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=Force Senses= (By Sam)(ael) (Return to Teachings)

For a long time in human history speculation and belief in a sixth sense or further senses has existed. This belief is real for a force user. The force may allow you to feel things that are not physically attached to yourself. Sense emotions, feel life and objects around you, even farsee to distant worlds as a master. These senses allow a Jedi to do amazing things such as functioning normally in absolute dark, reacting to opponent's behind you in duels, and finding people or things.

__**Expanding the force senses**__: Firstly you must understand that explaining this is very difficult. It tends to be at least a little different for everyone. As your master teaches you you must focus on learning the three force senses.

Remember the common quote 'I have a bad feeling about this.' This sense is like a well of wisdom for the jedi. The force can help you solve problems, sense them, and avoid them. This area also covers feeling dark and light force energy.
 * Force Feelings**:

These are basically jedi reflexes and force prophecies. Though prophesy even from the light side is rarely accurate or useful (since time is very fluid and changes, perhaps you prophesy a very real thing that 'might' happen 'if' something else happens or does not happen.) Jedi reflexes however are very accurate and useful. The force can warn you early on allowing you to react before the threat even shows itself, whether that be a gun-shot or catching a ball you did not see coming. One thing that may help: often, learning to trust your force reflexes requires you to practice with them. That means being open to the force, always letting your instincts guide you and learning which ones to follow. Unlearning the bad ones and re-connecting with the force. Also if you picture things as already done and release into the actions you take it will work better. That may sound confusing but come back after extensive practice and you will probably understand.
 * Force Premonitions**:

Usually a Jedi can feel the area around them for some distance though their senses become more vague, general, and ambiguous the farther out you get. This can literally act like eyes in the back of your head and allow you to see far distant places your eyes couldn't normally reach.
 * Force proximity sense**:

Masters are excellent at coaching you into these abilities and feel free to make use of them as possible while your own master focuses on other things.

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