This also brings to mind the meaning of the Sanskrit word, "Ras," which could be said to mean, "essence," "plasma," "flavor," or even "experience." And the meaning that somebody..I do not recall who.. Introduced to me many years ago in the context of being a "tantrika," that is they taught to me that I am also a "rastrika," or one who intentionally drinks in the essence of life through experiences and feelings such as what you described. I've come to understand that to be the main practice of Tantra in fact... To notice and magnify, draw out and take in every drop of joy and pleasure from life experiences... From watching the dust motes dancing and shining in a sunbeam, to the gleam of an insect's wings, to the mysterious power of a place such as this... Then of course our task is to shine back out as well, into the world and be (in) a flow of giving and receiving.