We always believed that humans have only five senses. Today, Science recognizes others: interoception and proprioception. Interoception allows us to perceive everything that happens in our body —both visceral and non-visceral— and proprioception allows us to be aware of the position and movement of our body in relation to our surroundings. But what happens around and within us as life experiences enter, as we learn to live through what happens to us, perceiving feelings and emotions? Here too the body participates, though in various ways, alongside the psyche —conscious and unconscious mental processes—; the soul —the individual vital essence that connects with identity—; and the spirit —that divine spark that connects the being with the absolute, the universal or the divine.

Our life experiences, which are constructed and integrated through the body, soul, spirit and psyche, in a coordinated and interactive manner, are incorporated into our consciousness, which we might define as the capacity to perceive our surroundings, reflect and evaluate behavior. So, in which of the seven senses do experiences and consciousness reside? Because someone who loses something important captures, perceives and lives the pain of that loss throughout their entire being. They do not perceive it only with the body: they experience it through an integration of sensations, thoughts, emotions and meanings.

So, is consciousness the sense that perceives each human experience? Perhaps the senses allow us to perceive what exists, but it may be consciousness that makes us experience it, understand it and transform it into part of who we are. More than a sense, consciousness may be the place where all senses make sense, the deepest sense of humankind.

Aldo Cristian Alí / luzyluci@hotmail.com

"Milei invests in weapons instead of daily hunger"

Dear readers, I read with great astonishment that the Government is committing all of our money to the purchase of armaments.

There are undoubtedly unknown interests driving this expenditure, which is inconsistent with the hardships our families face every day as our incomes fall sharply.

While people anxiously search for ways to survive day to day, our rulers are investing enormous sums in weapons designed to destroy the enemy.

Are our closest enemies not hunger, unemployment, and so on and so forth?

Let us invest in weapons that hit the right target to destroy the everyday enemies we try to conceal and that are silently destroying us hour by hour.

Eduardo Faroppa / eduardofaroppa42@gmail.com

The concern in Greater Buenos Aires and the City of Buenos Aires

The Governor of the Province of Buenos Aires, Axel Kicillof, complains that many Argentinians cannot make ends meet, and attributes that situation to the economic measures adopted by the Government. But he fails to consider that the residents of Greater Buenos Aires, before worrying about "making ends meet," want something more basic: to make it home.

Insecurity is a daily concern for those who live in that territory, and primary responsibility for security within the province of Buenos Aires rests with the provincial Government, led by Governor Kicillof.

Roberto A. Meneghini / dr.meneghini@hotmail.com

Taking into account the unfortunate experience we citizens of Belgrano have had with multiple thefts of bronze and other metals, none of which were ever recovered, it is currently necessary to be vigilant about the ongoing thefts of car batteries, a scourge that is becoming widespread in many cases involving cars and motorcycles, particularly in areas near train and subway stations.

It is evident that these batteries are being resold at certain locations, which should be monitored.

Ernesto Politi / ernestopoli@hotmail.com

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