Is Your Mind Playing Tricks?
Over the course of our life, our senses and our environment come
together to enrich our mind, and to sometimes overwhelm our
mind. Much of the knowledge we acquire comes to us through our
senses. As children, we use the senses daily to absorb as much
as possible.
The mind is a voraciously hungry, empty den when we are young.
As we age, we depend greatly upon our senses to inform us about
the world around us; hot, cold, sweet, sour, bitter, loud, soft,
so many of our perceptions and actions begin with input from our
five senses. There is another sense that isn't given much
attention, thanks to the fact that it is centered within our
body, not on the outside. But, if used properly, provides us
with as much valuable information as the sense of smell, taste,
touch, sight, and hearing.
Our intuition is our sixth sense. It refers to the ability to
tune into the unseen world of sensing. All the other senses
require a physical origin of input; our intuition does not. It
requires not physical presence of an object in order for us to
obtain information about the object. Thanks to the fact that we
live in a materialistic world, and that most of our knowledge is
dominated by the western traditions and beliefs, our ability to
use our intuition is a lost art.
The eastern cultures have long used the sense of intuition and
the flow of the body's natural energies to utilize the intuitive
information available. The western civilizations are slow to
realize the role our intuition can play in our overall health,
just because it is not a "seen" source of input.
Often, our mind can seemingly play tricks on our sensory
perceptions, when we fail to utilize all aspects of the six
senses, we often miss some piece of the puzzle, and what seems
to be complete and correct, if often lacking. There are at
times physical conditions that cause our senses to operate
incorrectly, and we don't process the information correctly.
This happens when we are functioning at less than optimum
levels. Often this occurs during times of sickness, extreme
fatigue, or due to a lack of sleep. It is at this point, that we
believe our mind to play tricks on us. We believe we are
receiving certain input, and in all actuality, we are not.
This is why keeping our bodies well, fit, and healthy keeps us
in a reception mode to accurately process input from the outside
world. It is through this accurate perception of intake that we
are able to deal effectively with the world around us. All this
culminates to come to this statement: in order to keep ourselves
healthy and well, we must be able to accurately process input
from the world around us.
It is when we lose perspective, and don't accurately "see"
things as they really are that we are more likely to experience
feelings of ill-health, mental unrest, and this can lead to
actually becoming ill. Our overall wellness depends upon our
ability to not only cope with our selves, but to perceive
reality as it really is.