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The inside of a brain
is completely dark.
Light does not reach
the inside of the brain

Light is also composed in our brain

While discussing what science has discovered about vision, we mentioned that the light we receive
from the outside gives rise to some movements of the eye cells, and these movements form a pattern from
which our visual experience emerges. However, there is another point that we need to make: Light, as we
perceive it, does not reside outside of our brain. The light we know and understand is also formed within
our brain. What we call light in the outside world, which is supposedly outside our brains, consists of elec-

tromagnetic waves and particles of energy called photons. When these electromagnetic waves or photons
reach the retina, light, as we experience it, begins to come into existence. This is the way light is described
in physical terms:

The term "light" is used for electromagnetic waves and photons. The same term is used in physiology, as the feel-
ing experienced by a person when electromagnetic waves and photons strike the retina of the eye. In both objec-

tive and subjective terms, "light" is a form of energy coming into existence in the eye of a person, which a person
becomes aware of through the retina by the effects of vision. 4

Consequently, light comes into existence as a result of the effects that some electromagnetic waves and par-
ticles cause in us. In other words, there is no light outside our bodies which creates the light we see in our
brains. There is only energy. And when this energy reaches us we see a colorful, bright, and light-filled world.

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