When do you feel the most ALIVE?

mattyacht · 09-18-2007

I feel most alive when I shoot a load.

njqt466 · 09-18-2007

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Originally Posted by earllogjam

I wondered about this after my uneventful anxiety filled day today.

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Originally Posted by earllogjam

I figured I feel most alive when I am least aware of the passing of time. How about you?

I feel most alive when:
Down hill skiing
I'm down the shore
After a good swim
My creative juices are flowing
When I get a really good bargain
I take the time to see the beauty in nature
When I'm in love
Whenever I have a near-death experience driving carelessly in my car (Glad I'm not the only one to whom this happens)
When I went to Italy and visited Pompeii
When I make a child laugh

snoozan · 09-18-2007

the creative thought process that makes me feel expansive-- usually when writing alone, late at night, or when i'm making art of one sort or another. music can do it too. it's an amazing experience of feeling every part of me being completely connected with the world but not being in the world at the same time. i feel the fibers of existence as they weave themselves tightly together and how the connect to me and to each other. it's when melancholy is replaced by a feeling of beautiful order, and happiness is just the same. it's when the edges are taken off my consciousness.

Love-it · 09-19-2007

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Originally Posted by SpeedoGuy

Exactly the same here. I'm most alive in the outdoors on a sunny summer afternoon.

My memorable alive feeling came after a vigorous and slightly risky climb up Mt. Lyell in Yosemite National Park (13,000+ ft). It wasn't a technically difficult climb but there were a few spots that had significant exposure (i.e. risk of death from a fall). My heart was pounding and my palms were sweaty from the thrill and the exertion of the climb. It took stamina and complete concentration to reach the summit. The temptation to turn back was considerable. However, resting on top with the view of the world below me sparked the most satisfying feel of accomplishment I can ever remember.

Ahhhh, yes. Mono Rock and a chute on Seven Gables, South of Yosemite, were like that for me.

New End · 09-19-2007

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Originally Posted by Love-it

In the mountains, especially in the High Sierra wilderness, polished granite, small springs with tiny wildflowers and lower down pocket meadows and mountain heather, trees bent by the wind and twisted, gnarled, desd trunks of ligtning killed pines weathering at altitude. The smell of wildness.

Yes, alone, high in the Olympic Mountains, with the wind howling, and the small pine trees singing, the mountains standing against a bright blue sky, and the streams gently rushing by... alone, that is where I feel most alive.

Every day seems so long, when you are alone, every adversity a challnge to be relished, every moment to be captured.

Sprinkle in some marijuana, and I feel in complete communion with the wilderness.

TattooedMamaMeg · 09-19-2007

My ideas of what make me feel most alive have changed over the last few years. At this point in my life, I feel most alive if I'm well rested, don't have any homework to do, and have some cash in my pocket. *sigh* Kinda sad, eh?

avantgarde · 09-19-2007

Any time i do something that deviates from my normal day to day humdrum. Using my mind and extending my knowledge farther.

I love to write poetry/lyrics and create music
I have been drawing up a Manga for the last few years
Tweaking and modifying my cars
generally socializing with friends
Breathing fresh air...
Driving twisty side streets just for the fun of it.
going out and walking/running or meeting new people (sometimes, i'm shy LOL)

Bettering myself, pretty much, gets me to feel alive.