for the first time in my life. This was aweeeeeee some

[@heart0fthedrag0n]

The thumbnail for this video was really weird. The camera is looking at the treetops (meaning it's pointed vertically), and yet the woman is standing perpendicular to the camera. That means that she is actually floating above it with her head pointing downwards. I know it's green screen, but it was so weird and unnatural that I just stared at it for 3 minutes trying to figure out what was going on. :D

[@lekiscool]

I actually went to the shots of awe channel while listening to this video, before you mentioned the channel.

[@Alexjames0831]

for me recently it's been connecting with other awesome people. even if looking into someone's eyes on a screen is nothing compared to the visuals of life, resemblance to the actual truth is still a little bit there

[@modernmarvel]

Jason Silva... The ultimate hype man

[@roguecactus7]

I believe awe is best described by the overview effect; It's only when these astronauts gaze upon the Earth that they truly understand how we are all in this together, surviving on a giant rock, orbiting a G2-star... But mountains, or rather being on top of a mountain with a great view is very awe-inspiring to me. I think it goes back to the curiosity of early humans wanting to know "what's over that hill". side note: everything is not awesome.

[@liamlynch8596]

The last time I experienced 'awe' was a week ago when my family and I were on a road trip in Ireland. We were heading to a small but beautiful coastal town on the west coast called Dingle but in order to get there you had to drive up an extremely narrow two way traffic road called Connor's Pass which had the steep cliff of a mountain on one side and a thin brick wall maybe 3 feet tall on the other separating your car from an even steeper rocky mountain side. After being backed up and barely missing the cliff sides on the way over we finally made it to the top of the mountain where we got out of the car to take a break. The weather outside was cloudy all over and the air was very humid and a bit cold but the view was absolutely spectacular. The mountain was both grassy and rocky and was dotted with rams and sheep which was a vista itself but from this point we could see the town of Dingle which was the only place in the entire view that had an opening in clouds which lit up the towns coloured buildings and harbour surrounded by the ocean and grassy fields leading down from the mountain. I spent about 15 minutes just sitting on the rocks on the grassy peak admiring the beautiful sight surrounding and ahead of me after one of the scariest and stressful drives I have ever been on. Look up Connor's Pass and Dingle to see what I am writing about.

[@curseofsasuke]

This feeling of awe is what defines things as divine, or kame, in Shinto.

[@VincentOak]

for my little daily awe moments I like to look at art having some classical music in the background helps I'm not so much about looking at nature ^^

[@TheEMP1978]

She is so beautiful & her being smart just makes her even hotter.

[@icicleicicle]

This study and finding was just in Yoga Journal Awe has a greater supernatural origin than scientists can detect through research...

[@lili011]

If what makes us feel small makes us in some way more helpful, then why didn't most of the people who were looking up at the buildings for a full minute not help out the researcher who dropped their pens? Was is because the people tested as the experimental group weren't as awestruck by the skyscrapers? Coming from a small town, I guess it would be different.

[@victorjoel1663]

i feel awe every time i look at New York City and see the Freedom Tower from up close.. ore even the Empire State Building

[@Breeski1]

I only feel awe when in nature and when in concerts

[@spartan0x75]

Want to feel small and inspired? Go look at the famous Pale Blue Dot photograph. You might also want to listen to Carl Sagan's speech while you're at it.

[@jason4275]

Shock and Awe, or flight or flight gives a better feeling.

[@tazzerdevil98]

some parts of the last of us to me where awe inspiring as well as first tie seeing rapture and columbia ill never get the feelings back

[@ThePoptartster]

I get that feeling now and then. It's usually followed be a deep sense of loneliness at the inability to share the feeling............. and then you die. :(

[@EBB3ka13]

Last awe moment was last week while exploring outside during a 'trip'

[@Amon161]

Awe.

[@Henchman_Holding_Wrench]

Some people think I use the word awesome too much to describe my everyday experiences. My views are just different.

[@brickfist0]

I saw Niagara falls, and i was speechless.

[@Karma8Kami]

With meditation and psychoactives you can bring on the feeling of awe, donno how healthy it'd be by comparison though.

[@cortster12]

Look up and realize that every single star is a ball of gas so massive that the weak force of gravity overcomes the nuclear force and fuses atomic nuclei together. That is pure awe.

[@KZXten]

I am in awe of God. How the God, who created the heavens and earth, loves me. My Creator, Jesus Christ, came to be our Redeemer. That is truly AWEsome!!!

[@qqq1701]

Honestly I don't think I've ever really experienced awe. I'm from the UP of Michigan. I grew up in nature and have lived in the forest, played in water falls, seen bears and other wildlife up close and personal, watched northern lights pass by in great sheets hanging in the sky, experienced meteor showers and very full views of the stars at night. I think because it's always been there for me it doesn't inspire awe. Maybe I had just a touch when I was in Vegas or Chicago from the size of the city and buildings but not really. I just don't really care I guess. Also I've had depression most of my life so there's that.

[@leenelson6078]

last moment of awe- visiting Frenchman's Cove in Jamaica

[@juandeldiablo696]

awe!!!! Julia !

[@protercool]

This video was awesome

[@dotter8]

Here's a thought. Awe and wonder mean roughly the same thing. Awful and wonderful are opposites. For that matter, awful and awesome are opposites, while awe means something else entirely. English is such fun...

[@thomascruz3405]

whene I'm on shrooms I experience awe for looking at pretty much anything it kinda intensifies it.

[@rawstarmusic]

Awe is when you like it but don't get it. Is surprised and impressed. Music can be a good source. But of course, size matters.

[@Cobzah]

Awe

[@Aristocratic13]

Hey Julia 😍☺️ *Aw feeling initiated *

[@tinalevesque5772]

my feeling of awe is usually by listening to music.

[@EricBrownBey]

Exactly

[@rasmusjensen291]

Awesome video!

[@WarfighterX22]

every time i realize i live in the 21st century i experience awe

[@jjab99]

So awesome is really great, but awful is really bad....... how come? Surely Full is better than Some?

[@Mirandorl]

I agree that feeling small is part of it, but I think the evolutionary root is different. When we feel awe of a PERSON, we feel overpowered by them. Think of watching a great boxer string endless crushing blows together, or a musician seemingly defying physics with a sweeping solo, or seeing a politician deftly weave an argument around an opponent. You feel awe - and then, admiration. People tend to experience a strong sense of bonding to those people they feel awe towards - after all, isn't it better to have someone powerful be your friend? It reinforces a social hierarchy, which leads to less in-fighting and so, on a tribal level, less injury or death as in the animal kingdom. Lastly, with awe, you always want to share it, and when you share your awe of another, there is the likelihood others still will see that awesome individual as awesome too due to social proof (see online celebrity :) ). It all factors into social cohesion and preservation of hierarchy. The depression link comes from depression's role in the sense that you have either been defeated by or cast out by someone, or the whole of, your tribe. Sharing roots with shame, It suppresses the urge to fight, makes you compliant, and from an evolutionary perspective, means you are less likely to be killed in a fight and to acquiesce to the group's attitudes. You can fit back in, even if you don't really like it. But that sucks. However, if you can feel awe over this person, and that sense of admiration or "love" again, problem solved. Its a balm for the nagging, corrosive effect of depression or anger. Like feelings of protectiveness though (why do we find a baby dolphin cuter than human babies?), our emotions can be transferred to other things, such as trees, mountains, animals and so on. It can also be abused by people who want to influence you, so its worth being aware of exactly who you are in awe of, and why :)

[@12bestskater12]

I experience awe when I see Julia's beautiful self.

[@yojgee]

I have never felt this feeling.

[@1Poxxxx]

dunno why, but i expected to see Jason Silva in this Episode ^^

[@maikae3426]

Just wondering, does the D in DNews stand for day? As in, videos every day?

[@Gibson4411]

"it was LITERALLY amazing." literally?? YOU DON'T SAY

[@protercool]

+James Baxter She said literally awesome. What she meant was that it was awesome in the sense that it inspired awe, rather than it was just 'cool', which is the more common use of the word 'awesome'.

[@RichardsWorld]

I've met a few women that put me in "awe". I'm sure you would too if the makeup artists didn't try to make you look average for the young viewers here.

[@ryansemple1547]

Why did this video only focus on natural settings causing awe? The last three times I felt awe it was by something artificial.

[@kaycieromano2689]

YES!! New York is awesome!! :)

[@isiahstewart2935]

We didn't evolve this emotion... its obviously related to love. Not to mention there are multiple scriptures for this specific feeling...

[@babhvab5022]

Im im awe everyday but literally lsd is the best though

[@xprod1gy9x]

Climbed a mountain in Vermont and it made me sick

[@egkeagle8520]

the last time was when I saw the No Mans Sky demonstration

[@tramsgar]

ok, that was interesting. don't forget to take a few seconds to look up new stock video, pls.

[@fortuna19]

I feel awe when I 360 no scope someone in a fps game

[@C4nadian]

I got really high on acid in the middle of the woods and cried at the beauty of the world. Also i felt like a woodelf at the time but thats irrelevant.

[@alexmgrau]

Now, I mostly experience Awe when in Virtual Reality. If you want to get out to nature in Virtual Reality, check out Wild Eyes! igg.me/at/wildeyes/x/63237

[@TheProDrew]

Why do you just say "Researchers"? That's something RT says.

[@Lemonz1989]

I feel awe when I think about how vast space is and how small we and the Earth are. Then it makes be feel embarrassed at how stupid humans are, fighting and killing each other over insignificant things... :(

[@d3javu1985]

Today at my silat class

[@cortster12]

The best cure for awe is opening the bible. That will sober you up right quick.

[@LSpiro]

Why would you feel more awe staring up at trees rather than at tall buildings?

[@viraj9999]

L. Spiro Exactly...I thought the same thing...Especially the next thing she said was "Because the big things make us feel small and that is a good thing"...And the trees were actually smaller than the buildings lol...

[@halos.1]

I would guess because trees are natural and buildings are man made

[@viraj9999]

Though they are man made, aren't they marvellous and wonder from Architecture point of view!

[@viraj9999]

A single tree can't make me feel Awe but A Jungle definitely can...

[@tazzerdevil98]

***** yes but buildings are seen everywhere but say looking through the leaves to the sun and sky isnt the same everytime because the leaves arent in the same place on each tree

[@Juber777]

The greater good.

[@MarianaCervantes]

when I experienced God for the first time

[@MarianaCervantes]

+Bonquiqui Thethird Lol you're silly💕

[@MarianaCervantes]

+Bonquiqui Thethird I realize you're probably being sarcastic but even so I like your humor

[@MarianaCervantes]

+Bonquiqui Thethird people tend to be too sensitive especially online... Was your initial intention to offend me?

[@mikes899999]

Macey Cervantes I tried to pretend a God exist for the longest time but I just can't lie to myself and believe me.

[@MarianaCervantes]

+Mikes8899 I'm not trying to pretend he exists,I simply believe he does for many of my own reasons. I respect your opinion

[@atharvashelke7770]

make app in that we can really experience the wild life

[@zinqtable1092]

I don't understand "awe", I don't experience "awe".

[@monerakifai6089]

This is cool :)

[@Billy-rr7re]

never experienced that.

[@GrandaComics]

I hace never felt awe

[@Remnantsf]

The infinite intelligence of the universe

[@TheWeekndXOTWOD]

ill never understand what that is

[@RoboticNerd]

Every time I watch one of your videos I feel like a robot. You explain the brain like it is just a thing. Not the thing that makes us who we are... I know that is how this channel works. But when people always have to ask "Why the hell did we evolve this!?" I kind of get mad at them and ask back "Why can't you just not blame evolution and natural selection for everything?". I'm not very religious BTW, just so people don't attack me for sounding like it.

[@erinmayo5170]

The last time I felt Awe, was when I was on acid.

[@canids]

I awestruck by that gorgeous neck.

[@rogerkreil3314]

Awesome! :D

[@ApologeticsBenJoiner]

If all our ideas boil down to chemical reactions in our heads, then words like pleasure, pain, joy or sorrow are simply meaningless. You would just be physical system of chemical reactions. You get a sensory input. This causes a specific chemical reaction in your brain. Your brain then causes a specific physical action. There is no room for any notions of "better" or "worse" in this system. Ideas like that only apply when there are choices to be made (free will) but chemical reactions don't make choices. And if we are just physical objects with no soul/spirit, then we are just chemical reactions. In fact, even illusions of happiness and sadness cannot emerge from a purely physical system. You would have to say that you aren't really even experiencing the illusion of pleasure or pain. Rather, they would just be meaningless words.

[@brianlinville439]

in my opinion when you stand in awe, of the beauty of stars, nature, universe for example, your feeling moments of divine'ness within.

[@brianlinville439]

if this helps at all, last week I read an article of a baby born without a brain, but instead? just born with a brain stem..now while this kid is being studied by doctors, it somehow learned to say "mama" and signal for its bottle when hungry and things like that, don't remember full article, and only skim read as I was on quick 10 min break at work.,..you may want to google it ,it was fascinating read what I could read of it, some say consciousness comes from Cosmos, universe, whichever (and for lack of better term, is downloaded? that a theory ,still just a theory right now, quantum physics and all that, Peace! Interesting paragraph you wrote above, that makes yah think.

[@carldurrell9943]

Find awe just by watching DNews!!! And seeing images from Space especially of Earth or nature on this Earth perhaps if leaders of the World were more Awe struck there would be more peace in the World?

[@oscarchampion5842]

What's awe? I don't get it.

[@Vla3d]

All I hear is "O"

[@geralddokka8555]

Julia, are you trying to look goofy at 0:00 in your videos?

[@enemay]

Cute puppies make me go, AAAWE.

[@juliamai1358]

That’s my name

[@katiej1636]

How do Enchroma glasses work