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The Secret Beyond Matter 45

Stimulations
coming from an
object are con-
verted into elec-
trical signals and
cause an effect in
the brain. When
we "see", we in
fact view the
effects of these
electrical signals
in our mind.

cal signals. The only information you have about the redness of the apple,
the hardness of the wood, -even, your mother, your father, your family, and
everything that you own, your house, your job, and the lines of this book,
are comprised only of electrical signals. In other words, we can never know
the true color of the apple in the outside world, nor the true structure of
wood there, nor the real appearance of our parents and the ones we love.
They all exist in the outside world as Allah's creations, but we can only have
direct experience of the copies in our brains for so long as we live.
In order to clarify the subject, let us consider our sense of sight, which
provides us with the most extensive information about the external world.

How Do We See, Hear, And Taste?
The act of seeing is realised in a very progressive way. Light clusters
(photons) that travel from the object to the eye pass through the lens in front
of the eye where they are broken up and fall in reverse on the retina at the
back of the eye. Here, the impinging light is turned into electrical signals
that are transmitted by neurons to a tiny spot called the centre of vision in
the back part of the brain. This electrical signal is perceived as an image in
this centre in the brain after a series of processes. The act of seeing actually
takes place in this tiny spot at the posterior part of the brain, which is pitch-
dark and completely insulated from light.