According to the mystics, there are five capacities of one's being, which may be called five 'akashas.'

1. The one capacity which everybody knows and is conscious of, is what may be called the receptacle of food, which is this body.
2. And the other which is more or less recognized, is the receptacle of sense, which is in the senses.
3. And the third capacity is called the receptacle of life, and this capacity is a world in itself, where one is conscious of the finer forces of life which are working within himself. They can convey to him a sense of the past, present or future, for the reason that they are clear to his vision. He sees them. But you may ask: "How can he find out the condition of another?" It is not because he can know more about others, for one is made to know most about himself, but many are unconscious of the third receptacle, that of life.