Our senses are the means by which we perceive the world around us. When thinking of senses we would consider eyesight, hearing, taste, touch and smell. However, it’s not the way we feel. Humans are multisensory beings, and we can feel way more than that. A sense is like a channel through which your body and mind can observe itself or the outside world. Here, at Emotions market, we do it through sensory experiences. Experiencing multisensory encounters can also involve:
Equilibrioception – a sense of balance. This is what keeps us upright and helps us make our way around without getting hurt.
Proprioception – knowing which parts of your body are where without looking. It’s how we can type without looking at the keyboard, for instance, or walk around without having to watch our feet.
Vestibular sense – This is the sense of balance and spatial orientation, which is controlled by the inner ear.
Interoception – This is the sense of internal body states such as hunger, thirst, pain, and fatigue.
Kinaesthesia – sense of movement.
Thermoception – we know whether our environment is too cold or too hot. Being able to sense the temperature around us helps keep us alive and well.
Nociception – the ability to feel pain.
Chronoception – how we sense the passing of time.
Here at Emotions Market, our experience creators publish sensory experiences. It can be a hug, an emotional detox via alternative therapy, bizarre or sensual play experiences and large variety of Taste and Smell experiences. Some sensory experiences are quite tactile – learn more about tactile experiences and emotions. Explore our experiences.
Dr. Michael J. Cohen established 53 senses
Radiation Sensitivities
Sense of light and sight (including polarized light)
2. Sense of seeing without eyes.
3. Sense of colour
4. Sense of moods and identities attached to colour
5. Sense of one’s visibility or invisibility
6. Sensitivity to invisible radiation
7. Sense of temperature and temperature change
8. Sense of season
9. Electromagnetic sense and polarity, including the ability to generate current as in brain waves or other energies
Feeling Senses
10. Hearing – including resonance, vibration, sonar, ultrasonic frequencies
11. Awareness of pressure
12. Sensitivity to gravity
13. Sense of excretion
14. Feel, particularly touch on the skin
15. Sense of weight and balance
16. Space or proximity sense
17. Coriolus sense (Earths rotation)
18. Sense of motion. Body movement sensations and sense of mobility
Chemical Senses
19. Smell with and beyond the nose
20. Taste with and beyond the mouth
21. Appetite and hunger for food water and air
22. Food obtaining urges including hunting and killing
23. Humidity sense including thirst, evaporation control, acumen to find water
24. Hormonal sense such as pheromones and other chemical stimuli
Mental Senses
25. Pain – external and external
26. Mental or spiritual distress
27. Sense of fear, dread of injury, death, or attack
28. Procreative urges – sex awareness, courting, love, mating, child rearing
29. Sense of play, sport, humour, pleasure, laughter
30. Sense of physical place, navigation senses, position of celestial bodies
31. Sense of time
32. Sense of electromagnetic fields
33. Sense of weather changes
34. Sense of emotional place, of community, belonging, support, trust, and thankfulness
35. Sense of self, including friendship, companionship, and power
36. Domineering and territorial sense
37. Colonizing sense inc. receptive awareness of one’s fellow creatures
38. Horticultural sense and ability to cultivate.
39. Language and articulation sense, used to express feelings and convey information
40. Sense of humility, appreciation, and ethics.
41. Senses of form and design
42. Reasoning, including memory, logic and science
43. Sense of mind and consciousness
44. Intuition or subconscious deduction
45. Aesthetic sense – creativity, appreciation of music and beauty
46. Psychic capacity
47. Sense of biological/astral time, awareness of past-present-future events
48. The capacity to hypnotize other creatures.
49. Relaxation and sleep – dreaming, meditation, brain wave awareness
50. Sense of pupation- cocoon building and metamorphosis
51. Sense of excessive stress and capitulation.
52. Sense of survival by joining a more established organism
53. Spiritual sense – conscience, sublime love, ecstasy, sin, profound sorrow and sacrifice
From the work of Guy Murchie, The Seven Mysteries of Life and Dr. Michael J. Cohen, Reconnecting to Nature
Triggering certain senses can improve a person’s emotional state by activating neural pathways in the brain that are associated with positive emotions. For example, the sense of smell is closely linked to memory and can evoke strong emotional responses. A pleasant scent, such as lavender or vanilla, can help to relax and calm a person, while a familiar smell, such as a loved one’s perfume or cologne, can evoke feelings of happiness and nostalgia. Similarly, certain sounds, such as soothing music or the sound of a babbling brook, can also have a relaxing and calming effect on a person’s emotional state. Sight can also have a powerful impact on emotions, the sight of nature, beautiful art, or a bright and sunny day can improve mood and well-being. Overall, triggering the senses can be an effective way to improve a person’s emotional state by stimulating positive emotional responses in the brain.
Sensory Deprivation
Sensory deprivation is the intentional reduction or removal of stimuli that are typically present in one’s environment. This can be achieved through various means, such as floating in a dark, soundproof tank, wearing blindfolds or earplugs, or being placed in a dark, quiet room. While sensory deprivation can be uncomfortable or even distressing for some people, others report that they enjoy the experience.
One reason why people may enjoy sensory deprivation is that it can induce a state of deep relaxation and reduce stress. Without external stimuli to process, the brain can enter a more restful state, allowing the body to relax and unwind. Some people also report that sensory deprivation can enhance creativity or lead to feelings of heightened self-awareness. Another reason why people may enjoy sensory deprivation is that it can induce altered states of consciousness. When the brain is deprived of external stimuli, it may start to generate its own internal stimuli, such as hallucinations or vivid mental imagery. These experiences can be pleasurable or meaningful for some people, and may have therapeutic or spiritual benefits.
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