The sense of self—the sixth sense

While writing Awaiting Light—Understanding the Development of the Soul, I learned that there is a sixth sense: “The senses develop in staggered pairings (taste and touch, sight and smell, hearing and the sense of self [one’s boundaries])…”.

The sense of self is awareness of oneself separate from others, awareness of boundaries, and awareness of one’s body. An infant normally develops these awarenesses unless interference has occurred. Interference can be natural (such as complications during t...