The Five Organs of Sensation and Action

Man, as a sentient being, has five organs of sensation and five organs of action through which he expresses himself. They compensate each other, above and below, like the 'Yang' and the 'Yin' principle, everywhere in Nature. These lines of force are linked to the four elements and rivers of life, out of which they flow.

1. The sensory organ of hearing, for instance, has its compensatory motor organ in the power of voice and the principle of sound. What would be the use of speech if there were no ears to hear? and vice versa. "Lend me thine ear" is an expression of old.

2. The eyes, the sensory organs of sight, have their motor compensation in the strength of the thighs; that speeds the body on in running. One could not run if he could not see where he was going. The eyes are the lights on the way, and to the skill of the hands.

The navel and visceral plexus below this are also of the 'Fire' triad, in their action of the digestive fire and body warmth. In all cases of Eye Trouble, line up the Navel to the exact median line, and work the hypersensitiveness out of it by correlating it to the thighs, the perineum, and the upper cervical tensions, in relation to its center in the hands and on the soles of the feet.

3. The sensory organ of feeling has its seat in the physical heart center; that is where we feel hurt. Its compensatory motor organs of action are in the sense of touch, situated in the skin in general, and in the finger tips in particular. All skill and art has its roots here in the principle of Air, which is akin to Prana residing in it, and flows through the heart.

4. The nose and its sense of smell has its motor organs of expression in the action of defecation. It has its roots in the earth element, as gaseous vapors.

5. The tongue and its sense of taste has its motor expression in the sex act, as the element of water, in its instability and flow. It is the emotional element.

Ancient proverbs often mentioned the tongue as being more destructive than the sword. The sense of a mental and emotional satisfaction in having the 'last word', takes us into the