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oceanic feeling

oceanic feeling Oceanic feeling is a state in which a person experiences a loss or softening of the usual boundary between self and world, often felt as limitless unity, openness, or connection with the universe.

Oceanic feeling is a state in which a person experiences a loss or softening of the usual boundary between self and world, often felt as limitless unity, openness, or connection with the universe. In psychology, it has been described variously as a spiritual or metaphysical experience, a return to an early infantile sense of unity, or a boundary-dissolving shift in perception that can appear in creative processes; it may feel uplifting or unsettling.