Astronomy gets me pumped

I am taking an astronomy class this semester and might I say how awesome it is.

The teacher is so into it and it rubs off onto the students, especially me.

At the end of class I am always so jazzed - which is unfortunate because it ends at 9:50 pm and I have to wake up early the next morning for my 8:30 class but can't get to sleep til 2:00 am because I'm so pumped.


But the reason for this post is to express to people my new revelation.

While discussing stars and galaxies my brain momentarily comprehended the grandness of the universe. My brain only does this once a month or so.
It is such an awesome and humbling experience. For just a few seconds I am grasping the insignificance of our whole galaxy let alone our solar system or planet thus lives.

I call this brief phenomenon a Cognitive Orgasm or Brain Orgasm. I call it this because as I said it only lasts a couple of seconds and it takes some build up to get to it. I have to mull over the stars for some time before the "point of no return" if you will when it is inevitable that I will have one.
The other reason I call it this is because over some time I build up a lot of stress and anxiety over trivial matters, and then once I have a brain orgasm, I realize how lame it is for me to be tense. And all at once my worries melt away. It is a wonderful feeling.

It only happens to me when I'm thinking about astronomy or religion.
I encourage the lot of you to try and achieve one of these orgasms. I have never heard anyone talk about anything like this which (naturally) makes me feel like I'm the only one.

Let your brains be fucked by thought...