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As is the case with imagery, decades of effort have been spent
in trying to generate and reproduce sound that is 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: Who perceives these electro-
chemical nerve impulses as images, sounds, odors, and sensory
events in the brain? There is a consciousness in the brain that