राष्ट्रीय शिक्षा प्रणाली एवं भारतीय मानस (श्री अरविन्द - एकात्म शिक्षा दर्शन)

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slightly powerful here, in its effect on
the direct impressions of the mind, it
is extremely powerful and the chief
source of error. The mind takes direct
impressions primarily of thought, but
also of form, sound, indeed of all the
things for which it usually prefers to
depend on the sense organs. The full
development of this sensitiveness of the
mind is called in our Yogic discipline
Sushmadrishti or subtle reception
of images. Telepathy, clairvoyance,
claraudience, presentment, thought-
reading, character-reading and many
other modern discoveries are very
ancient powers of the mind which
have been left undeveloped, and they
all belong to the manas. The develop-
ment of the sixth sense has never
formed part of human training. In a
future age it will undoubtedly take a
place in the necessary preliminary