This senses actually belongs to the Supreme Lord. Because He sees, therefore we can see.
Just like in the Vedic literature you'll find that:
- yac cakṣur eṣa savitā sakala-grahāṇāṁ
- rājā samasta-sura-mūrtir aśeṣa-tejāḥ
- yasyājñayā bhramati saṁbhṛta-kāla-cakro
- govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
- (Bs 5.52)
Now the sun is described here, yac cakṣur eṣa savitā sakala-grahāṇāṁ rājā: Now, "This sun planet is the king of all planets." But what it is? "It is the eye of the Supreme Lord." Now, just imagine: we have got eyes, but unless the Lord sees with the eyes of the sun, our eyes have no meaning. No meaning. If there is no daylight, then our eye, our all pride of having a two . . . one pair of eyes, finished. Everything finished. We must have light. And that is, that light is by the Lord.
So in every respect . . . therefore Lord is called Hṛṣīkeśa. Our senses, they are actually the property. Property. I think, "Oh, I have got this hand. I move this way. All right. So I move this way. This is my hand. I can do this way or that, as I like." No. You cannot do it. As soon as the hand is paralyzed, you cannot do anything. You claim your hand that "This is my hand," but when your hand is paralyzed, you cannot move it. Your that individual consciousness is unable to do anything.
So therefore we must know even the senses which we have got for which we are so much proud, and by the enjoyment of the senses we are trying to be happy, those senses belong to the Supreme Lord. Therefore, the best thing is we should apply the senses in the service of this proprietor. We should not apply the senses for our individual satisfaction. That is the difference between material plane and spiritual plane. That's all. You haven't got to stop your senses, stop your desires. No. Simply, simple thing is that instead of applying them for your personal desires, you should dovetail it to the supreme desire. That's all. That is our perfect life. That is our perfect life. Just like the same example which I was trying to give you. Now, the Lord says that:
- patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ
- yo me bhaktyā prayacchati
- tad ahaṁ bhakty-upahṛtam
- aśnāmi prayatātmanaḥ
- (BG 9.26)