Explosions of Ecstasy

"We sometimes have a flash of understanding that amounts 

to the insights of genius, and yet it slowly withers, even in 

our hands ... like a flower.  The form remains, but the colors

and the fragrance are gone."

Robert Musil

Flashes of other worldly existence appear to all of us.  The degree to which we are impacted depends upon our perspectives.  We tend to downplay the incident or keep it to our selves, fearing ridicule from others.  How can we explain a happening to one other, when we cannot explain it to our lovely selves?

As children, we experience magic and are told it is our imagination.  Over time, we begin to believe the adults in spite of knowing in our hearts the event was amazingly real.  The appearance can be overwhelming, but it is not really the importance of a spectacular incident. There may be fragrances, spirits or woodland noises and stars or sunsets or explosions of ecstasy. All of this quickly fades and we must do our best to remember the content or insinuation of the message. 

Like a dream, an out of the ordinary experience must be quickly recorded.  In the moment we believe we will never forget what transpired, and yet it fades.  It is not important, in my opinion, to document facts, but rather to decipher the wisdom slipping through the veil.