Seven stages of information.

We know very well about the sense objects. The list is as follows:
1. Eye
2. Nose
3. Tongue
4. Ear
5. Skin (Sense of touch)

These are the five centers from where we receive the information. The information may be correct or wrong it depends on the envoirment. That the reason why elderly people advice good company and also "Man is known by the company he keeps". Because then the information through the above sources is relatively safe or we can say the information exchanged is health one.

We often find people with their existing surrounding quite happy with that. The reason for that is the through the years getting the same level of information and hence they start to relate everything on what the inputs they get continously. There is a common experience - Baby elephant is tied properly and then torchered continuously for few days, he tries to get out of the situation but does not succeed and then gets quite, after this stage is passed and he grows big, the elephant is tied with a simple chain which the elephant can break with ease but this doesn't happen the reason for that is past experience tells elephant that he cannot break the chain with which he is tied.

Similarly the information which we get through these five channels is very important and can change our personality and also life. These five channels constantly hammer tons of information to us creating a lot much chaos than we can expect. One mode in itself is strong enough to ruin our lives. Therefore you require a good company. (I will not here elaborate on what is good and what is bad company may be in future)

Fortunately enough we have two most powerful tool of processing the information one is mind (mind in self realised person is absent, we are not self-realized people and also self realized people do not get bothered with outside events they are happy in within) and the other is intellect. Though these are the most powerful things yet these are less exercised.

As I wrote earlier that mind is absent for self-realised person but still as aspirant or as we are in process of thinking we are mentioning mind. Surprisingly, intellect is absent in those who haven't attained self realization. Funny but true. The reason for that is we are clouded many desires (mind domain) where actually we cannot think in right spirit hence intellect is absent (or supressed by mind). And actually it should be vice-versan mind absent and intellect present.

Many systems have been developed just to control mind or atleast train mind to be selective and also make intellect stronger. Some call meditation, others take counselling from professionals, many people join laughter clubs and so on. These activities either involve more intellect or lessen the force of mind.

The another way to look at it is that these systems utilize the two tools in effective manner so that the information is properly processed and the events outside are properly judged. The information from all channels has to be scrutinized selectively inorder not to fall in some false circle. There are many such traps which we actually fall in and then find it very difficult to get out of that.