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surrounding us, the body we have, our hands, arms and faces are the shadow
beings, then our brains are also shadow beings. Thus we cannot say that this
brain which is itself actually only a visual sensation, forms these visual
sensations.

Bertrand Russell points out this truth in his work The ABC of Relativity:
Of course, if matter in general is to be interpreted as a group of
occurrences, this must apply also to the eye, the optic nerve and the
brain. 26

Realizing this fact, French philosopher Bergson said in his book, Matter
and Memory, that "the world is made up of images, these images only exist in
our consciousness; and the brain is one of these images." 27
Who, then, is the being that shows these sights to our souls, with all their
reality and clarity, and lets us live a life with all of these perceptions and
without any interruptions?
The being that shows all the sights to our souls, lets us hear all the sounds,
and creates all the tastes and smells for our pleasure, is the Lord of all the
worlds, the creator of everything, God.

One Of The Most Important Dilemmas Of Materialism: Human
Consciousness

Materialist philosophy can never explain the source of human
consciousness, i.e. the qualitative experiences that belong to the human soul.
For the materialist philosophy, matter is the only thing that exists. Qualities
belonging to the soul of a human being, such as consciousness, thought,
decision-making processes, happiness, excitement, longing, enjoyment and
judgment can never be explained in the materialistic concept. Materialists pass
quickly over this subject saying "human consciousness is only the result of the

functions of the brain". A materialist scientist, Francis Crick summarizes this
materialistic claim as follows:
Your joys and your sorrows, your memories and your ambitions, your
sense of personal identity and free will, are in fact no more than the
behaviour of a vast assembly of nerve cells and their associated
molecules. 28

However, such a claim cannot be defended by either science or logic. The
materialist prejudices lead materialists to make such explanations regarding

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