There are those time the wires cross and a little gap in the universe pops open.
As a child, I remember laying on the porch, watching this ant, when it stopped and a tiny cone of awareness started waving about with its antennae, like it sensed my awareness on it.
Over time it became a regular occurrence in all sorts of situations. Then I heard/read about "floaters." Those spots in the vision that seem to have a life of their own and I realized other people see them too, but don't quite realize what they are.
The irony is that in our search for the tangible, we have distilled it down to the bottom line of money. Which is really just a social contract, to replace our lack of faith in other people.