| | Thanks, Chris, and so to answer your questions I just spent an hour with my fingers. I got really still, and made sure my hands were not placed in such a way as to be moved by my breathing. As a result, all I could feel was tingling and pulsing. Since my hands were not moving, even the points of contact were not really felt since there was virtually no pressure where they touched.
First observation: if hard pressed, I might be able to come up with "10", but since not all fingers tingled with the same intensity, counting them was really really hard. I guess this is a direct observation of the "if it ain't sensate, it ain't there" concept from MCTB p17.
Next observation: there is no way to tell the shape of my fingers, because what I feel gives absolutely nothing away. The pulsing and tingling suggest length, because they are not localized to a pinpoint, but how long, whether they are flat, round, or square is unknown.
I tried to get a sense of simultaneity, but the sensations were too much to figure if there were ever two that happened at exactly the same time. But related to that, if I tried to really get close to a single sensation, it seemed to disappear. It was as though I needed to step back to see the sensations as a collection, as opposed to an individual tingle.
Interesting. |