In Buddhist philosophy,
the mind is the organ of fear.
Why?
... because for the individual who
wishes to safeguard the body,
the universe is a dangerous place.
The five senses are specialised cells,
specialised to increase awareness of danger.
It's not only sight,
but every specialised sense organ.
The gut, from where we
get the phrase "gut feeling",
senses the whole gamut of frequencies.
But out of this gamut of frequencies
that hit our bodies, the specialised senses
pick up only a very limited range,
the ones corresponding with
a sensed danger that they've
been developed to recognise
and give the body
an opportunity to deal with.
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