The Extremely Sensory Animals – It is necessary for us to heighten our senses in order to slow down the moment. We need either to take in more of what is already here or to sense it more deeply in order to feel something more deeply. There are times in our lives when we have vivid memories of moments when we felt that time had slowed down due to a crisis or beautiful moment.
There have been many occasions when we have been affected by an accident; we have sat beside someone we love, watching them die; we have proudly watched our students graduate in the audience. Our heightened alertness in these moments made the scene appear as if it were unfolding in slow motion during these moments. In knowing that this power exists, we can choose to use it at our discretion, to slow down the passage of time, and allow our experience of life to be slower. In order to sense what is going on around us, it is in our nature to do so. There is no doubt that we are highly attuned to our senses as animals.
With the help of our senses of sight, smell, touch, taste, and hearing we have the ability to aim and use these gifts as a great receivers in order to catch and magnify this moment’s streaming current. A person’s ability to slow down time begins, as always, with their breath. As we draw air into our bodies deeper and deeper, we become oxygenated, and this results in an increase in energy and presence as our bodies become more oxygenated.
