Page 27 - Eternity Has Already Begun

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

landscape you see when you gaze at the horizon, both occur in this
tiny space. And keep in mind that, as noted before, the brain is in-

sulated from light. Inside the skull is absolutely dark; and the brain
itself has no contact with light that exists outside.
An example can illustrate this interesting paradox. Suppose we
place a burning candle in front of you. You can sit across from it and
watch this candle at length. During this time, however, your brain
never has any direct contact with the candle's original light. Even
while you perceive the candle's light, the inside of your brain is
lightless. We all watch a bright, colorful world inside our pitch-dark
brain.
R. L. Gregory explains the miraculous aspect of seeing, which is
taken so very much for granted:
We are so familiar with seeing, that it takes a leap of imagination to

realize that there are problems to be solved. But consider it. We are
given tiny distorted upside-down images in the eyes, and we see
separate solid objects in surrounding space. From the patterns of
simulation on the retinas we perceive the world of objects, and this
is nothing short of a miracle. 1
The same applies to all our other senses. Sound, touch, taste and
smell are all transmitted as electrical signals to the brain, where they
are perceived in the relevant centers.
The sense of hearing proceeds in the same manner. The auricle in
the outer ear picks up available sounds and directs them to the mid-

dle ear; the middle ear transmits the sound vibrations to the inner
ear by intensifying them; the inner ear translates these vibrations in-
to electrical signals and sends them to the brain. Just as with the eye,
the act of hearing takes place in the brain's hearing center. The brain
is insulated from sound just as it is from light. Therefore, no matter
how noisy it may be outside, it is completely silent inside the brain.

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