sensitivity as a consequence

sensitivity as a consequence

We need sensitivity, for survival as a human being.

If my one ear is less sensitive, I become a partially-deaf .

Certain sensitivities cannot be deepened without certain tools needed to deepen them!(desi spirituality is full of such tools. The 'problem' arose, when the ancients decided to make a few tools as a part of our life style.  The most acute (but not chronic) problem is with a scripture called "Manusmriti".  Heavily criticized, especially for the stringent rules prescribed for females 😜. What we miss to notice is... even he, as a king , never IMPOSED his own book manusmriti on his_own_subjects.🙏.  Anyway, a political mind won't like to agree with this !

For sceptics : in 1960's neurosurgeons in west abstain from drinking tea/coffee, a week ahead of a brain surgery. Mild nervous stimulants cause 'shaky hands' at the surgery of nerves viewed through a 3-piece microscope 😜(naked eyes can't see the nerves largely enough to stitch the nerves without blocking the pipes.).  Sensitivity of a shakiness in the hands of a genuine neurosurgeon is the historic evidence. today, the surgeon can boast of his insensitivity, because robots can stitch nerves without a shaky hand 😜

One example that I can think of is from the story about a Namboothiri in keralam retold to me by my dad (he had the means to relate it with the specific household of that exceptionally 'sensitive' Namboothiri of that household called a "Mana".
Banana tree has rings of layers in its stem, and extends right up to the end of fruit.
While the stem has layers that can be easily seen(tangible), the rings in the fruit is a bit inconspicuous (maybe a very powerful microscope can make it better tangible). Nutrients get deposited parallel to the layers of rings, from the water that climbs up by capillary-action.  Well, we get tears, due to the same capillary action, so...  don't tell me "I dunno, what a capillary action is"...  
This Namboodiri (in my story) had an extra sensitivity in his taste buds 😲   
There is(at least 'was') a variety of Nendra_BANANA, in Keralam which was known by its uniquity. It ripens when watered for 100 days (nooru nana nendra---mallu name).
this mallu (Namboothiri) could taste a bit of Transverse section/T.S. of the ripe banana and say "It was not watered on the 57th and the 89th day!" Sounds exaggerated???   Even I don't believe it blindly.

The concept I wanted to convey (right or wrong🙏)
Sensitivity can be deepened, also as a consequence of a certain 'lifestyle'
Evidence? The bulk of traditions in Hinduism, which stood well until 500 years ago, doesn't satisfy common logic 😜 One can 'live' comfortably, safely and blissfully ignorant of its purposes even without following them. Eat your meals without the stupid-looking parishechanam (circling of plate, spilling drops of water, mumbling some chants, swallowing solo-grains...... etc), and still the food digests PERFECTLY okay💪🙏...  if we don't know the difference there is none!

Any Namboothiri on an average was better sensitive than other non-vegetarians. He can 'relish' a dish called "Olan" (which is just slices of ash gourd, cooked miserly, with 'carefully' measured dose of salt, and a sprinkle of raw cocoanut oil when cooled). Entire keralam treats this item as a 'must' in any feast. States situated to the north of keralam doesn't relish this dish.  Lack of sensitivity might be the only culprit, after ruling out all 'logical' possible reasons.  As we travel north, the dishes 'NEED'  to become spicy, more and more progressively, if it has to please a diner 😜.  (typically, desert dwellers prefer to eat food that is tasty for smell, rather than the taste buds.  Masala of middle east is predominantly more fragrant in its spices.  A glaring exampull of sensitivity or the lack of it, as a consequence of eating styles.....)

How to become sensitive enough to feel subtle things that the spiritual guys speak about? 
Well, be prepared to undertake intensely, the most crazy-looking practices a routine😜
Alternatively, find consolation in 'knowing' the theory part of these subtle things from a bookish gnawLedge, or a well read lecturer who specialised in reading scriptures only.  Anyway, spiritual scriptures are of no practical use, except as a road-map, or a milestone. 🙏

Consequentially yours,
psn(23rd March, 2026)