We are really very much on the same page. I started this thread by saying I agree with you with a caveat. The reason for saying I agree but with a caveat is that based on my own life and observation of others, I felt that advising others that following excitement always leads us down the right path is possibly toxically positive advice. The question doesn't turn on how I define excitement. The purpose behind me adding some caution to your advice is that excitement can be misleading and then fleeting. You commented that the line in Siddhartha about seeking reminded you of a lesson. So let's use that. If I am seeking love, and I meet someone and feel an immediate soul connection, I can get excited. Yet, that excitement could be because I was in seeking mode and impulsively decide that the excitement is because she is the one. Furthermore, the soul connection can be real, she could be from my soul group and maybe we are supposed to meet for some karmic reason other than that we are supposed to be a couple here. All I am trying to say is don't leap too fast based on excitement. Don't let that initial excitement cement a decision. Leave open the possibility that the excitement was a human emotional reaction as opposed to a feeling from our higher self that this is the way to go. Sit with it long enough to distinguish emotion from intuition.