I want to start this blog with one of the topics that I find most interesting.
Senses…
Now you may think, what's interesting about that? I may answer that as you can find an interesting point from everything if you want my friends and I start with the following question: What if our five senses are preventing us from perceiving the other senses that we may have? Let me use a simple example to make the question clearer. Think of a left-handed person. He was inclined to use his left hand but was pressured to use his right hand at school. There could be such people you know. I have one. As a result, this person has been able to write with both his right and left hands. Vice versa, I mean right-handed person learn to write with right hand… Most of these people can't write with their left hand, can they? Most of them don't even try. But those who try will see that it evolves. Why is that? Because the organ used is developed. If not, it will go blind. Or an organ develops only as much as used.
Now let's go back to infancy. You probably have heard from many people that babies have strong feelings. Even if you don't agree with this, let's pretend it is and think together. As time goes by, babies lose their ability to call these feelings. However, other senses develop over time. While developing one side, we may think that we don't need the others so much in this process. Or something is suppressing this ability.
Let's get to the point. Human beings are unwittingly trained to use these five senses. We continue this life, which we started by not seeing well, by clarifying our vision. Over time we begin to distinguish the voices and faces of people who speak to us. We focus on certain senses and develop them and try to make sense of the world through these windows. My question is, are these windows not more than five?
My theory is that we have another innate sense and we can gain access beyond what is visible through this sense. We use this sensation many times without realizing it, but instead of falling on it, we simplify it as a gut or instinct. Well, does this gut arise just like that? If there is enough attention and if we can educate it like our other senses, I think there is a possibility of having a new sensation. It can even be a hope for many patients. I will now try to explain to you how this thesis which seems like a superstition or a fantasy scenario can be scientifically provable.
First, we need to know how the senses work. Simply, the information acquired through our sensory organs is sent to the relevant center in the brain, and everyone's brain processes this information by interpreting it on its way. The reason I say ‘on its way’ is that not everyone is seeing the same red. It's like everyone doesn't find the same thing beautiful and interesting… Maybe the waves of light perceived by the eyes go to the occipital lobe to be interpreted, but not everyone can interpret it in the same way and have the same contrast. Of course, there are some more complex brains, which trigger a sensory organ to activate other sensory centers in the brain at the same time. You know what brains I'm talking about. The synesthetic...
A synesthetic can see sounds and taste words. My favorite writer, David Eagleman, gives a good example to explain their point of view. –When you see someone you know, that person's name comes to mind. In other words, when you activate the vision process, that person's name comes out of your memory.- It is not the same thing, but it explains in the simplest form how some things are connected in the brain and how they can bring other information with them. Maybe you can think of color when you see a letter, but the thing that separates you from synesthetic persons is that they see the same letter with the same color every time everywhere. Check out the picture below to understand it better.
Since synesthetic persons will have a similar image (representation) on the right, they will be able to easily distinguish the number 2 in the mixed numbers.
Now we know that we have different mental processes and therefore different ideas. We perceive the world differently. Some of us can get the information in a blended way. Which, in my opinion, proves how flexible the brain actually is. The important thing is to be able to take the necessary information from the outside to reach it. For a start, it's enough to get rather than how you get it. In other words, even if one of our sensory organs is disconnected from the brain, we are not considered to have broken away from the world if our other windows are open to this information flow. On the contrary, our other sensory organs develop over time in order not to make us feel empty space of the sense. I'll repeat. Used organ develops.
The most common example is the visually impaired. We know that these people have more advanced hearing and feeling. Because they are starting to need these organs more to make their lives easier and they are forcing them to be more effective. So the development begins. If this is the case, what is the reason why it has not developed so far? Another question… “Can we really use these sensory organs to their fullest capacity, or are we just left well enough alone?”
Bypassing interesting research, I would like to talk about how the sensory organs can be used in a different way with some help. Dr. R. H. Gault from Northwestern University reveals that fingertips can be trained for hearing. By a device developed, the human voice is orientated to the fingers. After a period of training, the person begins to remember and understand the vibrations of short sentences through his fingers. This proves that one sense can be trained to fulfill the duty of another.
Can we be sure that we don't have more when we are not even aware of the full capacity of the organs we think we already have?
What do you normally attribute to some behaviors that we cannot explain in our lives?
At the end of this research, I ask you the questions I have in my mind. Now I want you to think about some of the behaviors that you do in some situations without knowing why. For example, when you cut your hand, why do you often take it to your mouth. Because someone told you about the antiseptic nature of salivation? Yes, it does, and it probably helps to prevent germs from entering through that open wound. When confused or thinking about something, why do we either frown or apply pressure to the middle of two eyebrows? Do you do it purposefully because you have received a teaching that frown helps focus?
There are many examples in our lives like these. Crying, blinking, a far-off look... All of these have a function and benefit. But isn't it strange that these instinctive behaviors are so common among beings who can think and learn like us?
In other words, it is customary for an animal to have instinctive information that he needs to learn in a short period of time during his survival. But for us… Let's make an introduction to my original theory here. We have senses that receive and process some information and we don’t even realize it’s happening.
While some people are contemplating this sense –which these people often show off about how they have a strong sixth sense- some people just ignore it. Otherwise, why would a person only have three seconds before making a positive or negative mark on another person he saw for the first time?
Yeah. Maybe you've heard of it. Within seconds you make that decision about a person that guides your oncoming relationship. Which of your senses makes it so easy to process information and extract products from the decision-making process? Only the appearance is the most important determinant of these decisions? Where does that sudden feeling come from? Can our subconscious mind play a role in this alone?
I say we should have another sensory organ that receives this kind of internal sense. Perhaps, as a result of the coordination of all our organs as a synesthetic, maybe the flow of information is realized in another way… I don't know where to go just by thinking, but these questions pushed me to look at some spiritual-looking arguments. I believe that if someone is doing something in a corner of the world, even if it sounds ridiculous at that moment, there could be something underneath that is the source of inspiration.
Let’s examine the concept of Bindi together. I'm talking about the red dot that the Indians put between their eyebrows. This red dot is a symbol of seeing the real purpose of life through the eye of the mind, which is not physically seen. The Buddha they worship has the same symbol.
The more interesting and perhaps scary example is “trepanation”. This method was actually a treatment from ancient times… However, some have used it as the third eye-opening ritual. How? By perforating the skull. It is said that this completely opens up the consciousness. We know that because of gravity, some areas cannot function at full capacity because they cannot be surrounded by enough blood. And it is claimed that we are never completely conscious. It may work to turn on icy water in a hot bath or use the medicine. However, the most effective and permanent method is to penetrate the area that is thought to be the third eye without damaging the gray matter.
In various parts of the world and beliefs, you may come across the third eye. The Qur'an in Islam and the Bible in Christianity refer to this issue. Or you may have heard of the Eye of Horus in ancient Egypt. I don't know how much you believe in it, but I think it might be a trace of another sensory organ that somehow exists. Perhaps it is completely out of this claim or perhaps it is connected to all of them somehow. I don’t know. But there is certainly something.
I believe that there is no limit to what the human brain can do. What is your opinion about this? If people can manage to open this eye in other ways in the future other than to puncture the skull, can there be a glimmer of hope for those with sensory damage? Or a guide… Or another theory that comes to your mind… What has this topic aroused in your mind? What do you think about the limits of human beings and what they can do? I'll be happy if you share your opinions with me. Thanks in advance.
Note: Actually, when I started writing about it, I realized that there's a lot to talk about. For example, although I have not mentioned it in my article, there are many claims about the pineal gland that support this issue. If you're interested, I can suggest you research it. I also plan to write about the pineal gland later. You can follow it here if you want. Yours...
RESOURCES
https://www.thoughtco.com/five-senses-and-how-they-work-3888470
https://www.occulttreasures.com/trepanation.html
http://www.proudhindu.org/hinduism/why-do-many-hindus-wear-a-dot-near-the-middle-of-their-forehead
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