Providential Guideposts ... p. 61

SIXTH   and  SEVENTH  SENSES

Quite unwittingly we all too often fail to apprehend the true nature of another when we ignore our own spirituality, that which embodies our sixth and seventh senses, namely, intuition and understanding.

Albeit, to the great misfortune of many, if not most, our upbringing pays little attention to our life-giving spirituality, tending instead to favour our physical well-being. We are taught that we have only five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch.

Perceptive only to the intuitive spiritual mind (the 6^th sense), unexpressed thoughts and emotions of another, be they conscious or unconscious, are sensed and made known. To enable this spiritual awareness and understanding (the 7^th sense), the listener becomes one with the speaker by at once remaining silent and exposed. Of a sudden, an unspoken trust between two people is born. Thus is forged the basis of a rich and enduring relationship; one that we otherwise would never have known.