“SENSES”

“SENSES”

P K Routray
Edited bt P Gaan

We have five senses to perceive through five sensory organs
And deeds get executed through five organs of action.
Untamed and ill directed senses are naughty
Very often they make the mind dirty
Senses collect food for the mind from greenery
Then it is processed through intellect and memory
Mind is the master of the senses
It can keep them on the right courses.
If mind is tinged with lust, greed and anger
Attachment, pride and jealousy fuelling the fire
A man then turns from divine to demon
Love, purity and peace are put to cremation.
As sensory organs, feel, see and hear as per mind’s direction
With feedback cycle, devilish directions come to organs of action.
Since Senses, and sense organs are each one mere instruments
They need a divine master to guide and
Keep them righteous and straight.
Sound, sight, touch, taste and smell are the objects of the senses
Ear, eye, skin, tongue and nose are the organs showing performances.
Intellect processes the information with power of memory and discrimination
The outcome goes to the mind for necessary contemplation.
Mind decides and directs the SENSES to be satisfied or otherwise
I get confused as to who executes and who does advise. May be mind and emotion represent the directors
And the senses and their organs are the actors.