Sensing the Sublime

Amitha Kalaichandran
4 min readJan 14, 2024

The power of exploring the sublime to journey beyond the ordinary.

Esalen Institute, Big Sur, December 2023

Standing on a cliff at Big Sur in Northern California, I experienced a profound sense of beauty and awe, even knowing that the waves thundering beneath me were among the most treacherous in the world. My inability to articulate this profoundly emotional experience did not diminish its staying power.

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Amitha Kalaichandran

A physician, epidemiologist, medical journalist, and health tech consultant with an interest in the intersection of integrative medicine and innovation.