mind goes out to smell the coffee

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Dear Sri Michael,

Namaste.

 

Smell is intangible to eyes. It is tangible to nose. Form of an

object is intangible to nose, but tangible to eyes. Therefore, we

cannot say simply that " smell is intangible " . Otherwise, we have to

face the avyapti elsewhere.

 

With regards,

Tanya

 

> Namaste Advaitins,

> Why does the mind go out to the smell when it is an intangible that has

> first to physically affect the body? Because the mind is shorthand for

> our awareness of something and that awareness of something carries with it

> an awareness of a locus from which that something issues. Recognising

> something as a smell is a mental phenomenon, calling it such is something

> only a human could do. There are very likely sniffer machines that

> capture all the material aspects that give rise to a smell but they cannot

> be said to have a sense of smell like a human.

>

> The mind judging where the smell is coming from goes out to it.

>

> Best Wishes,

> Michael.

[Guest guest]

Tanya-ji wrote:

Smell is intangible to eyes. It is tangible to nose. Form of an

object is intangible to nose, but tangible to eyes. Therefore, we

cannot say simply that " smell is intangible " . Otherwise, we have to

face the avyapti elsewhere.

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Namaste Tanya-ji,

Yes you're probably right. The important thing is that the mind goes out

however the actual psychological sensory apparatus works in the particular

case. The mind has to go out because the object as object is inert and so

requires the action of mind to become illuminated according to Vedanta

Paribhasa.

 

Best Wishes,

Michael

 

 

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