“So, is everyone aware there are eight senses?”

Uh…no! This was interesting. The speaker flashed a screenshot of the usual five senses: Taste, Sight, Smell, Hearing, and Touch. No controversy there. The next screen flashed three additional senses: Proprioception, Vestibular, and Interoception. Although not commonly discussed, most healthcare professionals accept these additional senses. Proprioception is our ability to sense the position, movement, and location of our body muscles and joints. Vestibular is our ability to sense the position and movement of our head to gravity. Interoception is our ability to determine what our internal organs are sensing, such as hunger and thirst.

After listening to this presentation, I wondered, are there more than eight senses? What about the spiritual realm? Do we have a sense to determine moral right or wrong? Is this a sense or merely a psychological construct? At one level, these are the same senses that are already acknowledged in the discussion above. However, at another level, these are different senses, heightened by the indwelling of God, the Holy Spirit, for whoever accepts Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. 

Jesus replied, “I assure you, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit. Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life. So don’t be surprised when I say, ‘You must be born again.’ The wind blows wherever it wants. Just as you can hear the wind but can’t tell where it comes from or where it is going, so you can’t explain how people are born of the Spirit.” 

John 3:5-8 (NLT)

When we accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, God, the Holy Spirit, indwells within us. Our reality and our existence are heightened and transformed. We no longer see the world with our old sinful nature. Instead, if we allow Him, God gives us a new sense of morality. Only eight senses? When God indwells within us, we are born again, not limited to eight senses. Our existing eight senses work in perfect harmony to perceive a reality that we could never imagine. 

Love and trust in the Lord; seek His will in your life.