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HARUN YAHYA
Also consider the sense of distance. The empty space between you and
this page is only a sense of emptiness formed in your brain. Objects that ap-
pear distant in your view also exist in the brain. For instance, someone
watching the stars at night assumes that they are millions of light-years
away, yet the stars are within himself, in his vision center. While you read
these lines, actually you are not inside the room you assume you're in; on the
contrary, the room is inside you. Perceiving your body makes you think that
you're inside it. However, your body, too, is a set of images formed inside
your brain.

Millions of Colors in a Pitch-Black Location
Considering this subject in greater detail reveals some even more extra-
ordinary truths. Our sense centers are located in the brain, a three-pound
piece of tissue. And this organ is protected inside an array of bones called
the skull, which neither light, nor sound, nor odors can penetrate. The inside
of the skull is a dark, silent place where all smells are absent.
But in this place of complete darkness occur millions of color shades
and sound tones, as well countless different tastes and smells.
So how does this happen?

While we are in a room, we may be inclined to think that we're in a narrow space;
and when at the seaside, we are in a wide space. But this is a mistake: Both loca-
tions are perceived in our heads.
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