Countdown to 60 - The 7th Sense

This is a fun, tongue in cheek but very true subject. We all have 5 senses unless through some misfortune you have lost one.

In my walk through life, I have learned that you can acquire 2 more!

“Blake said that the body was the soul’s prison unless the five senses are fully developed and open. He considered the senses the ‘windows of the soul’ “– Jim Morrison

19. In the one ear, out the other

A lot of people may listen, but not everyone actually hears. We all have selective hearing; we hear what we want of what we understand. I will walk into a machine room and hear a motor that needs attention; someone without the knowledge of motors will only hear noise.

In general we have to listen and hear what is said or what is happening around us. Mathew Henry said “None so deaf as those who will not hear.”

The other part of hearing is that you have to stop talking if you want to listen to what other are saying, when you are silent, you hear so much more.

Someone said “Your actions speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you are saying” and this is very true. What you say and what you do must be congruent if you want people to listen and hear what you are saying

20. You see what you look for.

Have you noticed that when you are planning to buy a new car, you see so many of them around where previously you didn’t notice? That is because we see only that which we take notice of. There are so much going on around us that we tend to filter what we want to see. Sometimes I would drive home and cannot remember what I saw on the way!

What is also true is that when we look around us and take notice of everything around us we see so much. There is a caution though, if you look for the negatives in life, that is what you will see, if you look for the beauty; that is what you will see.

For me, I look for the beauty, the positive, it is much more fun and better for my soul.

21. You cannot buy taste

There are two types of taste that which you taste in your mouth and then the subjective one of taste referring to style. Let me stick to the actual one that you experience when you eat of drink. Most of us including me do not savor food and drinks, we eat and drink too fast and therefore miss the subtle flavors that the cook or chef prepared. Some people however do not develop their taste to enable them to experience these subtleties.

Your taste buds will also tell you what you shouldn’t eat because it will be awful. So do not neglect your taste buds

22. Stop and smell the roses

Although this lesson actually means we have to stop and enjoy what we have in the present, it makes a case for developing and using our sense of smell. Some people have a keen sense of smell and they are normally those who depend on smell for their livelihood like chefs. Smell is one of the senses that we actually use a lot and it tells us what smells good, bad or dangerous. How do we develop smell? By using it. And analyzing what you smell, smelling different things so you can recognize it.

Sometimes, a smell can remind you of a wonderful time you had, or a meal or a specific dish. Those who have broken eggs in a hot car will always remember the smell of rotten eggs.

23. You cannot hug without touching

Our whole body is a touchpad, we feel with every part of our bodies, not just our fingers. If you take notice, you will feel your shirt, your socks, and the sun on your head. These are all physical touch feelings but you also have emotional feelings and those can actually also fall into the sixth sense.

Why do most people enjoy a hug? Because it involves using the sense of touch over  a big part of your body.

Concentrate a bit on what you are feeling, the texture of fabric or surfaces, the softness of someone’s hand and be impressed next time you have to screw a small nut into a bolt and you cannot see it! Our sense of touch is awesome.

24 The Sixth Sense

What is this thing called a sixth sense? How do you develop it? Not so difficult, develop and train and use your 5 physical senses. When they all work together, you will have a great 6^th Sense.

Mothers are normally good at this. You think she is not looking and you can sneak out and then it is as though she has eyes in the back of her head but really, she has a sharp sense of hearing developed with small babies, a great sense of smell so she knows what her children smells like, good eyesight and therefore she knows what you are doing even though she is not actually looking.

The sixth sense also works when there is danger. The problem is we do not always take note of the input we are getting through our senses. When you sense danger it is because subconsciously you have heard, seen, smelled, touched, tasted (or a combination) something wrong. That is one very good reason to develop your senses.

25. The 7^th Sense

Wow, what more can we do to develop a 7^th sense? Actually, if you don’t use your 5 physical senses, you do not develop the 6^th sense BUT you develop the 7^th sense – NONsense or senseless. Please do not neglect your physical sense and acquire this sense. If you have it, most things you do will be nonsense or turn out to be nonsense.