Have humans repressed their sixth sense?

[Ori]

During the Tsunami at xmas, many animals started getting as far away from the sea as possible, many have called this an extra sensory sense.
I think humans still carry it in some capacity, like people who won't get onto planes because they have the feeling something bads going to happen and then it usually does.

So do you think we all have repressed this sense?

 

[Unedited]

Yes, but I don't think it's necessarily repressed. We may not listen to it all the time, but I think we do more than we realise.

 

[Neo-Logic]

During the Tsunami at xmas, many animals started getting as far away from the sea as possible, many have called this an extra sensory sense.
I think humans still carry it in some capacity, like people who won't get onto planes because they have the feeling something bads going to happen and then it usually does.

So do you think we all have repressed this sense?

I watched the special on the Discovery Channel about the Tsunami in Asia. It was discussing in detail about the animals that had ran because they had sensed it and a group of sea gypsies who also knew they were coming. These were extraordinary incidents, but not special in the sense that the people nor the animals used their "extra sensory" perception.

The animals ran for 2 reasons -

1. They sensed small tremors and vibrations in the ground that we are incapable/ too ignorant to notice and thus they were alerted.
2. Since the Tsunami had happened all through-out history before, those animals that had survived in the past had passed on in their genes the knowledge that with these tremors and vibrations in the ground as a signal for the animals in that area to head for high grounds as soon as possible.

The sea gypsies survived for 2 simply reason, and it was not because of extra sensory perception -

1. Their ancestors had also been through such events and had warned them through stories passed down from generation to generation that with the recession of the ocean shores means immenent death and total destruction and thus, they knew to get out of the way, either by heading for high grounds or moving their boat-houses to a different, safer location of water.
2. They noticed the animals acting unsettled and many moving towards high grounds which also signaled to them that something bad was coming from the ocean.

I don't think extra-sensory perception exists. It maybe that some people's 5 senses are actually more acute than others, but no one has the supposed 6th sense. Those who decided to not get on the planes, it could've been that it was a mere coincedence, but for the rest, it is explainable.

 

[michel]

During the Tsunami at xmas, many animals started getting as far away from the sea as possible, many have called this an extra sensory sense.
I think humans still carry it in some capacity, like people who won't get onto planes because they have the feeling something bads going to happen and then it usually does.

So do you think we all have repressed this sense?

I believe so; but as we grow, we lose touch with that' natural ability' ; it is still there, but it take more effort to '#dig it up' the older we get.

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

I think native people in general have to be more in tune with nature and with their senses to survive their daily lives.
we can learn to use our abilities better simply by using and relying on them.
As a photographer I spent many hours in a dark room processing film, with no light at all. I soon aquired the skill of holding up a length of wet film in one hand and findind the edges of the film with the other hand without ever touching the surface. I knew where it was even when it was swinging. Just as I knew exactly where every thing was in the darkroom. I even found I knew when something was not where it shoud be.
We must be able to pick up very small signals some how and make sense of them.

Terry
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Amen! Truly I say to you: Gather in my name. I am with you.

 

[john313]

it is there, but most people do not believe it and therefore they will not be able to use it. our minds are so powerful that if we truly believe something is impossible then it is for that person. but most people do not believe that either

 

[michel]

I think native people in general have to be more in tune with nature and with their senses to survive their daily lives.
we can learn to use our abilities better simply by using and relying on them.
As a photographer I spent many hours in a dark room processing film, with no light at all. I soon aquired the skill of holding up a length of wet film in one hand and findind the edges of the film with the other hand without ever touching the surface. I knew where it was even when it was swinging. Just as I knew exactly where every thing was in the darkroom. I even found I knew when something was not where it shoud be.
We must be able to pick up very small signals some how and make sense of them.

Terry
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Amen! Truly I say to you: Gather in my name. I am with you.

I agree; what is more this is often borne out by the fact that a person who loses the ability to use one sense will mostly have their other senses heightened, almost as if to compensate for the lost sense.

 

[Sava]

Superstition is discouraged in most Western societies. Some things are mislabeled as such, and thus we have repression.

 

[Neo-Logic]

I think native people in general have to be more in tune with nature and with their senses to survive their daily lives.
we can learn to use our abilities better simply by using and relying on them.
As a photographer I spent many hours in a dark room processing film, with no light at all. I soon aquired the skill of holding up a length of wet film in one hand and findind the edges of the film with the other hand without ever touching the surface. I knew where it was even when it was swinging. Just as I knew exactly where every thing was in the darkroom. I even found I knew when something was not where it shoud be.
We must be able to pick up very small signals some how and make sense of them.

Terry
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Amen! Truly I say to you: Gather in my name. I am with you.

I wouldn't neccessarily call that a sixth sense, but rather that some of your senses have become more acute because of much time spent in the dark room. Perhaps like those people who can uncuff themselves blindfolded. Practice makes perfect.