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moment, complete silence 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 produced by
the largest company in the music industry. Even with these devices,
when sound is recorded, some of it is lost; or notice how when you
turn on a hi-fi you always hear a slight interference 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 concerned, a far
greater truth lies beyond all this.

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

Who watches an alluring world inside the brain, listens to sym-

phonies and the twittering of birds, and smells the rose?
The stimulations coming from a person’s eyes, ears, and nose trav-
el to the brain as electro-chemical nerve impulses. In biology, physiol-
ogy, and biochemistry books, you can find many details about how this
image forms in the brain. However, you will never come across an
answer to the most important question: Who perceives these electro-