(a few thoughts and questions after contemplating Kyle's blog post)
What instruments are we born with to obtain knowledge? What physiological capacities do we have at our disposal to observe and interpret data? Sight. Sound. Smell. Touch. Taste. Is that it? Or is it possible there are other senses that we are not so easily attuned to because they are not necessary for individual physical survival or the perpetuation of our species?
If a man is born blind, he will rely more on his sense of hearing to determine truth. If a man is born deaf, he will likewise see things we never see. Or more correctly, he will observe and interpret things that our eyes see yet our minds ignore and fail to process. So is it possible that if we hear but don’t understand and we see but do not perceive that there may be other senses that we can feel but do not learn from?
Is the truth learned from any single one of these five senses any more true than another? Does seeing the sun give you truth that is any truer than feeling its heat on your skin? Or the stars—they are too far away to observe through touch. They must be learned only through one sense, sight. Perhaps there are other truths in the universe that can only be learned through one sense. If that is a spiritual sense, would it not be important to attune that sense to attain increased knowledge?
Furthermore, is it possible that even a finely attuned sense can lose its potency if not maintained? If muscles atrophy without use, it is not because the potential power of the muscles doesn’t exist. The spiritual sense it requires faith, but faith is not enough. It takes a lot of work. One could be defiant toward the power of the sense of sight by closing his eyes, but to be defiant toward the spiritual sense only requires apathy.
What instruments are we born with to obtain knowledge? What physiological capacities do we have at our disposal to observe and interpret data? Sight. Sound. Smell. Touch. Taste. Is that it? Or is it possible there are other senses that we are not so easily attuned to because they are not necessary for individual physical survival or the perpetuation of our species?
If a man is born blind, he will rely more on his sense of hearing to determine truth. If a man is born deaf, he will likewise see things we never see. Or more correctly, he will observe and interpret things that our eyes see yet our minds ignore and fail to process. So is it possible that if we hear but don’t understand and we see but do not perceive that there may be other senses that we can feel but do not learn from?
Is the truth learned from any single one of these five senses any more true than another? Does seeing the sun give you truth that is any truer than feeling its heat on your skin? Or the stars—they are too far away to observe through touch. They must be learned only through one sense, sight. Perhaps there are other truths in the universe that can only be learned through one sense. If that is a spiritual sense, would it not be important to attune that sense to attain increased knowledge?
Furthermore, is it possible that even a finely attuned sense can lose its potency if not maintained? If muscles atrophy without use, it is not because the potential power of the muscles doesn’t exist. The spiritual sense it requires faith, but faith is not enough. It takes a lot of work. One could be defiant toward the power of the sense of sight by closing his eyes, but to be defiant toward the spiritual sense only requires apathy.
