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- Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
- Sprache: Englisch
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Gretchen Rubin, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness Project, discovers a surprising path to a life of more energy, creativity, luck, and love by tuning in to the five senses. She explores the mysteries and joys of the five senses as a path to a happier, more mindful life, drawing on cutting-edge science, philosophy, literature, and her own efforts to practice what she learns. Life in Five Senses is an absorbing story of discovery filled with profound insights and practical suggestions about how to heighten our senses and use our powers of perception to live fuller, richer lives.
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Summary of Life in Five Senses by Gretchen Rubin
How Exploring the Senses Got Me Out of My Head and Into the World
Gretchen Rubin explores the five senses as a way to a happier, more mindful life, drawing on science, philosophy, literature, and her own experiences.BookRix GmbH & Co. KG81371 MunichTitle page
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Seeing What Was Missing
The narrator made a trip to the eye doctor on a wintry Thursday morning, when they noticed that their eyes had turned an angry pink and their lashes were clumped together. The doctor confirmed their amateur diagnosis and prescribed some drops. He also warned the narrator that they were more at risk for a detached retina, which could damage their vision. The narrator became so distracted by their anxiety that they couldn't hear what the doctor was saying. The doctor finished by saying that they would see the narrator at their next checkup.
The narrator experienced a profound truth when they realized they had their one body and its capacities right now, and that they wouldn't have them forever. They realized that they had been taking it all for granted, and that one day they might no longer hear their husband Jamie's yawns or see their dog, Barnaby, race through the apartment with his beloved Abominable Snowman toy in his mouth. The narrator realized that they had their one body and its capacities right now, and that they wouldn't have them forever. The narrator is a dutiful caretaker of their body, but is not appreciating it or paying attention to the people they love. They come home to an empty apartment and greet Jamie, Eliza, and Eleanor, who return from dinner with their grandparents.
The narrator resolves to make a change and realizes that self-knowledge is the only way to build a happy life. The narrator spent a lot of time trying to understand themselves better. To do this, they asked themselves questions such as who they envy, what they lie about, and how they put their values into action. However, over the past few years, they realized that they felt disconnected from the world and other people, and that they needed to connect with their five senses. They realized that their body was their essential connection to the world and to other people, and that they could have a happy, complete life even if they lost some of their body's capabilities.
The narrator realized that their senses had the power to tie them to the people and moments they wanted to experience and remember. During a pink-eye afternoon, they realized that they had been allowing the sensations of their life to slip away unobserved. This experience revealed three truths: they wanted to appreciate the moments of their life more fully, get out of their head and into their life, and deepen their knowledge of the world, of other people, and of themselves. The narrator decided to study their five senses and didn't want to miss another minute. The narrator had grown serious and impatient due to their focus on efficiency and productivity, leading to a feeling of staleness or stagnation.
They wanted to stir themselves up with the quick hits of exuberance that their senses could provide, and their sister Elizabeth often told them they would make a good monk. The narrator valued their good habits so much that they rarely took a break from them. They were rigid and preoccupied with their plans and lists that they forgot to pay attention to what was happening around them. Recently, they took their daughters to a photography shop to have their picture taken for their family's annual Valentine's Day card. They realized that the whole point of taking the photograph was to capture the sight of their daughters, and they would use the intensity and emotional power of those sensations to connect them to others and themselves.
Coming to My Senses
The most important details in this text are the five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. These senses are connected to the brain through nerves and work together to present the world to us. In recent times, researchers have identified many additional senses, such as proprioception, equilibrioception, and interoception. These more subtle senses run in the background and are only noticed when they break down. The brain lives a quiet life, encased in bone and floating in cerebrospinal fluid, and allows us to accomplish extraordinary feats such as standing on a moving bus while reading a sign and eating from a bag of nuts.
The sensorium is the collective of our senses that gives us our experience of the world. Our brains make constant adjustments to what we perceive, and when one sense doesn't give us as much information as we want, we can recruit other senses to help. When one sense shuts down, the others feel more acute, and when one sense shuts down, the others feel more acute. Our senses are alert for change, as change can mean danger or opportunity. The five senses are attuned to information about people and can be used to make shrewd guesses about their identities, desires, knowledge, beliefs, and motivations.
