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Some people accept that when they touch a bus, they feel the
cold metal in their brains. On the other hand, they do not ac-
cept that the feeling of pain at the moment the bus hits them
forms in the brain. However, a person will feel the same pain
if he sees himself falling under a bus in his dream.

front of the oncoming traffic". A sharp blow, the
pain from a dog's teeth or a violent slap are not ev-
idence that you are dealing with the matter itself.

As we have seen, you can experience the same
things in dreams, with no corresponding physical
counterparts. Furthermore, the violence of a sen-
sation does not alter the fact that the sensation in

question occurs in the brain. This is a clearly
proven scientific fact.
The reason why some people think that a fast-
moving bus on the motorway or an accident

caused by that bus are striking proofs of the fact
they are dealing with the physical existence of
matter is that the image concerned is seen and felt
as so real that it deceives one. The images around

them, for instance the perfect perspective and
depth of the motorway, the perfection of the colors, shapes and shadows they contain, the vividness of
sound, smell and hardness, and the completeness of the logic within that image can deceive some people.
On account of this vividness, some people forget that these are actually perceptions. Yet no matter how

complete and flawless the perceptions in the mind may be, that does not alter the fact that they are still per-
ceptions. If someone is hit by a car while walking along the road, or is trapped under a house that collapses
during an earthquake, or is surrounded by flames during a fire, or trips up and falls down the stairs, he still
experiences all these things in his mind, and is not actually confronting the reality of what happens.

When someone falls under a bus, the bus in his mind hits the body in his mind. The fact that he dies as
a result, or that his body is completely shattered, does not alter this reality. If some-
thing a person experiences in his mind ends in death, God replaces the images He
shows that person with images belonging to the hereafter. Those who are unable to un-

derstand the truth of this now on honest reflection
will certainly do so when they die.

Even if someone is attacked
by a dog, that does not
change the fact that he sees
it all in his brain. A person
could see the same incident
with the same clarity in a
dream, and experience the
same excitement and fear.

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