makes sense

We have 5 senses that we know of and use everyday. Sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing. We use these to navigate through life each and every day. In freaky sci-fi movies, there is many times a "6th sense" alluded to or somehow exists.

I'm going to make the hypothesis that a) we humans are fundamentally composed of a body and a soul, and that b) each one of those components has its own senses. We are already used to and for the most part know the bodily ones.

In the context of faith, I think we can also recognize a body and soul. How those two unite is another story. I do think that obtaining salvation has something to do with the merging of these two, body and soul, and somehow the Holy Spirit is involved, and has to be involved, in that merging/holding together. That's more complicated to understand I think, and that's not the purpose of this post.

This post is meant to spur thinking about: what are the soul's "senses"? I think there's considerable logic for the existence of soul senses, and I would also contend that we use them every day, just like our bodily senses. In that case, what are they, and of what importance are they?

Well, they're REALLY important. Think about it. If "touch" was broken down one day, that'd be very bad. You'd get burnt or cut or who knows what. Likewise, if our soul senses were broken down, one or many of them, there'd be similar implications of pain and/or hurt. But this time maybe emotional.

Leading to that, I would suggest that the soul's senses are: courage, hope, joy, praise/thanksgiving, compassion...this is not an inclusive list, but I think it's a start.

Throughout various Psalms, the soul is somewhat personified having bodily actions/features/reactions, which leads me to believe more strongly that it would have senses. Psalm 42 is a good example.

Later, in the New Testament, I think there is more evidence for this. The greatest commandment states "Jesus replied: 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' (Matt 22:37 NIV)
Jesus delineates different parts of the whole person to which they are to completely love the Lord. The mind here I think represents the body. All are to love the Lord. It makes sense that if they are supposed to submit, each of these components has substance, and I would think they need senses to interpret other substances around them.

Hopefully that's not too confusing.

Paul later writes "I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19and his incomparably great power for us who believe." (Ephesians 1:17-18 NIV)

Paul asks for the Spirit of wisdom and revelation FOR THE BODY. And then "I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened..." I doubt Paul is repeating himself. He was a highly educated man, and an excellent author. I think Paul simply recognizes there are two important parts, body and soul.

So I guess I've focused more on trying to show that a human is composed of a body and soul, but I think it makes a ton of sense that the soul would also have senses.

That's important for our spiritual walks because if we recognize that there really is an existence of "soul senses", then we might try to enhance using them.