Astronauts have consistently reported inexplicable euphoria, a “cosmic connection” or an increased sensitivity to their place in the Universe as they rocket into space.
The experience sounds like the ultimate high, or the ultimate enlightening. It seems like without trying, astronauts are able to attain a similar mental state as meditating Buddhist monks.
There aren’t any concrete answers for the astronauts’ strong spiritual experience and the fact that they are deeply changed when they return to Earth.
Neuroscientists have scanned the brains of numerous astronauts after they returned from space. The experience seems to be equal to religious euphoric experiences. Researchers are trying to medically understand the experience faced by the astronauts.
They are trying to understand if an actual psychological phenomenon occurs in the astronauts. So far, nothing has been confirmed psychologically, but astronauts strongly speak of their profound experience and how changed they feel after spending time seeing the universe from space.