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impressions or external knowledge to trigger our awareness so that it awakes to the newly opened access.
Since our mind is capable of alerting us to a new range of awareness as well, we also recognize indirect knowledge through intellectual methods that systematically explore knowledge - deduction, comparison, induction etc.
All sensory knowledge (mati) is perceived by the combined functioning of our senses and our mind.
All external knowledge (from books, teachers etc.) (sruti) is perceived only through the mind.38
SUTRA 12 yeuh puc 92 | Pratyaksha manyat (12) The remaining three channels provide direct access to knowledge. (12)
- Extrasensory perception (clairvoyance and telepathy) (avadhi) - direct perception of the consciousness of others (manal-paryaya) - omniscience (kevala jnana) provide direct knowledge.
38 According to the Tattvarthasutra the mind is a sense-organi made of
subtle matter (manovargana) and located to the right and above our heart. anindriya, manas and antahkarana are synonyms for 'mind'.
The mind is an instrument of perception that - like our senses - ex ists outside our consciousness. It is not consciousness itself. Since the West is not aware of the mechanisms of direct knowledge, we regard our mind as the carrier or expression of consciousness. Yet this concept restricts our consciousness to the limited range accessible to the mind. This arbitrary restriction hinders us to search for insights beyond what the mind is able to perceive.
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