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Harun Yahya 31

25. Can we reach the original of the
external world?

We can never reach the original of the external world.
Since throughout our lives we merely deal with the electrical
signals reaching our brains, we merely know the perceptions
in the mind. The only world we know of is the world that exists
in our minds: the one that is designed, recorded, and made
vivid there; the one, in short, that is created within our minds.

26. Do we not also experience dreams in
the mind?
Yes, dreaming is an excellent example to understand the
subject. In our dreams, we experience events, see people,
objects and settings that seem completely real. However,
they are all nothing but mere perceptions. Both of the “dream”
and the “real world” are experienced in the brain. While
dreaming there is nothing apart from what is in the brain. In
the real world, however, the actual matter exists outside us,
but we can never reach it and merely know its version per-
ceived in the mind.

27. If we deal merely with perceptions of all
matter, then what is the brain?

Since our brains are a part of the physical world just like
our arms, legs, or any other object, we deal merely with its
perception just like all other objects. An example about
dreams will illuminate the subject further. Let us think that we
see the dream. In the dream, we will have an imaginary body,

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