Being "still" is prerequisite to the use of our "deep" senses.

A person cannot force herself/himself into this state … rather … one must seek it without grasping for it … e.g.

• drop into a meditative state
• search for your own inner stillness (each person's is a little different)
• as you become still, your mind stops thoughts that compete for attention
• your body becomes at ease
• you begin to move to "center"

 

Repetition, over time, should include quiet meditation and paying attention with passive awareness to what is present when you awaken from a state of stillness … this helps a person find their still "place" more easily with practice … eventually many people are able to "step into" stillness.

Inner stillness develops as one becomes able to "step into" their place of stillness. By the time a person has achieved this ability, they are cognizant within it … that is … they are capable of entering their still place in which perceptions of time, thought and space change yet they retain awareness of their state and their surroundings. Martial arts practitioners discipline their lives to achieve this level of focused control, near-death experiences are very similar to this state. A person, who has entered "inner stillness", is comfortable and attuned to their surroundings. At the same time they have become harmonized in body/mind with calm and self-confidence. Students of Zen consider inner stillness to be a state of harmony with one self and all of Tao. There are often emotions like joy and peace. Conceptualizations for solutions to various problems may becomes clear.

From a holistic perspective, finding inner stillness through natural processes, opens a person's awareness to her/his deep senses. Most individuals begin to ignore deep senses as they reach adolescence and adult life. There are no useful shortcuts in this journey (to inner stillness) since development increases our capacity for Chi. As Chi increases, a person finds deeper levels of stillness. Deeper senses become increasingly more usable as a person finds increasingly deeper levels of stillness.