A term used by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin for "a spiritual disposition" that makes "life, the world, and action seem to us, on the whole, luminous — interesting — appetizing." "it is something utterly and entirely different from a mere emotional state," but is instead closer to a "primordial determination," or "rock-bottom will." "In the 'zest for life' there is nothing less than the _energy of universal evolution..._ [it is] an energy, _the feeding and development_ of which is to some degree _our responsibility_." --- I would describe this feeling in terms of [[Sensing Wholes]]. This feeling that life, the world, and action are luminous, interesting, and appetizing is a particularly nourishing way reality can taste. This healthy taste points us towards the actions and stances that lead us towards our wholeness and unfolding. And the universe is structured in such a way that our own wholeness and unfolding is woven with and driven by the energy of universal evolution itself. In other words, following your sense of beauty, interest, luminosity, and appetite (when they are well-tuned, and not disrupted by "junk food" and harmful programming) is exactly the path towards your own highest expression, and this path is exactly the same as the path of the evolution of consciousness and the unfolding of universal energy. > If you want to create transcendent unity-true living order[...] you need to please yourself. > -- Christopher Alexander --- Related: [[Deep Aliveness]]