Four senses
are in your head.
The Eyes
that see are in your face, you can view from different perspectives, the optic
nerve connects straight into your brain.
The nose is
on your face, it breathes in the energy of life and inhales the memory of
smells.
The Ears
that listen are on either side of your head with the cochlear inside your brain.
The tongue
with its palate for sweet and sour is inside your mouth, helping decide your
tastes in life.
The fifth
sense of touch, the nerves in the skin relay the information, a little delayed,
through the spinal cord keeping your brain informed about how your body feels.
The
impressions these senses gather travel to the brain where the information is
analysed and is available instantly, every moment you are awake. Being mindful
is being aware of the moment and the world around you without judging what your
senses perceive.
There is a
sixth sense, your mind, where you think about the information your senses
gather and you form feelings, ideas and emotions based on your perceptions.
There is another
sense beyond all the senses, beyond the mind. The mind chatters but who is it
chattering to? It is your spirit, your true nature, your true self, your soul,
psyche, the one who observes without judgement, beyond ego.
The other
senses cover it over but if you can you can get in touch with it, it will unite
you with the universe.
If you learn
to quieten the senses in meditation you can go beyond your mind where the senses
cease to exist. When your mind is open, still and quiet you can glimpse the
essence of who you truly are.
Who am I? I
am part of the universe. I am who we all are, I am energy. Your sense of being
is your energy, the energy shared with the universe. It is you, it is part of
you, it is all of you, it is in you, and it connects you with the spirit of the
universe, in the way the five senses connect you with your physical world.
