Six Animals Tied to A Pole

Tonight Dhamma talk by Sayadaw U Ukkhamsa is about how one can guard the six senses. This talk is based on Ayatana Sutta (further detail please see ayatana) mentioned by the Buddha. Sayadaw described the six senses in ourselves as likened to six animals, namely the snake, the crocodile, bird, dog, fox and monkey.
Our eyes are like the snake always try to get to its mount where lots of complicated things can be seen. The crocodile is our ears, wanting to submerge in the sound like the croc in the pond.
Our nose is the bird that want to fly to the air, wanting to smell the things in the air. The dog and the fox are our tongue and body respectively. The dog likes to go to the kitchen in for nice food just like our tongue and the fox to the cemetery to eat and to lie down just like our body that want to feel good things and later take a rest.
The monkey is the best representation of our mind - always jumping from one thing to another.
These animals are tied together in a knot of ignorance and when they do, each one of them will try to go to their respective goal, thus pulling the other five along. Usually the one that is most powerful at that moment will overpowered the rest and pull the others along. But the six of them will always compete with one another.
Only through Vipassana meditation that one can controlled these six animals. A yogi in meditation will tied these six animals to a pole thus quietened them by observing each one of them. Sayadaw advised the yogi to try to do this so that during the retreat, the six senses of ours will be controlled and noted. This will helped a yogi to progress further in his meditation.
Sadhu, sadhu, sadhu