It is an absurd fact that when the mind, busy as it usually is with all kinds of thoughts and imagination, misses out on a lot of what is actually presented to it.

We unfortunately posses such a discursive mind that the data collected by our mind is incomplete and imperfect. We carry on our daily operations on the basis of this mind. As correctly said by Hariharananda Aranya, in Yoga we have to keep the mind fixed. Mind thus abandons its old habits of running after all and sundry objects. When such a will develops it culminates into a higher state of consciousness. Through this concentration one gains discriminative knowledge.

One can remain in this habitually arrested state as it proves to be very satisfying and meaningful.

The Yoga Sutra of Patanjali by Smt. Hansaji J Yogendra

The senses are there to catch the sense of objects. This is their normal and material form. One may concentrate on an object and learn a lot about one particular sense and also control it. The second part of the senses is connected to gain a general knowledge about the object. However, the central point is the sense of 'I' and the identification with it. This is the area worth considering as it gives us the mastery over the senses,while we gain