Active and Restful

Term	Active and Restful
Definitions	UM classifies two main kinds of sensory experience, which represent two sides of a spectrum: Active and Restful. Active can happen on its own spectrum from subtle or neutral to intense and/or complex. For instance, the touch of the clothes on the skin as compared to the sound of a foghorn. Restful can happen on its own spectrum from not much detected to detecting the complete absence of sensory experience. For example, noticing that your body feels relaxed as compared to noticing that your torso doesn’t seem to be there at all because you can’t detect any sensation in your torso. Active and Restful can also be contrasted relative to each other, in terms of amount, as in more or less sensation (for example, my hands are restful as opposed to active because I don’t detect much sensation there). But they can also be contrasted by the type of sensory experiences, which show up differently in each sense category. Active Experiences: For See, inner activity is represented by mental images; outer activity is represented by physical sights. For Hear, inner activity is represented by mental talk; outer activity is represented by physical sound. For Feel, inner activity is represented by body sensations that are obviously emotional to you in that moment; outer activity is represented by any type of physical body sensation. Restful Experiences: For See, inner rest includes looking in but not at, looking at the grayscale (which is technically a combination of inner and outer because of physical light coming through the eyes), or noticing the absence of mental images; outer rest includes looking out but not at. For Hear, inner rest is the quiet mind; outer rest is the silent environment. For Feel, inner rest is the absence of emotional sensation, or emotional neutrality, or peace; outer rest is the absence of physical sensation, or the quality of relaxation (there may be flow in relaxation which is either active or restful depending on how you perceive it).
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Related	See In, See Out, Hear In, Hear Out, Feel In, Feel Out, Restful State, Sensory Activity