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hardness and warmth of the cup and the taste and smell of the tea, shows the
astonishing clarity and perfection of the senses which exist within one's brain.
This important truth, which needs careful consideration, is expressed by
twentieth century philosopher Bertrand Russell:

As to the sense of touch when we press the table with our fingers, that is
an electric disturbance on the electrons and protons of our fingertips,
produced, according to modern physics, by the proximity of the electrons
and protons in the table. If the same disturbance in our finger-tips arose in
any other way, we should have the sensations, in spite of there being no
table. 11
The point that Russell makes here is extremely important. In fact, if our
fingertips are given a stimulus in a different manner, we can sense entirely
different feelings. However, as it will be explained in detail in due course,

today this can be done by mechanical simulators. With the help of a special
glove, a person can feel the sensation of stroking a cat, shaking hands with
someone, washing his hands, or touching a hard material, even though none
of these things may be present. In reality, of course, none of these sensations
represent occurrences in the real world. This is further evidence that all the
sensations felt by a human being are formed within the mind.

We Can Never Reach The Original Of The World
That Occurs Within Our Brain

As has been demonstrated here, everything that we live through, see, hear
and feel in our life occurs within the brain. For example, someone who looks
out of the window while sitting on an armchair feels the hardness of the
armchair and the slipperiness of the fabric in his brain. The smell of the coffee
coming from the kitchen occurs in the mind, not in the kitchen some distance
away. The view of the sea, birds and trees he sees from the window are all
images formed in the brain. The friend who is serving the coffee, and the taste

of the coffee also exist in the brain. In short, someone sitting in his living room
and looking out of the window is in reality looking at his living room, and the
view seen from the window on a screen in his brain. What a human being
would refer to as "my life" is a collection of all perceptions being put
together in a meaningful way and watched from a screen in the brain, and
one can never come out of one's brain.

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