Page 26 - Matter: The Other Name for Illusion

A person watching a small child playing with a ball is actually not seeing him with his or her eyes. Eyes are only
responsible for delivering light to the back of the eyes. When light reaches the retina, an upside-down and two-
dimensional view of the child is formed on the retina. Subsequently this view of the child is converted into an electric
current, which is then transmitted to the visual center at the back of the brain, where the child's figure is seen
perfectly in three dimensions. Who then sees the child's figure in three dimensions with perfect clarity at the back of
the brain? Clearly, the entity we are dealing with is the Soul, which is a being beyond the brain.

All of these facts lead to the same conclusion. Throughout our lives, we
always assume that the world exists outside of us. However, the world is
within us. Although we believe that the world lies outside us, it is in the
smallest part of our brain. For example, the CEO of a company might consider
that he has direct contact with the external existence of the company building,
his car in the parking lot, his house by the beach, his yacht, and all the people
who work for him, his lawyers, his family, and his friends. However, he merely
confronts images of all of these things formed in his skull, in a tiny part of his

brain. He never knows the actual of the matter in the outside world.
He is unaware of this fact and, even if he knew, would not bother to think
about it. If he stood proudly next to his latest-model luxury car, and the wind

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