Sensitivity

We make a distinction between an intellectual sensitivity and a palpating sensitivity. The former uses the thinking mind to vicariously project, or extrapolate, a limited sensitivity beyond its own boundaries. It results in one “feeling” what one feels should be there instead of what actually is there, and amounts to a cunning – though often unconscious – deception. It necessitates separation between subject and object. As soon as we start to comment on what we feel then the sensitivity enters the realms of the intellect. A palpating sensitivity on the other hand develops when we forget our boundaries and meld into the other's body and energy, becoming so immersed in their reality that we forget our own and in a sense become them. It is then difficult to make a distinction between self and other. The act of so feeling (sensing) bonds, affects and heals without the need for either intention or for thought.