Page 234 - Matter: The Other Name for Illusion

What is this thing, this me, inside me? What a great secret this is. I wonder
when people will ever understand it. It is perfectly clear, and not hard to grasp
at all. Why did it take us so long to understand? When everyone in the world
understands it, I think there will be countless revolutions in science. I do not

know what to call this situation. I was amazed, stunned. I gave thanks to the
great God. I now understand everything better. Yet I find it rather difficult to
explain it to others. Some people fail to understand. They say they are standing
in front of me. Yet when they say so, I am an image in their brains. That person
thinks I am outside. I am now simply wondering how better to explain by
amazement. I am waiting for this subject in your new book. If the examples are
all taken from daily life, it will be easier to explain things to others. S.K. Mu¤la.

Dear Mr. Yahya, I have read 'The Secret Behind Matter' in your books
many times. My view is that matter is definitely an illusion. This is something
wondrous, that life is just like a dream. It has affected me in an extraordinary

way. However, the impression that we deal with the original of matter, and the
feelings it inspires in me, are so convincing that I generally live as if it is real.
Yet when I think about it for a moment, I immediately clearly feel that matter
is just an illusion. Yet it is really so believable. I laugh at myself. Sometimes,
something annoys me so much that I raise my voice. Then I am embarrassed
when I remember the image in my brain I shouted at. What an astounding
creation we have. The idea that I feel matter is so powerful that nobody who

did not know the truth could ever doubt it. I sometimes look at the Bosphorus.
I think about how long it would take to get to the opposite shore. I look into
the distance. Then I think. Even the place I believe to be furthest away is inside
me, in my brain, inside my brain as an image in other words. Man is an
extraordinary creature. God has created him with such splendid knowledge
that I do not exactly know how to describe or talk about it. Let me say,
however: I hope that you and your work will find favor with God for giving
us this great knowledge. E.M. Istanbul

I read your account of the secret behind matter at the back of The
Evolution Deceit with great interest and excitement. At first, I understood it in
theory, but not in practice. Then it suddenly fell into place when I was thinking

about it. I was caught up in a stunning excitement. "God," I said, "this is an
amazing thing." Such a thing had never crossed my mind. They used to say

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