#kama muta

[writernotwaiting]

Kama muta: the powerful emotion you didn’t know you had

Goosebumps, tears, a sense of solidarity… There’s a name for that feeling, and its manifestations – from Swifties handing out friendship bra

[nugothrhythms]

“έ​ξ​ο​δ​ο​ς (Éx​o​d​o​s),” a 2023 single by Thessaloniki, Greece-based Greek poetry-inspired post-punk and darkwave act kama muta

[alexstolyar]

Kama Muta (Sanskrit: काममूत 'moved by love') is an emotion described as 'being moved', 'heart-warming', 'stirring', or 'being emotionally touched'. It is a primarily positive emotion which is experienced as a feeling of buoyancy, security and warmth in the chest, and may be accompanied with goosebumps or tears.

[rockattitudegr]

Οι νεοσύστατοι Kama Muta παρουσίασαν το νέο τους single “Η Ρωγμή του Θαύματός μας”.

KAMA MUTA: Video για το νέο single “Η Ρωγμή του Θαύματός μας”

Οι νεοσύστατοι Kama Muta παρουσίασαν το νέο τους single "Η Ρωγμή του Θαύματός μας".

[cyberflaneur]

Kama muta to uniwersalna emocja, którą odczuwamy, gdy jesteśmy poruszeni do łez. Kama muta to termin, który pochodzi z sanskrytu i dosłownie oznacza „być poruszonym, wypełnionym miłością i/lub podziwem”. Badacze mówią, że jest to najintensywniejsza uniwersalna emocja, ponieważ określa moment, w którym czujemy się przepełnieni uczuciami. To zaskoczenie i podziw, którego doświadczamy w stosunku do czegoś lub kogoś. To ten moment, kiedy nasze oczy zaczynają napełniać się łzami z powodu nadmiaru emocji. Nie możemy na przykład zredukować kama muty do zwykłego zauroczenia, ponieważ wykracza ono poza nasze własne relacje emocjonalne. Kama muta to ten moment, w którym nagle coś się w nas budzi. Coś, co w tym momencie nas atakuje. To krótkie uczucie, ale tak intensywne, że pozostaje w naszej pamięci. W końcu słowo „emocja” w języku łacińskim oznacza ruch. Każda emocja, czy to szczęście, radość, smutek, strach czy gniew, ma „obowiązek” nas zmienić. Ma przekazać nam informacje o naszej wewnętrznej rzeczywistości w celu kształtowania zachowania i wywołania reakcji. Kama muta ma również na celu zachęcenie nas do reakcji. Jednak ta reakcja wypływa z potężnego wymiaru, jakim jest miłość.

Kama muta: najintensywniejsza uniwersalna emocja — Piękno umysłu

[excelsiorartist]

Kama Muta: The term defining the warm and fuzzies we feel - The Big Smoke

While we all feel the warm and fuzzies, we're now trying to understand the finer points of it.

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Some emotions you seem to recognise the moment you feel them – you know when you’re angry, surprised, embarrassed or jealous. And yet you probably can’t name one of life’s most wonderful emotions (in fact, even psychologists have only recently begun to study it).

It’s hiding in plain sight: without realising what you were feeling, you’ve probably experienced this same emotion in diverse situations such as when reunited with family or others you love; in worship; at a wedding; when you first held your newborn baby; when your team won a championship; or when a kitten climbed into your lap, licked your hand, curled up and fell asleep there. You might have felt it marching in a social-movement demonstration, or participating in a support or recovery group.

Now think back. At any of those times, was there a wonderful warm, fuzzy feeling in your heart? Did you cry tears of joy? Were you choked up with happiness? Did you get goosebumps or chills of delight? Feel so buoyant you were almost floating?

Perhaps you put your hand on your heart and said ‘Awww!’ If you had these sensations, you were probably feeling this mysterious emotion. Next, you probably wanted to hug everyone, or call your grandparents to tell them how much you love them.

Although there is no exact word in any everyday language for this emotion, English speakers seeking to name the feeling might call it, depending on the context: being moved, touched, team pride, patriotism, being touched by the Spirit, burning in the bosom, the feels, or, when evoked by a memory, nostalgia.

However, none of these terms captures precisely what the emotion is – and using any one of them conceals the fact that though it has many names, it is one emotion. So we coined a scientific term for it, ‘kama muta’, borrowed from the ancient Sanskrit where it meant ‘moved by love’, written in the beautiful Devanāgarī script as काममूत.

The suddenly created or intensified love can be romantic, platonic, or religious. It can be with one person, with a family or team, or with the entire Earth. It can be the gratitude for an unexpected kindness, or the sense of connection and belonging at a warm welcome.

Kama Muta is recognisable by six co-occurring features:

(1) It is evoked by the sudden intensification of communal sharing – that is, sudden ‘love’ or kindness;

(2) It is brief (typically less than a minute or two, though it can repeat in rapid succession);

(3) It feels good (though it can occur in the context of other, negative emotions);

(4) When intense, it is often accompanied by the same set of physical sensations: a warm, fuzzy feeling in the centre of the chest; moist eyes or tears; being choked up (a lump in the throat); chills or goosebumps; and often a smile and putting the palm(s) on the chest, sometimes saying ‘Awwww!’;

(5) It motivates devotion and compassion to communal sharing – also known as ‘loving kindness’;

(6) Depending on the language and the context, it is often labelled with the terms mentioned above.