The domain of the sixth sense is non-physical. It lies in the dimension of abstraction. The sense organ that specializes in the sixth sense is the mind.
Yes… the mind is essentially a sense organ. It senses mental objects. The other five sense organs – eye, ear, nose, tongue, body – sense physical objects. The physical senses operate primarily at the level of physicality. The mental sense operates throughout the dimension of abstraction.
The sixth sense of mind underlies these five senses. It not only extends these five senses, as in imagination, but it also perceives purely abstract patterns and associations, as in mathematics and logic. Deeper in the dimension of abstraction we may find spirituality and the source of intuition that flowers into arts and sciences.
Abstraction is a dimension in its own right. It may be called ‘the fifth dimension.’ It adds to the three dimensions of space and the fourth dimension of time. The upper limit of abstraction is physicality, which we perceive directly with eye, ear, nose, tongue, body. The lower limit of abstraction extends deep into spirituality, much of which is still unexplored.
Reality consists of what one perceives through the five physical senses. Reality is extended as one perceives the underlying patterns and associations.
Reality is the perception of physicality and of the abstraction beyond.
Sanity consists of seeing things as they are and not as they seem to be. Sanity is extended through an inherent sense of consistency found among objects and underlying patterns.
Sanity is seeing things as they are using an inherent sense of consistency.
This inherent sense of consistency is a major element of the sixth sense. Any time the direct perception and the inherent sense of consistency is violated, a bit of unreality and insanity creeps in.
Thus, reality and sanity arise from direct physical perception, and an inherent sense of consistency as one proceeds into abstraction. This is the level of science, mathematics and logic. The physical reality acts as the anchor to sanity.
The above gives us a clue to unreality and insanity. The worst of insanity is a psychotic break. This condition precipitates when the anchor of physical reality breaks away. The person is completely lost. Verbal communications no longer work. The possible remedy comes from somehow restoring contact with physical reality.
For a person suffering from psychosis, any exercise that systematically restores contact with physical objects through direct perception, is a powerful remedy.
I have documented such exercises at Mindfulness Therapy. Even a normal person may benefit from doing exercises that increase one’s contact with physicality.
In the normal course of activity, the best way to develop this sixth sense is seeing things as they are. It starts with physical objects but then extends into seeing mental objects as well, deep into the dimension of abstraction. The procedure for developing sixth sense is called mindfulness.
I hope that you enjoy developing and using your sixth sense.
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[For further details, please see: KHTK Mindfulness]
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