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# Re: sense of smell

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- Subject: Re: [BardonPraxis] sense of smell
- From: "Rawn Clark" <rawnclark@...>
- Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 18:46:34 -0800
- References: <002101c2baf3$09c15680$3c224e51@Computer> <200301131345.33504.ilnero@...> <003501c2bb3b$98ad8b50$9901a8c0@aleksander> <002d01c2bb43$aedf54f0$c9a17fd8@ownerbqacdlzy6> <005201c2bb64$d0fd9a80$330558db@vladevi>

    Dear Vania,

    >> I can separate a smell from the other sense and can hold on
    to it for a few seconds. But even though when I start, the smell if
    relatively strong, it quickly fades away and I eventually lose it. It's
    like
    in real life, when you've been in a room with a particular small, after
    a
    while you can't smell it anymore. So how do I keep on to the smell for
    longer? <<

    Persistence! ;-)

    One thing that I found very helpful was to analyze what happens,
    physically, to my body (especially the sinuses) when I smell any odor.
    Something slightly different happens with each different odor and often,
    similar things will happen with different odors. In this way, you can
    then see the connections between different odors. This bit of knowledge
    about my smelling apparatus helped me to re-create specific odors with
    my imagination by replicating their effects upon my physical apparatus.

    >> I'm also doing another mistake, where I try to smell with my nose,
    which
    brings the smell of my surroundings and makes me break concentration. I
    need
    to find my "mental nose", but I can't seem to and it's really
    frustrating. I
    think once I do that it will help retain the smell for longer too. So
    any
    suggestions or tips about that exercise are most welcome. <<

    Try inhaling through an open mouth instead of through your nose when you
    feel this urge to "sniff" the odor you're trying to imagine. This will
    mildly stimulate the physical sinuses, without introducing a conflicting
    smell.

    My best to you,
    :) Rawn Clark
    13 Jan 2003
    rawnclark@...
    rawn@...
    http://www.ABardonCompanion.com
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BardonPraxis

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