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The situation of the eye is also true for the ear. That is, the
brain is insulated from sound just as it is from light. It does not
let any sound in. Therefore, no matter how noisy the outside is,
the inside of the brain is completely silent. Nevertheless, the
sharpest sounds are perceived in the brain. In your completely

silent brain, you listen to symphonies, and hear all the noises
in a crowded place. However, if the sound level in your brain
were measured by a precise device at that moment, complete si-
lence would be found to prevail there.
As is the case with sharp imagery, decades of effort have
been spent in trying to generate and reproduce sound that is

faithful to the original. Sound recorders, high-fidelity systems,
many electronic devices and music systems sensing sound are
all the results of such efforts. Despite all 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, highest-fidelity systems pro-
duced by the largest company in the music industry. Even with
these devices, when sound is recorded, some of it is lost; or no-
tice how when you turn on a hi-fi you always hear a slight inter-
ference or static even 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 static as does a
music set; 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 video or audio 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 con-
cerned, a far greater truth lies beyond all this.