Nov 11, 2021 16:41
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Inhabiting our relational sense

English Art/Literary Philosophy meditation
Dear colleagues, I’m not sure about the meaning of “inhabiting our relational sense” in the passage below, taken from a workbook on a meditation practice called the "wheel of awareness". In this practice, you distinguish the hub of the wheel, representing pure awareness, from the rim, which represents the various objects of awareness, the “knowns” (e.g. the sensory input, sensations from the interior of the body, mental activities such as emotions and thoughts and a fourth segment representing our relational sense...).
I think “inhabing” here might mean “Experiencing our relational sense”, or perhaps is it somewhat “stronger”, more along the lines of “Diving into our relational sense”?
Thank you very much for your help!
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Inhabiting our relational sense on the fourth segment of the rim

When you turned attention to the fourth segment of the rim today, what did that relational sense, our eighth sense, feel like for you? What was it like to focus on connections with others? This eighth relational sense can be experienced by some as confusing, as they are not sure what exactly they are focusing on. For others, a deep sense of love, of peace, of kindness and connection arises and they become filled with tears of joy and gratitude. Whatever your experience is, that is your experience. What was your experience like today?

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liz askew Nov 11, 2021:
The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the ...https://books.google.co.uk › books
Daniel J. Siegel · 2007 · ‎Medical
An eighth “relational sense” can also be proposed. This sector of the rim represents our sense of relationship, our connection, with some being.

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Fully experiencing our relational sense”

"inhabiting" here means completely living it, feeling or experiencing it fully

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Note added at 6 mins (2021-11-11 16:48:14 GMT)
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be fully PRESENT IN

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Note added at 7 mins (2021-11-11 16:48:47 GMT)
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https://www.thefreedictionary.com/inhabit

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Note added at 3 days 9 hrs (2021-11-15 02:36:08 GMT) Post-grading
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Glad to have helped
Note from asker:
Hi, Yvonne! Thank you so much for your help!
Peer comment(s):

agree philgoddard : I don't know what "relational sense" means, but I expect it's apparent from the text before this.
30 mins
Thanks! It's all explained there "8th sense", "connection with others" etc. etc.
agree Clauwolf
50 mins
Thank you!
agree Sajad Neisi
14 hrs
Thanks:-)
agree Aroutin Sirousi
17 hrs
Thanks:-)
agree Andre S. M. Pires
1 day 2 hrs
Thanks:-)
agree Tina Vonhof (X) : Also in the sense of 'owning' it.
1 day 11 hrs
Thanks:-)
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