[MD] aggregates of grasping

[Carl Thames]

Mark:
> I also have an additional sense to give you.  I call it "proprioception". 
> It is much more than that which dancers expound on.  What I am referring 
> to is that sense we all have not only in terms of our bodies, but in 
> placing ourselves in the immediate environment and in this existence as a 
> whole.  It turns out that people who lose this sense through accident or 
> disease do not survive for long.  Extreme mindfulness gives one an idea of 
> such loss.  While it can be liberating, it is deadly in terms of survival.
>
> I can present some physical terms in how this sense works, but a simple 
> introduction on our sensing of electromagnetic forces would suffice.  A 
> great uncle of mine researched this in the early 1900s, but modern day 
> research is limited these days, and some is in the area of the paranormal, 
> which is unfortunate.  The principles of this sensing are somewhat 
> included in Tesla's theories.  A fascinating man who is still ahead of our 
> times.

Carl:
I think I know what you're talking about.  That extra sense you're talking 
about is why Native Americans didn't cut their hair.  With it, they could 
'sense' the world around them better than without.  Subtle currents?  Air 
movement?  Who knows.  The other part was being IN nature, all the time. 
There's a tribe in the Amazon that can tell where an animal urinated from 40 
yards, tell you what kind of animal it was, and how long ago it had been 
there.  Makes you wonder what it would be like to have senses like that, 
doesn't it?  I wonder if we could handle it.  I think a lot of the problems 
we have in our society is from sensory overload.  It's been proven that when 
a computer gets too much information too fast, it slows down.  The human 
brain doesn't.  When it gets too much information too fast, it stops.  It 
reminds me of a couple that I met while in San Antonio.  They lived 200 
yards south of the treeline in Alaska.  They got their mail through 
Bettlesfield, AK if you want to look it up, but they said it was a day trip 
to get there.  Anyway, when they came back to the continental U.S. after 
being up there for several years, they became physically ill after ariving 
in Los Angeles.  They ended up in an emergency room, barfing and feeling 
like warmed-over dog feces, (his words).  The doctor finally figured out 
that they were being overloaded.  They just weren't used to the lights and 
noise.  Interesting stuff.

Carl