The Holy Spirit

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The sixth sense is quite the sense. Some parts of it can be controversial among some. For other it plays a key role in their lives. Many view the sixth sense in a various amount of ways. Some think it is simply just being able to sense someone right behind you. Others think it's the ability to sense more spiritual beings. However all can agree that it is a very interesting part of senses.

Throughout The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More Than Human World, written by David Abram, he explore the written language to distinguish humans from their experiential relationship to the nonhuman environment. This idea immediately brings to mind the spiritual world. For some the spiritual world is non-existent to them. However, for others, its is very prevalent in their lives. 

 For Christians, the spiritual world is a very real one. "The Holy Spirit" is something that is very prevalent in the lives of Christians connecting the sixth sense directly to religion. Even people who aren't even necessarily believers, do believe in spirits. Many think that even when someone dies, the spirit still lives on. Which can still communicate to the human world in a various amount of ways. Especially those who are true believers of god and are Christians. They speak to God each and everyday, who is a spirit to them. Overall, the sixth sense plays a very key roll in religion, even outside of Christianity.

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