Well in my experience those things blossomed under increasing appreciation for this planet, it’s creatures, each other and myself and body.
That increasing appreciation was driven by my increasing scientific understanding as I read through the layperson “literature” voraciously, followed by great deal of cogitation.
You sound to me like someone who’s been listening to the fanciful notions of philosopher physics and philosopher mathematicians who have learned to play the talk circuit such as Donald Hoffman and his dog’n pony show.
That link goes to a harsh critique I put together.
As for the groovy side of science and learning, if you’re curious, I’ve had a friendly little dialogue with a book written by Steve Daut that gets into the beauty and spiritual profundity to be found within scientific learning. Although it seems you totally missed what I tried sharing at #10, that’s not blowing smoke, it’s actual biography, so probably not much point in trying, but then again, there’s alway the gallery to play to. 
