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brain. He assumes that the glass exists outside of himself,
and talks to his friend, whose image occurs again within
his brain. In fact, this is an extraordinary case. The as-
sumption that he is touching the original glass and drink-

ing the original tea, which appears to be justified by his
impression of the hardness and warmth of the cup and the
taste and smell of the tea, shows the astonishing clarity and perfec-
tion of the senses which exist within one's brain. This important truth,

which needs careful consideration, is expressed by twentieth century philoso-
pher Bertrand Russell:

As to the sense of touch when we press the table with our fingers, that is an electric disturbance on the electrons
and protons of our fingertips, produced, according to modern physics, by the proximity of the electrons and
protons in the table. If the same disturbance in our finger-tips arose in any other way, we should have the sensa-

tions, in spite of there being no table. 11

The point that Russell makes here is extremely important. In fact, if our fingertips are given a stimulus
in a different manner, we can sense entirely different feelings. However, as it will be explained in detail in
due course, today this can be done by mechanical simulators. With the help of a special glove, a person can
feel the sensation of stroking a cat, shaking hands with someone, washing his hands, or touching a hard
material, even though none of these things may be present. In reality, of course, none of these sensations

represent occurrences in the real world. This is further evidence that all the sensations felt by a human
being are formed within the mind.

We Can Never Reach The Original Of The World

That Occurs Within Our Brain

As has been demonstrated here, everything that we live through,
see, hear and feel in our life occurs within the brain. For example,

someone who looks out of the window while sitting on an armchair
feels the hardness of the armchair and the slipperiness of the fabric in
his brain. The smell of the coffee coming from the kitchen occurs in
the mind, not in the kitchen some distance away. The view of the sea,

birds and trees he sees from the window are all images formed in the
brain. The friend who is serving the coffee, and the taste of the coffee
also exist in the brain. In short, someone sitting in his living room
and looking out of the window is in reality looking at his living room,

and the view seen from the window on a screen in
his brain. What a human being would refer to
as "my life" is a collection of all perceptions
being put together in a meaningful way and

watched from a screen in the brain, and one
can never come out of one's brain.
We can never know the true nature of the
original of the material world outside the brain.

We cannot know, whether or not the original, for
example the green of a leaf, is as we perceive it.
Likewise, we can never find out if a dessert is really
sweet or whether that is just how our brain per-

ceives it to be. Imagine, for example, a landscape you
have seen before. That landscape is not in front of