To develop each sense, I believe we need to separate them from the others so that the mind can fully concentrate on that one sense. In our daily life, we have an executive mind, the 7th sense which monitors and keeps flitting between inputs received at all the other senses - sight, sound, smell, taste, touch, proprioception and our thoughts(6th sense).
To isolate each sense, we could use 2 methods:
1. This is the fair and square method where you use lots of will power and direct the executive mind to a specific sense and stay there irrespective of what input you get from the others.
2. You can help this process by physically blocking input from other senses. For e.g.:
- You could tie a band on your eyes,
- Use ear plugs for your ears
- Taste is generally neutral unless you have had just eaten something
- Smell is also usually neutral or we get used to it
Even great thinkers like Leonardo da vinci recommend such stuff to sharpen the senses because they are the very instruments you use to perceive the world. The quality of these sense instruments is of paramount importance.
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