What is the most beautiful experience in life?

I was reading a short article by Albert Einstein and came to an interesting topic he was discussing. Here it is. I will comment on it afterward.

Albert Einstein was considering experiences that were beautiful. Obviously we dont call them beautiful as much. Maybe wondrous or awesome. Considering the reality of existence and the mysteries that compose it. Here He goes.

"The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead, and his eyes are dimmed. It was the experience of mystery -- even if mixed with fear -- that engendered religion. A knowledge of the existence of something we cannot penetrate, our perceptions of the profoundest reason and the most radiant beauty, which only in their most primitive forms are accessible to our minds: it is this knowledge and this emotion that constitute true religiosity. In this sense, and only this sense, I am a deeply religious man... I am satisfied with the mystery of life's eternity and with a knowledge, a sense, of the marvelous structure of existence -- as well as the humble attempt to understand even a tiny portion of the Reason that manifests itself in nature."

First comment I could think of is his initial idea of how we ought to approach this. You cannot look at existence as say, "wow this is dull and boring, I am a lot better than this stuff". Albert calls such a person dull and "as good as dead". Strong words. There should be an excitement and wonder as we consider the outer realities around us. Physics, gravity, elements and their reactions, they are above us, we cant alter them in an absolute sense.

If you notice how he begins, the experience of the emotion to know the mysterious of existence is not founded in and of ourself, for without the outer reality of existence, how could we even think and ponder upon it? Even in light of the outer existence, without our various instruments of the personal body (eyes, brain, ears, taste) that percieve it are quite dependent on their existence themselves. Without our eyes, brain, ears, taste we had no ability to percieve reality.

So the question becomes, why are we so intrigued and pushed to awe and the existence of things around us? Although there is a clear sense of corruption, destruction, and chaos in this existence; there is also however a percieved beauty, wonder, and eternality. This experience pushes in my mind the human being to awe and what Christians call, worship, lifting something above ourselves in our view of value, purpose, and direction. Despite whether we call it a deity or not. It is obviously above us, in power, beauty, and size. Thus pushing us to such an inclination.

Paul speaks about this same reality, in a different perspective.

"The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles."

This mysterious yet joyful experience, Paul states ought to push us to see, search, and finally find that there was a Eternal designer and creator that made these wonderful and mysterious realities around us that we cannot comprehend fully and if we did, would invite claims of pride.

Albert, a very intelligent man; definitely smarter than me, knew from his position how incapable he was to understand the realities around him. Even stating the approach of his "humble attempt" to pursue understanding things around him. Even calling himself religious. Not in the established church belief, but the joy that comes from the knowledge of something greater than self.

So let us consider how, the evidences around us of existence in general, do not broadly display obviously that there is a creator, but clearly clues us to his existence and current involvement in the life and reality of his creation.

And if he does exist, should push us to a "humble approach" towards knowing this creator, for if we can recieve some form of happiness from the things he made around us and be in wonder of them for years, how much more will the creator who made them make us happy and create in us an awe and wonder at his person.