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Everything that I share in this class is based on very rigorous research.

This is one area where it's a hypothesis.

But bear with me and see what you think of it, of this hypothesis when I finish explaining it.

Because there is some, some research on it, not enough, you know for a stand of approval yet.

But think about it. Does it make sense. So let's see what is a peak experience.

Maslow's definition of a peak experience: it's a generalization for the best moments of the human being, for the happiest moments of life, for experiences of ecstasy, rapture, bliss, of the greatest joy.

I found that such experiences came from profound aesthetic experiences such as creative ecstasies, moments of mature love, perfect sexual experiences, parental love, experiences of natural childbirth, and many others.

Everyone or most of people have the experience, peak experiences again whether it was with your girlfriend boyfriend, whether it was reading a book, whether it was listening to your favourate piece of music.

Just being one with the experience, it was. . . um. . .

Many of theologians talk about as the religious experience, as spiritual experience where you just walked through the yard and suddenly felt one - it was a John Harvard.

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