What is another word for peak experience?

Pronunciation: [pˈiːk ɛkspˈi͡əɹɪəns] (IPA)

A "peak experience" is a moment of intense joy, happiness, or pleasure that leaves a lasting impact on someone's life. Synonyms for this term include "euphoria," "bliss," or "ecstasy." Another option is "rapture," which conveys a sense of being overwhelmed by a positive emotion. Alternatively, "transcendence" suggests a feeling of surpassing normal limitations or boundaries. "Enlightenment" also works as a term, though it may imply a more profound, spiritual experience. These synonyms all capture the idea of an unforgettable moment that changes someone's perspective. Whatever term you use, a peak experience is a special event that enriches a person's life in a significant way.

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  • The effects of mescalin or LSD can be, in some respects, far more satisfying than those of alcohol. To begin with, they last longer; they also leave behind no hangover, and leave the mental faculties clear and unimpaired. They stimulate the faculties and produce the ideal ground for a peak experience.
    Colin Wilson
  • These experiences are not 'religious' in the ordinary sense. They are , and can be studied naturally. They are not 'ineffable' in the sense the sense of incommunicable by language. Maslow also came to believe that they are far commoner than one might expect, that many people tend to suppress them, to ignore them, and certain people seem actually afraid of them, as if they were somehow feminine, illogical, dangerous. 'One sees such attitudes more often in engineers, in mathematicians, in analytic philosophers, in book keepers and accountants, and generally in obsessional people'. The peak experience tends to be a kind of bubbling-over of delight, a moment of pure happiness. 'For instance, a young mother scurrying around her kitchen and getting breakfast for her husband and young children. The sun was streaming in, the children clean and nicely dressed, were chattering as they ate. The husband was casually playing with the children: but as she looked at them she was suddenly so overwhelmed with their beauty and her great love for them, and her feeling of good fortune, that she went into a peak experience . . .
    Colin Wilson
  • One simple method is to take a pen or pencil and hold it up against a blank wall or ceiling. Now concentrate on the pen as if it is the most important thing in the world. Then allow your sense to relax, so you see the pen against the background of the wall. Concentrate again. Relax again. Keep on doing this until you become aware of the ability to focus attention at will. You will find that this unaccustomed activity of the will is tiring; it produces a sense of strain behind the eyes. My own perception is that if you persist, in spite of the strain, the result is acute discomfort, followed by a sudden immense relief - the 'peak experience'.
    Colin Wilson

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