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what we see in our brains is a representational world, answers, "Definitely not.
What we see in our brain is a copy of the world." In other words, he first rejects
the question asked, but then uses a rather more confused explanation to
confirm that we actually do see in our brains. This is a dishonest method
resorted to by some scientists who fear that if they accept this truth they will

in turn be forced to give matter up, which they believe is the only thing that
exists.
Others feel unable to deny that images form in our brains, but because
they hesitate to say, "Yes, I see the whole world in my brain," they give a more
meandering answer, "The brain simply processes the incoming signals and
orders neural activity, that is how you see and hear." Yet in any case, the real
subject of discussion is where the image forms once the brain has carried out

all its processing. The answer provided by this scientist is not an answer at all
but a short account of the stage before the formation of an image. The brain
processes the signals, but it does not then send them back to the eye or the ear.
For this reason, it is not the eye that sees, or the ear that hears. That being the
case, what does the brain do after processing the incoming signals? Where is
the processed information stored, and where is it turned into images or
sounds? Who is it who perceives this information as images or sounds? When
these scientists are asked for answers to questions like these, they try to avoid
accepting the truth by offering long, convoluted accounts. Actually, it is a

wonder that there is any debate about such an obvious truth at all.
However, all these ways of objecting to or avoiding the issue to hand are
feeble and invalid. Until someone who objects to the reality that is described in
these pages comes up with scientific facts to disprove that all our perceptions
are formed within our brains, what he says will be of absolutely no worth. It is
a fact that images and all our senses form in our brains. However, even though
someone has clearly grasped this concept, he may still ignorantly insist on

denying in his own mind the fact that it is God Who forms these images. He
may say, 'I don't even like to think about it,' or 'It is uncomfortable to imagine
that I can never see actual matter itself,' or "my life does not have any meaning
any more." However, it should be noted that learning this vital truth about
matter is not an uncomfortable situation at all. On the contrary it is a means to
deeper perceive the might and power of God, better grasp His superior artistry
of creation, love Him and hence the images around more by knowing that they

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