Senses mislead.
Senses enlighten.
Which proposition is true?
In absolute sense, neither.
In relative terms, both.
Seems absurd? O.k, let me explain.
2 molecules of hydrogen with one of Oxygen is a makes water. True? Yes, this is demonstrable. The demonstration is registered by the senses. Every scientific demonstration or discovery is likewise routed through the senses. That proves, senses enlighten.
See another instance, a contrary one.
Man sees a snake hanging. Senses alert the man who finds that it was nothing but a mis-perception. He mistook a hanging rope for a snake. This is extrinsic illusion. Now see this reality from another angle. To misconceive a rope as snake might be an illusion, extrinsic or visible illusion, so to say, but to recognise snake as snake only, is as well an illusion. It is an intrinsic illusion, in that, technically speaking, the object , namely snake, has its own chemical and physical properties which are beyond the scope of sense perception to define fully and specifically. Even these complete definition data are registered by the senses itself, but with external aid, not by itself or on its own.
That is to say precisely that senses mislead as much or as little as senses enlighten too. What is indeed material is to decipher that which and when senses mislead or when senses enlighten.
We carry forward this discussion in the next part.
(More to follow)