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hen you look out of the window, you think that you see an
image with your eyes, as this is the way that you have been
taught to think. However, in reality this is not how it works,
W because you do not see the world with your eyes. You see
the image created in your brains. This is not a prediction, nor a philosophical
speculation, but the scientific truth.
This concept can be better understood when we realize how the visual

system operates. The eye is responsible for transforming light into an electric
signal by means of the cells in the retina. This electrical signal reaches the sight
center in the brain. The signals create the vision you see when you look out of
the window. In other words, the sights you see are created in your brain. You
see the image in your brain, not the view outside the window. For example, in
the picture shown on the right hand side, the light reaches the eyes of the
person from outside. This light passes to the small sight center located at the

back of the brain after the cells in the eyes transform it into electrical signals. It
is these electrical signals which form the picture in the brain. In reality when
we open the brain, we wouldn't be able to see any image. However, some kind
of consciousness in the mind receives electrical signals in the form of an image.
The brain perceives electrical signals in the form of an image, yet it has no eye,
eye cells, or retina. So, to whom does the consciousness in the brain belong?
The same question can be asked about the book you are reading now. The
light coming to your eyes is converted into electrical signals and reaches your
brain, where the view of the book is created. In other words, the book you are

reading right now is not outside you, it is actually inside you, in the sight
center in the back of your brain. Since you feel the hardness of the book with

14 MATTER: THE OTHER NAME FOR ILLUSION