How can we compare the might of senses ?

Question

"Just as a female spirit casts a spell on an exorcist, so these sense-objects come in the guise of supernatural powers, and sway a person's mind through contact with the senses"

How much relevance such a comparison has ? or are there any more comparisons for the might of senses ?

Answer 1

The Senses are of that Great Might that they pull towards various sensory pleasures, what could be the solution to be morale

Can we say anything done in rememberance of Thee as an offer to Thee (A 100% Omnipotent, Omnipresent and Omniscient Thee okay, not a limited 50 or 75% Thee ) is moral and anything that is done not an offer to 100% Thee is an Immoral act ?

Probably if we think deeply and assess our past experiences in this world, the answer is Yes only .... In God orientation, everything works for the best only .... A link to probably to ponder into is thoght for the day from Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba to learn how to become God Oriented ... or jk shall to become SAI oriented to control the senses to go even beyond ...

http://www.radiosai.org/pages/thought.asp

luv and SAI RAM,
jk

Answer 2

Are you asking what can be known of the external world through the senses?
You can begin a reading into the falibiliy of the senses through descartes. He pretty much explains that the senses are fallible and we therefore cannot have empirical knowledge of the universe.
But seeing as how most people fear an argument of solipism/skepticism i think we can assume projectibility of the senses to be correct--most of the time. So the question becomes how much the mind is influenced by its perception of the external world.

This question has many different answers. Some say we are nothing but our experiences and if our perceptions were formed differently then we would be different people. There might be some truth to this. Others say that the senses just supply raw data to the mind and the mind then applies the concepts and makes judgements on it. An interesting for you would be Plato's Thaeteus, wherein if you read it through the guise of these two views you can see an argument of why perception isn't knowledge.

Answer 3

If persons continue to restrain their senses, it is difficult to bring them under control by any means. If they restrain the mind by yogic practice, fencing it with religious observances, they have to suffer agony; such is the might of the senses. Just as a female spirit casts a spell on an exorcist, so these sense-objects come in the guise of supernatural powers, and sway a person's mind through contact with the senses. If his mind is caught in their snare he stops yogic practice; such is the power of the senses. In comparison one should not restrain their mind and there by the senses which will lead to suffer agony.

-Said by Lord krishna to Arjuna in the Kurushethra Battlefield-

Answer 4

We are out of touch with the Supreme and so the senses seem so powerful. We need to use our human intelligence, while we still have it, to understand our eternal origins and our eternal self.