Awe “makes us curious rather than judgmental. It makes us collaborative. It makes us humble, sharing and altruistic. It quiets the ego so that you’re not thinking about yourself as much.”
It also calms the brain’s default mode network and has been shown to reduce inflammation. In other words, don’t underestimate the power of goose bumps.
This article from the Washington Post about the power of "awe" is amazing.
And here is the 2018 white paper prepared for the John Templeton Foundation by the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley September 2018: The Science of Awe.
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