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could really see, after a while. For example, there was a zoom lens in one of the
devices so as to move closer the image. When the zoom is operated without
informing the patient beforehand, the patient had an urge to protect himself
with two arms because the image on the subject's back expanded suddenly as

though the world was looming in. 14
As it is seen from this experiment, artificially produced senses can be
enough to form sensations.

"The world of senses" that we experience in dreams

A person lies on his bed with closed eyes while dreaming. However, in
spite of this, that person senses many things which he or she experiences in real
life, and experiences them so realistically that the dreams are indistinguishable
from the real life experience. Everyone who reads this book will often bear

witness to this truth in their own dreams. For example, a person lying down
alone on a bed in a calm and quiet atmosphere at night might, in his dream, see
himself in danger in a very crowded place. He could experience the event as if

When a person has a dream of being in a
garden on a bitingly cold morning in the
winter, he can feel the cold and start shaking.
However, there is neither wind nor cold in his
particular location. He might be even sleeping
in a very warm room. Nevertheless, he feels
the cold in all its reality. There is no
difference between the cold he feels in the
real world and the cold he is feeling in his
dream.

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