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Yugen
Yūgen (幽玄
/yoo-gehn/ n. - an awareness of the universe that triggers emotional responses too deep and mysterious for words.
"They describe yugen as watching wild geese fly and being hidden in the clouds; as watching a ship vanish behind the distant island; as wandering on and on in a great forest with no thought of return. Haven’t you done this? Haven’t you gone on a walk with no particular purpose in mind? You carry a stick with you and you occasionally hit at old stumps and wander along and sometimes twiddle your thumbs. It is at that moment that you become a perfectly rational human being; you have learned purposelessness."
― Alan Watts