{"id":457,"date":"2013-07-13T01:28:07","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=457"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:28:07","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:28:07","slug":"36-sense-improvement-by-practice-vol-17-the-hour-of-god-volume-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/01-works-of-sri-aurobindo\/01-sabcl\/17-the-hour-of-god-volume-17\/36-sense-improvement-by-practice-vol-17-the-hour-of-god-volume-17","title":{"rendered":"-36_Sense- Improvement by Practice.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\nSIX<\/b>
\nSense-
\nImprovement by Practice<\/font><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n                       
\nA<\/b>NOTHER<\/span> <\/font>
\ncause of the
\ninefficiency of the senses as gatherers of knowledge, is insufficient use. We do
\nnot observe sufficiently or with sufficient attention and closeness and a sight,
\nsound, smell, even touch or taste knocks in vain at the door for admission. This
\ntamasic inertia of the receiving instruments is no doubt due to the
\ninattention of the buddhi, <\/i>and there- fore its consideration may seem to
\ncome properly under the training of the functions of the intellect, but it is
\nmore convenient, though less psychologically correct, to notice it here. The
\nstudent ought to be accustomed to catch the sights, sounds, etc., around him,
\ndistinguish them, mark their nature, properties and sources and fix them in the citta
\n<\/i>so that they may be always ready to respond when called for by the memory.
\n    It is a fact which has been proved by minute experiments that
\nthe faculty of observation is very imperfectly developed in men, merely from
\nwant of care in the use of the sense and the memory. Give twelve men the task of
\nrecording from memory something they all saw two hours ago and the accounts will
\nall vary from each other and from the actual occurrence. To get rid of this
\nimperfection will go a long way towards the removal of error. It can be done by
\ntraining the senses to do their work perfectly, which they will do readily enough if they
\nknow the buddhi <\/i>requires it of them, and giving sufficient attention to
\nput the facts in their right place and order in the memory.
\n   
\nAttention is a factor in knowledge, the importance of which has been always
\nrecognised. Attention is the first condition of right memory and of accuracy. To
\nattend to what he is doing is the first element of discipline required of the
\nstudent, and, as I have suggested, this can easily be secured if the object of
\nattention is made interesting. This attention to a single thing is called
\nconcentration. One truth is, however, sometimes overlooked;<\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage-220<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

\nthat
\nconcentration on several things at a time is often indispensable. When people
\ntalk of concentration, they imply centring the mind on one thing at a time; but
\nit is quite possible to develop the power of double concentration, triple
\nconcentration, multiple concentration. When a given incident is happening, it
\nmay be made up of several simultaneous happenings or a set of simultaneous
\ncircumstances, a sight, a sound, a touch or several sights, sounds, touches
\noccurring at the same moment or in the same short space of time. The tendency of
\nthe mind is to fasten on one and mark others vaguely, many not at all or, if
\ncompelled to attend to all, to be distracted and mark none perfectly. Yet this
\ncan be remedied and the attention equally distributed over a set of
\ncircumstances in such a way as to observe and remember each perfectly. It is
\nmerely a matter of abhyāsa <\/i>or steady natural practice.
\n   
\nIt is also very desirable that the hand should be capable of coming to the help
\nof the eye in dealing with the multitudinous objects of its activity so as to
\nensure accuracy. This is of a use so obvious and imperatively needed, that it
\nneed not be dwelt on at length. The practice of imitation by the hand of the
\nthing seen is of use both in detecting the lapses and inaccuracies of the mind,
\nin noticing the objects of sense and in registering accurately what has been
\nseen. Imitation by the hand ensures accuracy of observation. This is one of the
\nfirst uses of drawing and it is sufficient in itself to make the teaching of
\nthis subject a necessary part of the training of the organs.<\/span><\/p>\n

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