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that life was like a dream. I thought that was just a figure of speech. Such
people did not mean it in the true sense of the words, but as a simile. Who
knows what they would do if they knew it was actually true? It is an
extraordinary situation. Yet everyone who reads the book is quite calm. I
wonder if they have fully understood it. How can they be so calm in the face

of such a position? I have now understood death, the hereafter, resurrection,
life in heaven and everything much better. In the Koran, God says, "It is easy
for Us to create you again." Everything is now clear in my mind. Everyone I
talk to on the subject has difficulty in understanding it. How can I explain it
more easily and clearly? Some people I described the subject to got really very
excited. I wonder if I am wrong to explain it all so directly? Would it be better
if I first explain about the love of God, that He is the Compassionate and

Merciful, and that He wants people to attain the very best and live in the best
possible way? What do you think? S. U. Edirne
Since primary school I was always told that all the senses form inside
the brain. It was a fact I knew very well. I explained it clearly so many times in

biology classes, but I still never really saw the true face of the matter. I would
say that images formed in the brain, but that matter existed far away outside
me. It is out there, and I see it. My thinking was confused, along the lines that
the image formed where my eye was, and then in the brain. Thought that
matter existed absolutely, right there in front of me. Actually, I cannot have
thought too deeply about it. Whereas matter appears in only one place. I see
that place and matter as being together. It is as if I am in front of a thin curtain,

but it is not clear what is actually doing the watching, a nothingness or a soul.
Yet there is a power that perceives everything, a nothingness that takes up no
space, yet a consciousness that perceives the five senses. Are you thinking of
writing a more detailed work on the subject? Also, your books are not available
in the province where I live. Can I inform the publishers? With my respectful
wishes for your every success. Y.C. Kayseri

I explained this subject to a number of my friends. They are university
graduates, yet they are quite incapable of conceiving what the subject is all
about. "Come off it," they say. "OK, the image may form in my brain. But you
are right there in front of me," as they put their hands on my shoulder. I

describe how that conversation and action is all taking place in the brain. I even

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