Senses & Attending

Receptive: Be aware of what you are noticing about it — what attracts your attention?

Active: Deliberately focus on experiencing a particular aspect of the object (colour, texture, shape, weight, smell, sound, etc.).

Receptive: Notice which senses are being stimulated and the qualities of the stimuli. Notice the stimuli you respond to and those which you ignore.

Active: Pay attention to a the stimuli from a particular sense (hearing, vision, touch, taste, smell, temperature, etc.) or seek particular sensations (e.g. look for particular colours, listen for particular sounds, etc.).