sense training

[Txontaw]

Yeah, I agree with you. It has seemed like my smelling has gotten better lately, and I'm pretty sure it's because I'm letting my brain process every smell instead of just ignoring it. Being more aware does wonders.

And to keep your taste sensitive; don't eat spicy foods, or at least not incredibly spicy foods. Because that kills your taste buds, and you'll have to overload your food with flavor in order to taste it.

[redes1]

i think this is all really cool but, what is the use of it all

[Swokéyan]

i htink this is all really cool but, what is the use of it all

To make us mentally and physically tougher

[Kerame Pxel Nume]

i htink this is all really cool but, what is the use of it all

For me: Being more aware of nature.

[Txura eyktan]

we take so much of what our senses tell us for granted that it all gets dumbed down.. you dont hear a beaping in hte packground after a while.. actually you do.. but it doesnt "register" ..so by intently focusing on your senses.. one at a time.. you train your mind to not filter out stuff that would otherwise be left to the wayside.. we all see but not half as well as our potential..

[Txon Taronyu]

Ya when I walk bare foot I feel much more apart of the forest

[abi]

we take so much of what our senses tell us for granted that it all gets dumbed down.. you dont hear a beaping in hte packground after a while.. actually you do.. but it doesnt "register" ..so by intently focusing on your senses.. one at a time.. you train your mind to not filter out stuff that would otherwise be left to the wayside.. we all see but not half as well as our potential..

Sensory desensitization is quite important. It helps you recognize out of place things in an otherwise unchanging environment, and keeps you from being overloaded. Think about everything you'd sense just the first few minutes of being awake (smell and taste of the room, monotonous sounds, every little movement inside your body, the taste of your mouth, how fast your breathing, how you bed feels, how your clothes feel, etc.) and you'd go insane trying to give all of them equal attention.

Ya when I walk bare foot I feel much more apart of the forest

It's also a good way to get hook worms.

[Txontaw]

we take so much of what our senses tell us for granted that it all gets dumbed down.. you dont hear a beaping in hte packground after a while.. actually you do.. but it doesnt "register" ..so by intently focusing on your senses.. one at a time.. you train your mind to not filter out stuff that would otherwise be left to the wayside.. we all see but not half as well as our potential..

Sensory desensitization is quite important. It helps you recognize out of place things in an otherwise unchanging environment, and keeps you from being overloaded. Think about everything you'd sense just the first few minutes of being awake (smell and taste of the room, monotonous sounds, every little movement inside your body, the taste of your mouth, how fast your breathing, how you bed feels, how your clothes feel, etc.) and you'd go insane trying to give all of them equal attention.

Ya when I walk bare foot I feel much more apart of the forest

It's also a good way to get hook worms.

You're a little bundle of joy, aren't you?

[Txura eyktan]

it is important to a point.. but in our current society it is far more filtered than necessary.. our mind recieves over a billion bits of information per second.. but our conscious mind only registers a couple hundred thousand.. so we miss a LOT of information.. there is plenty to be seen out there.. experienced.. 80 percent of our brain left to discover =D

humanity will not evolve from a place of complacency..  =D

[Txontaw]

it is important to a point.. but in our current society it is far more filtered than necessary.. our mind recieves over a billion bits of information per second.. but our conscious mind only registers a couple hundred thousand.. so we miss a LOT of information.. there is plenty to be seen out there.. experienced.. 80 percent of our brain left to discover =D

humanity will not evolve from a place of complacency..  =D

You do know that the "We only use 10% of our brains" thing is a myth, right? We use 100% of our brains, we just don't use all of it all the time.

But yes, we all do need to become more aware. Think of how the world would be different if we all had photographic memories.

[Txura eyktan]

that would be quite a world indeed =D

[Yeynari]

Sensory desensitization is quite important. It helps you recognize out of place things in an otherwise unchanging environment, and keeps you from being overloaded. Think about everything you'd sense just the first few minutes of being awake (smell and taste of the room, monotonous sounds, every little movement inside your body, the taste of your mouth, how fast your breathing, how you bed feels, how your clothes feel, etc.) and you'd go insane trying to give all of them equal attention.

Yes, but desensitization also makes you less able to live in an ever-changing environment. Enhanced awareness of your surroundings will help you find your way back home in a forest by noticing the familiar shapes around you. It will help you pick out tracks on the ground where the leaves and dirt change position from day to day, and help you pick out important sounds amidst the rustling of leaves, twittering of birds and everything else. That's awareness, and it doesn't mean "take in everything all the time".

As for hook worms, never had 'em. I don't know what people do to get all these weird stuffs they claim you get from walking barefoot/drinking unfiltered water/eating raw plants/whatever you can come up with that have any percentage of going wrong. Freedom doesn't necessarily mean a slow painful death

[Ikranä mokri]

hell i never thought this would go on for so long !!! or go into in depth discussions

question still stands though, how do you and what should you do to train you senses/

[Tonbogiri]

The question does indeed still stand.
The basic themes of this topic so far seem to include:

Learn how to quickly pick up on any unusual sounds/changes in sounds (useful for hunting)
Learn how to walk VERY QUIETLY (again for hunting)
Learn how to see in the dark to an extent where we are not at a disadvantage (hunting again)
And that going barefoot is cool, but not essential (heck, wear flip-flops!)

What we need now is for people to find out how these things are done, and point the way!

[Atan'eveng]

Oh my...
This is the best thread ever!

[bagget00]

I agree. Tho, I have always had issues with flip flops. They don't like me and I don't like them. Did anyone know that flip flops used to be called thongs?

[sezawte]

I agree. Tho, I have always had issues with flip flops. They don't like me and I don't like them. Did anyone know that flip flops used to be called thongs?

Hah? seriously?

[Fnua Atxkxe]

urm, there seems to be a lot of random and unhelpful necroposts, please only post in old threads if you have something relevant to say

[bagget00]

urm, there seems to be a lot of random and unhelpful necroposts, please only post in old threads if you have something relevant to say

We'll give Atan'eveng the benefit of the doubt because he is still new, or hasn't been on much. Otherwise, what you said.

[Esmond]

One suggestion. Maybe something to train your visual reflexes. I was thinking of a situation where you're forced to take flight or retreat due to certain dangers, you'd need to be able to coordinate your eyes and your body good enough so that you reduce the risk of falling over.

Get the idea?