The Realms and Magnetic Field That Manas Engages With

The essential object (essential-object) is contacted by the eighth consciousness; among objects with essence, the true object-with-essence is contacted by the seventh consciousness, while the pseudo and false objects-with-essence are contacted by the sixth consciousness; the real object is contacted by the five sense consciousnesses; and the Image-Only Object is contacted by the solitary mental consciousness.

A magnetic field is material form (rūpa). What can perceive material form are the seven consciousnesses, with the perception of the seventh consciousness being primary; the sixth consciousness, generally speaking, is baffled and does not know the mystery within it, while the seventh consciousness knows but cannot speak of it. The object-with-essence has the greatest magnetic field effect, because it carries relatively many particles of the four great elements from the essential object, and therefore its influence is relatively great.