Go beyond the sensory and the mental to the spiritual

It is possible  for the jivas to realize  the form  of God,  for God  Himself  has  given  man the  ability  to realize  Him.   By this  ability  the  elevated jivas can realize  the  form  of the Lord.     Man  has  three  means of realization:  gross  material organs of knowledge, the subtle  body  or the mind’s comprehension power, and  the ability  of the jiva to perceive spiritual matters.

The eye, ear, nose,   tongue and  skin are the five organs by which  the external world is understood.   This is all material knowledge.   By contemplation, remembrance, or meditation on objects of material knowledge, only more material knowledge, or at most, a perverted glimpse of spirit,   is possible.  These  two  ways  of gathering knowledge are material.   It is not possible  to have  realization of the form  of the Lord,  which  is purely spiritual, by these  bodily  faculties.    Unless  a person takes  shelter  of the faculties  of  the soul,  spiritual vision  of the  Lord  is impossible.

Chaitanya Shikshamrita, Bhaktivinoda Thakura