It's an awesome feeling when something clicks. Keep staring at it and the flood gates will open, bringing your playing to a new level that wasn't there before. It will also allow you to see music the way the players who influence your style or groove even though you may not come close playing like them right now. Getting comfortable with your new ideas is crucial for the ability to play them with consistancy. Feeling is what makes theory come to life. It allows you to improvise your style without having to think about it, it's already there and just flows from your hands.
Say that Satriani
is a big influence (He is to so many and that will never die) You would notice that Satch
loves the Lydian mode and structured a lot of awesome riffs around it.
Notice when playing the Lydian mode that the Major Pentatonic scale is laying there just waiting to be played as well.