I think having the opportunity to take Smells and Bells and then experiencing a worldwide pandemic came with good timing. Oftentimes, we’re so rushed to get from one one place to another that we miss out on what happens around us. We’re so accustomed to the lifestyle of being busy that it has become the norm for many of us. However, the pandemic has forced us to slow down. We’re now appreciating everything that we had previously taken for granted and noticing things in our surroundings that we have never noticed before. Take this quarantining/social distancing as an opportunity to be more aware of what you experience through the senses. I don’t think my senses have necessarily heightened over the past 5 weeks, but I am actively making the choice to pay more attention to what I see, hear, touch, taste, and smell. I like going on nature/mindfulness walks and basking in the sunshine out in my backyard. This morning, I could hear a faint noise from the wind, hear the birds chirpin...
I’m finding the 6th sense to be very difficult to write about as there isn't a strong definition of what it is. Also, many people view it differently or have different ideas of what it can mean or do. But it’s such an interesting concept as its been defined by people as a sense of intuitive power or knowing what may happen in the future. But I find that definition to be confusing as it doesn’t give us anything real or tangible to connect too. The reading for this week by David Abrams, Jeffrey Kripal, Jon Kabat-Zinn tried to explain it, but I still found it rather difficult to comprehend. Other sense such as the classic five senses are very easy to understand, and we learn what they are at a young age. But there are other senses too such as balance, synesthesia, spatial awareness, temperature awareness and pain which are a bit more complex understanding the basics still isn’t too difficult.
I agree that reading about the 6th sense was very confusing. I think there are multiple definitions for the 6th sense, that trying to explain it coherently so everyone can understand is almost impossible. But we try, because we constantly want to know why something happens the way it does.
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