The five elements each have
a characteristic that affects and
attracts one of the five senses.
The ether as sound fascinates the
mind through the ear; air as touch
draws the mind to itself through
the skin; fire as form manipulates
the mind in its favour through the
eye; water as taste enslaves the
mind through the tongue; and earth
as smell intoxicates the mind through the nose.
The senses interact
with the external world
and produce experiences which yield joy or
grief. Falsely identifying himself with
the senses, man suffers in
the coils of attachment.
He does not realize that he is neither the
body nor the senses, that he is Godhead Himself.
divinely sent
