Human Senses

Humans understand and gain knowledge about the outside world through the 5senses-sight, hearing, smell, touch, taste. Most of all Humans rely on the sense of sight the most compared to others.

Presence of visible light is necessary for the working of sense of sight. Light can even travel in vacuum and it is the fastest moving next to thought. Human brain works on chemical and electrical processing and the speeds of signals are quite high compared to other speeds we come across in outside world.  More amount of interaction is possible through the sense of sight due to higher speeds and thus more reliability on it and which has given birth to the statement “SEEING IS BELIEVING”.

Sound waves are pressure waves, where the molecules of the medium vibrate and are pressure wave propagates across the medium. When this pressure wave reaches the ear, the membranes of ear drum vibrate generating electrical currents and are decoded by the human brain. Medium is a must for the sound to travel and it can be solid, liquid, gas and sound cannot travel in vacuum. We can say to have a peace of mind, “BETTER TO ARGUE IN VACCUM”.

Every object has odor, which is nothing but the molecules of the object carried by the gas. The molecules of the object has to be in a certain minimum concentration so that the when the air we inhale if it contains the particular molecules, the particular odor is noticed.  The dispersion of molecules has a great effect and thus it is very natural to get a better knowledge of good smell we inhale more and “WHEN IT SMELLS LIKE SHIT WE STOP BREATHING WITH NOSE AND OPEN MOUTHS”.

Skin is the part of body which given the sense of touch. A wide range of sensors are present inside the skin in multiple layers. Skin has to present in contact with the environment about which information is to be perceived and the requirement of kind of medium is highly debatable.  Not only does skin works as touch sensor but also works to detect variations in temperatures. Now very little info is gained by skin but has become we are and “IS HIGHLY WORKED UPON BY CHEMICALS AND TREATMENT FOR AESTHETICS”.

Tongue with taste buds present on it detects the presence of certain molecules tell the kind of taste and also work like skin in certain cases. But of all the senses it is believed by the sages that tongue is most difficult to control. They were right in meaning that the hunger of taste is difficult to control and more difficult is the need to talk. What exactly the sages meant is never known but tongue can make and break this world. Like skin the tongue has to be in contact with the object and requires a medium in contact. “TONGUE IS THE WATCHMAN” and rarely takes bribes.

Even though each of the 5senses is important, very much prominence is being given to sight because of the ease of manipulation that can be achieved. All the persons may not have equal capacities in the perception through individual senses but sum total of all capacities with in the brain which is the main organ for sensing is present. The inner exploration reveals the capacities and this is what everyone has forgotten. A race has started long ago to satisfy the senses and to satisfy senses means to satisfy the mind.

Mind is infinite reservoir of knowledge and we are unlocking it using the 5senses. If the 5senses can be used to study the mind itself we achieve a trance like state called “SAMADHI”. The sixth also known as common sense is becoming more uncommon in the current days due to the side effects of the excessive over indulgence.