“Without the senses there would be no religion‚ for religion is founded on a relation between embodied beings and the world around them.” (IRS‚ 69) The senses help us construct and allow us to partake in the world’s religions. The faiths of the world are deeply fixed in the customs of culture and connect to the human experience. Aesthetics is important to religion‚ they are firm in our human sensory experience‚ it is the way human bodies sense their religious worlds‚ especially through sight‚ sound
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reached for the edge of the pool. This marked the end of the race. I threw my goggles in the pool and looked directly at the big screen. I was ten seconds away from being in first place. I was devastated on the final score and walked to my car with a sense of defeat. Even though I did not win the race‚ I conquered the physical and mental challenge of the sport. The strenuous physical work in practice did not compare to my race. Although the performance in my race did not go as I planned‚ I was proud
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Five players‚ only five players get the opportunity to play the sport for a matter of a few minutes. Wanting to put all of those grueling days practicing to use‚ we took what playing time we could get. Each player contributes a vital role in the team’s success. I played the most crucial role of them all‚ a bench warmer. However‚ on this fateful night‚ I was anything but. On this night I achieved my three minutes of fame. As I grew up‚ a major part of my life revolved around basketball. Countless
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Halloween was now less than a week away and the need for decoration was essential. In a town named Exitium‚ about thirty minutes away from the California-Oregon border‚ Halloween was a huge thing. Every year there was a decorating contest. The winner for five years in a row was a woman named Sarah Smith. This woman had short‚ black‚ bouncy hair. She was a single mother and had a foster child‚ Harris. While Harris was at school‚ Sarah was rushing around stores and malls‚ looking for the perfect decorations
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coming for me. I lay low to the ground and slink into a nearby bush. When the pack arrives‚ they sniff around the elk. What I assume to be the alpha wolf followed the scent trail up to me and growled‚ knowing I was in there because of her excellent sense of smell. I curse silently to myself‚ wishing that I would have hidden my
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upon but rather the words I left unsaid. Like unsatisfyingly biting down on an unfulfilling pill‚ guilt chews away at my hollow and empty frame leaving me feeling even number than the previous nightfall. With this cloud sluggishly hanging I feel a sense I drag
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The human body has five senses that keep in touch with what is going on in the external world: touch‚ taste‚ smell‚ sight‚ and hearing. Below I will describe how these senses work. Taste- The tongue is the body part that helps us sense taste. The tongue consists of taste buds (mushroom like projections) which are specific receptors for sense of taste. Each bud contains several cell types in microvilli that project through pores and chemically sense food. Gustatory receptor cells communicate with
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place where they can just relax and have no worries. Well‚ my place where I can always relax and have no worries is sweet and salty. This place is warm and not too cool year around. Also‚ my place has many qualities that deals with the five senses. The five senses includes seeing‚ tasting‚ hearing‚ feeling‚ and smelling. Out of all the vacations I have taken with my family‚ my favorite vacation place with my family is the beach. Everyday I can imagine the beach right in front on me. I look out
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For the first time‚ I struggled with my buoyancy; I don’t know how fast I sank‚ but it was more than one foot per second. The pressure was intense. I needed to equalize; I pushed the air connector on BC-jacket to get a shot from the tank to counteract my sinking‚ letting the air out slowly to descend at a proper rate. I moved one step up‚ two steps down until I touched the ocean floor. The echoed sound of my breathing jolted out of sync with my movements. A thermocline from above and below traveled
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approaching. The shark has piercing blue eyes‚ jagged teeth‚ and speed like a race car. I feel lost due to the fright‚ but I must keep calm to figure out a plan. As the shark got closer‚ I began to run deeper into the woods that caused me to lose my sense of direction. All I could think of‚ would I be found or would I die! As I ran through the woods‚ I checked my watch for the compass. I knew home was North‚ but
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