Gut feelings...the real sixth sense

As far as mankind has evolved we have yet to shed most of our animal instincts. For example have you ever instantly clicked with somebody you’ve just met? Even though you don’t know them that well they just seem to get you. On the other hand I’m sure we can all recall a time when someone just didn’t rub you right. I used to ignore this rare insight. I didn’t want to prejudge people as I’d been prejudged based on my race(black), where I grew up(the hood) and my parentage(black people who grew up in the hood). But as I grew and shed childhood innocence for life lessons I learned to go with my gut. So take this advice the next time you catch bad vibes off someone, go with it, and here’s why.

   Most of the time when you meet someone you will not get a strong feeling from them right away. You usually have to warm up to people to decide whether or not you like them. On the rare occasions that someone makes am immediate and lasting impression on you it’s based on an ancient awareness mankind is yet to understand, our subconscious mind. Our minds retain far more information than is necessary for us to process in our everyday lives. But our minds still pick up on it. Just as animals can smell things like fear, danger and a potential mate so can humans. Only as man evolved we became less dependent on baser instincts and more so on collective knowledge.

 

We focus more on what we’re taught to believe than fundamental truths. That’s because instead of having to survive in nature we modern people have to survive in a world crafted by man’s design. We have to know, say and do the right things to get a job  for money. Only there’s a piece of us that recalls the life or death instincts we picked up as hunter gatherers. The fact is since the world judges us on how much money we make we tend to believe money literally makes the world go around when in fact the forces that govern the universe remain elusive.

  In recent years we’ve learned that things as vague as human emotions are caused by chemical reactions in the body such as dopamine, the chemical that creates a sense of euphoria and can be released naturally with things like exercise and even sex. The same chemicals can be manipulated with drugs. Both good and bad emotions are triggered by chemicals that emit faint almost imperceptible odors that our keen sense of smell still recognizes even if our conscious mind doesn’t. Our baser instincts let us know food is sour based on how the putrid smell and taste makes us sick so our body rejects what will harm it. The same applies to other aspects of our survival.

  So when you meet someone that gives you a bad feeling that you can’t put your finger on trust that feeling. Your nose may have picked up on the faint sent of malevolence in your unknown enemy’s perspiration. Or perhaps your eyes witnessed brief flashes of predatory body language like somebody balling up their fists with a snarled lip as they look you up and down. You might catch something like this out of the corner of your eye and it may only be for an instant because a second later the person plastered a fake smile on their face. Your ears may even pick up sounds as quiet as the increased heart rate of a potential attacker.  Only in the world we live in we don’t have to rely on these senses as much so our mind naturally weakens them so that we can focus on the survival skills we need for life today instead of the jungle. But those senses still exist even if we can’t name it.

When you get a bad vibe I believe you’re experiencing a sixth sense which is really a manifestation of all the things your senses cataloged without you being consciously aware of it. Of course you don’t want do anything crazy based on a hunch but don’t dismiss it all together either. If something in your mind tells you someone is untrustworthy you might just want to keep an eye on them. The key is to know the difference between a gut feeling and preconceived notions.  If the bad vibe you’re getting is based on something superficial like skin color or clothing then you’re probably prejudging. But if someone can’t look you in the eye…bingo.