Do you know that feeling, when you’re in a deep meditation or prayer, where you feel directly connected to the source of life? It’s that small spark of excitement that happens when you are deeply calm, happy and in sync with the greatness of life. This feeling can be found in more than just meditation though, it can happen in normal situations too. Here are 5 things in which you could recognize that divine spark in life.

1. The feeling of love for a loved one

Do you know how spiritual people always say ‘everything is love’ or ‘love is energy’ or ‘God is love’? That’s because feeling and receiving love is what connects us to each other and everything else. Love, essentially, is the essence of everything – whether you call it energy, Source, God or ’the universe’. This is why when we feel, we also feel the divine spark. It’s the same thing. Spend time with loved ones.

2. Feeling alive(-ness)

Sometimes when I’m on my daily walk, traveling or drink a really nice cocktail in a really nice place, I just feel so alive. It’s not what I’m doing that decides when I feel like this – it’s the short realization that I’m alive, that I have this live, and that I’m living it. It’s a real being in the moment, a feeling of the now. An experience that reminds you what life is essentially all about – a reminder of the divine. Do more of what makes you feel alive.

3. Excitement while listening to music

Any art form can do this, really. I am personally very moved by visual art like paintings or statues. But I wanna mention music here because I have found that it speaks (quite literally) to more people. And I’m advising for the masses here. Music can be really in tune with our inner feelings. It can remind us of certain moments or people that we find important. It can resonate with life in a way that not a lot of things can (apart from the rest of this list). Music can make you feel loved, in love, alive or sparkly. For that reason, listen to music.

4. The realization of a true new connection made

Connecting is such an important part of being a human being. Not only to other humans, but also to other animals, stories, objects, or experiences. Connecting to something new and having that ‘aha’-feeling is really something precious that sparks the divine in us. It’s a feeling of ‘I know this’ and ’this is me’. Essentially it’s a feeling of love – which may sound weird because we often think that loving takes more time and recognition. But connecting to something that feels like a part of you – even when you’ve never crossed paths with it before – is something so divine. Get out of your comfort zone, and connect more.

5. Awe for nature’s wonders

I don’t really know why, but many humans (I’d argue all of them) have a natural instinct to wanna be in nature – or at least feel good and peaceful when they’re forced to. Mother nature gives us a sense of love that is hard to find elsewhere in life. It’s a very core reminder of where we came from, and where we will return to. Life starts and end with mother nature, or if you believe in the naturalistic view on energy as I do: it never really started or stops anyway. We’re all part of the bigger picture, in one form or another, and like Marianne Williamson said: There’s a difference between content and form. The form of ourselves and other things or humans differs. The content is love and will always be the same. Spend some time with Mother Nature.

xx Coco