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faithful to the original. The results of these efforts are sound
recorders, high-fidelity systems, and systems for sensing
sound. Despite all of this technology and the thousands of
engineers and experts who have been working on this
endeavor, no sound has yet been obtained that has the same
sharpness and clarity as the sound perceived by the ear. Think
of the highest-quality hi-fi systems produced by the largest
company in the music industry. Even in these devices, when
sound is recorded some of it is lost; or when you turn on a hi-

fi you always hear a hissing sound before the music starts.
However, the sounds that are the products of the human
body's technology are extremely sharp and clear. A human ear
never perceives a sound accompanied by a hissing sound or
with atmospherics as does a hi-fi; rather, it perceives sound
exactly as it is, sharp and clear. This is the way it has been
since the creation of man.
So far, no man-made visual or recording apparatus has
been as sensitive and successful in perceiving sensory data as
are the eye and the ear. However, as far as seeing and hearing
are concerned, a far greater truth lies beyond all this.

To Whom Does the Consciousness that Sees
and Hears within the Brain Belong?

Who watches an alluring world in the brain, listens to
symphonies and the twittering of birds, and smells the rose?
The stimulations coming from a person's eyes, ears, and
nose travel to the brain as electro-chemical nerve impulses. In
biology, physiology, and biochemistry books, you can find
many details about how this image forms in the brain.
However, you will never come across the most important fact: