We tend to think of wake-up calls as though they're an acquisition of new information. [But in fact, ahas are the product of] our own deep, innate wisdom.
— Tara Brach, author of Radical Acceptance

In a Flash

Meditating
We asked artists, writers, thinkers, and doers to recall a jolt of understanding that took their breaths away—the moments that defined spirituality.
7 surprising answers