Humans have a lot of sensory perceptions, and they are remarkably among the best on the planet. People often say we have 5, it’s closer to over 22 or so. For example:
- Sense of color
- Light intensity
- Taste
- Feeling Texture
- Feeling Pressure
- Sense of Temperature
- Sense of Itch, a specific function actually
- Sound
- Smell
- Proprioception (The ability to sense where your limbs are and what space they occupy)
- Sense of Tension in your muscles
- A sense of pain (Nociceptive)
- Equilibroception, sense of balance
- Stretch receptors like the longs, bladder, stomach, and gastrointestinal tract
- Sense of Thirst
- Sense of Hunger
- Sense of Time
- Magnetoreception, a sense of magnetic fields (Limited)
There are a lot more than that. One phenomenon is gaze detection, or a sense that someone is watching you. Have you ever felt that someone is listening to you or following you? Well, these are also senses we as humans have. When we can combine these, extra-sensory perception can grow.
Perception can go a lot further than that. I know people who can tell what type of career you have by looking at you. I used to be able to tell if someone was Single-Looking, Single-Not looking, committed, or committed-looking by looking at them. People who were single had a specific way they moved as if there was a tiny burden. Then the people who were actively looking had that plus some exaggerated movement. It was slight but still noticeable. People in a committed relationship looked different, and the people looking just seemed really off to me, like something was wrong.
I had a friend who would claim they could tell who was extremely creepy or not and would attempt to force themselves on women. I found out later that they were spot-on with their assumptions.
Humans can have amazing abilities when we focus on them. I’m sure there’s a lot more I could hear about, and some of these skills are teachable.
The point of all of this is just to open your mind to some new possibilities. Sometimes you will develop talents that you need, other times skills that can help you get to where you want. Being perceptive in specific ways can help you get to your goals.
If you were not aware of an ability, it’s difficult to attract it into your life. Having an ability that helps you on your path may be something you should think about. Being able to tell or sense personalities that are compatible, who’s nice, who would be complimentary. This includes being able to find people you haven’t noticed before, people of value, people that can be a positive influence.
I don’t believe humans have much in the ways of instinct, I believe most of our skills are earned and learned. Like everything else, dating is a skill that needs to be learned. Every skill needs practice and application, and often it’s not you, but how you approach it. Most of the time I see people being rejected, it’s not them, but how they approach. If you want to approach people, that’s a skill you will need to learn. If you want to be approached more, you’ll need to learn to be receptive, enticing, and inviting.
Keep an eye out, stay safe, and write down any impressions you have. Even attracting someone is a skill set, one you can master.