Page 135 - Darwin's Dilemma: The Soul

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

When we dream of smelling a flower, we enjoy a per-
fect sensation of the unique perfume of that flower.
The reason for this is that the same processes take
place in the brain when we actually smell a flower or
when we only dream we are doing so.

es will come to an end when he awakens, and these will inspire no
pride in him. Other people’s negative attitudes are of no impor-
tance in his dreams, because he knows that neither the circum-
stances nor the people themselves are real. He knows that he will
wake up, for which reason he does not chase after worldly things,
or become worried by worldly concerns, or devote himself to his
own interests as if this life will never end. He knows that there is a
real world outside the dream one. Therefore, his surroundings are
of no importance or value to anyone who knows he is dreaming.
This also applies to the period we refer to as “real life.” For
someone who knows that this life is not real, that it is presented
merely in the form of perceptions, nothing he experiences in con-
nection with this “real” world is of any importance. Just as with
dreaming, he is aware of the false nature of an unreal life, even
as he lives it. He now realizes that the people expecting

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