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poplar tree in front of the window, the road in front of your house, the sea and the ship on the sea are all in
the sight center of the brain, on a two dimensional surface. Just like a painter can represent the feeling of

distance on a two dimensional canvas by using the proportions of size, elements of color, shade and light
and perspective, so can the sense of distance also occur in the brain. In conclusion, the fact that we sense ob-
jects to be far away or nearby should not fool us, as distance is a sensation like all the others.

Are You In The Room, Or Is The Room Inside You?

One of the reasons that prevent people from understanding that the images seen are actually sensed in
the brain, is that people see their body in the image. They come to this wrong conclusion that "since I am in
this room, the room does not occur in my brain." Their mistake is to forget that their body is an image too.

Just like everything we see around us is an image which exists in the brain, so does our body also exist as an
image in the brain. For example, while sitting on an armchair, you can see the rest of your body below your
neck. This image too is produced by the same perceptual system. When you put your hand on your leg, you

sense a kinesthetic feeling in the brain. This means that you see your body in the brain, and you feel your-
self touching your body in the brain.
If the body is an image in the brain, is the room inside of you or are you in the room? The obvious an-
swer to this is "the room is inside of you". And you see the image of your body inside the room, which in
turn is in the brain.

Let us explain this with an example. Let us suppose that you call a lift. When it comes, your neighbor,
who lives upstairs from you, is in it. You get into the lift. In reality, are you in the lift or is it in you? The
truth is: the lift with the images of the neighbor and your body all occurs in your brain.

Since your body is an image seen in your brain, the question is this: are you inside the room
that you are in, or is the room inside you? The answer is clear: Of course, the room is inside
you, in the vision center of your brain.

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