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ceive as external is only a response formed by electrical signals in our
brain. The red of an apple, the hardness of wood - moreover, one's moth-
er, father, family, and everything that one owns, one's house, job, and even
the pages of this book - all are comprised of electrical signals only.
On this subject, the late German biochemist Frederic Vester explained
the viewpoint that science has reached:
Statements of some scientists, positing that man is an image, that everything
experienced is temporary and deceptive, and that this universe is only a
shadow, all seem to be proven by current science. 14
To clarify, let's consider the five senses which provide us with all our
information about the external world.

How Do We See, Hear, and Taste?

The act of seeing occurs in a progressive fashion. Light (photons) trav-
eling from the object passes through the lens in front of the eye, where the
image is refracted and falls, upside down, onto the retina at the back of
the eye. Here, visual stimuli are turned into electrical signals, in turn trans-
mitted by neurons to a tiny spot in the rear of the brain known as the
vision centre. After a series of processes, these electrical signals in this
brain center are perceived as an image. The act of seeing actually takes

place at the posterior of the brain, in this tiny spot which is pitch dark,
completely insulated from light.
Even though this process is largely understood, when we claim, "We
see," in fact we are perceiving the effects of impulses reaching our eye,
transformed into electrical signals, and induced in our brain. And so, when
we say, "We see," actually we are observing electrical signals in our
mind.
All the images we view in our lives are formed in our centre of vision,
which takes up only a few cubic centimetres in the brain's volume. The
book you are now reading, as well as the boundless landscape you see
when you gaze at the horizon, both occur in this tiny space. And keep in
mind that, as noted before, the brain is insulated from light. Inside the skull
is absolutely dark; and the brain itself has no contact with light.

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