Page 711 - Atlas of Creation Volume 3

Harun Yahya

that the smell of the dish does not come
from the kitchen. Likewise, the smell of hon-
eysuckle does not come from the garden and

the smell of the sea, some distance away from
you, does not come from the sea. All of these
smells are sensed at one point, in a related area
of the brain. There is no concept of right or left,
front or back, outside of this sense center.

Although each of the senses seem to occur with dif-
ferent effects, and may appear to be coming from dif-
ferent directions, they all in fact occur within the

brain. The smells which occur in the smell center of the
brain are assumed to be the smells of outside materials.
However, the image of the rose is generated in the sight cen-
ter and the smell of a rose is generated in the smell center. If
there is a genuine smell outside, you can never reach the original

of it.
George Berkeley, a philosopher who has realized the impor-
tance of this truth, says "At the beginning, it was believed that col-
ors, odors, etc., 'really exist,' but subsequently such views were

renounced, and it was seen that they only exist in dependence on our
sensations."
It may be instructive to consider dreams in order to under-
stand that smell is only a sensation. When people dream, in the

same way that all images are seen very realistically, smells are also
perceived as if they were real. For example, a person who goes to a restaurant
in his dream may choose his dinner amid the smells of the foods that are on the

menu; someone who dreams of going on a trip to the sea side senses the distinctive
smell of the sea, and someone who dreams of a daisy garden would experience, in his
dream, the pleasure of the magnificent scents. Likewise, someone who dreams of going to a
perfume shop and choosing a perfume would be able to distinguish between the
smells of the perfumes, one by one. Everything in the dream is so realistic

that when the person wakes up, he or she might be surprised by
this situation.
In fact, it is not necessary to examine dreams to under-

stand the subject. It is even sufficient to imagine one of
the depictions that were mentioned, such as the example
of the daisy. If you concentrate on the daisy, you can feel as
if you are aware of its scent, even though it isn't there. The
scent is now occurring in the brain. If you want to visualize

your mother in your mind, you can see her in your mind,
even though she isn't there in front of you; in the same way
you can imagine the smell of the lily, even though it isn't there.

A person smelling roses in his or her garden does not, in reality, smell the originals of the roses. What he or she senses is
an interpretation of electrical signals by his or her brain. However, the smell seems so real that the person would never un-
derstand that he or she is not smelling the original rose, and some therefore suppose that they are smelling the real rose.
This is a great miracle created by God.

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