NOT ONE HUMAN BEING HAS EVER SEEN
THE ORIGINAL OF A ROSE, BUT HAS ONLY EVER SEEN A COPY OF IT
When
we look around, we see everything in our brains. Our eyes and
optical nerves, like cables conveying images to a television,
transmit the signals emanating from an object to our brains. These
signals, like the ones we see on a television screen, transform
into colored, bright, three dimensional images. We can never see
the original objects themselves. For instance, what we see is
the copy image of a red rose that forms in our brains. We can
never know the color of the original rose. Alternatively, we can
never test whether a friend standing next to us sees the rose
in the same colors, or whether what we call red is the same color
he calls red. That is because in the brains of 100 people looking
at the same rose in the same garden, 100 different images of roses
are formed. And none of these people can see the original of the
rose; they can only see the copies formed in the brain.
Despite this obvious fact, people
always assume that they touch or smell the original material objects
that supposedly cause their experiences. The fact that throughout
their lives people assume the images they see are the originals
is a miracle created by God. Having a grasp of this important
fact and starting to see the miracles of God will change your
outlook on life.
EVERY EVENT IN WORLD HISTORY IS
HAPPENING RIGHT AT THIS MOMENT!
The moment when this picture of the
Prophet Moses crossing the Red Sea was painted and the moment
when that actual event was experienced are both the same in
God's sight.
An
example will give us a better understanding of this: Assume that
you have a picture of a big city spread in front of you. Let's
also imagine that there is a man trying to reach from one end
to the other end of this city. From the point of view of this
man, there is a certain distance to be crossed from one end of
this city to another in a definite time.
Yet
a person who looks at this picture from the outside can see all
the details of the city in a single moment. As is the case with
this example, while from our point of view we need a certain amount
of time for some events to take place, for God, the Creator of
time, it takes only a single moment for all events to occur.
In
the sight of God, all events which have occurred on earth so far
actually take place in a single moment. For instance, in God's
sight the Prophet Moses is right now crossing the Red Sea, the
Prophet Muhammad is right now taking refuge in the cave with his
friend, the Prophet Noah is right now constructing his ark and
is setting about his journey, the Prophet Abraham is right now
being thrown in the fire, the Prophet Jesus is right at this moment
being raised to heaven and Mary is right at this moment talking
to Gabriel…
In
the timelessness in God's sight, every instant exists at the same
time at the very same moment, and will continue to exist for all
eternity. None of the images created by God, no events or beings
disappear. (This is similar to the images in a videotape cassette;
they continue to exist even after we have watched them.) However,
a person has no possibility of rewinding or re-watching them.
Only God sees and knows these images in a single moment. Ponder
the glorious mysteries and miracles in God's creation, and never
avoid confronting the facts.
A PERSON WHO THINKS HE IS SAILING
ON A BOAT ACTUALLY WATCHES THAT JOURNEY IN HIS BRAIN
A
person who thinks that he has made an intercontinental journey
and thus covered thousands of miles has actually not covered even
one nautical mile. That is because while he assumed that he was
sailing on a boat, he actually watched the journey taking place
in his brain. The scenery he enjoyed, the coasts of the various
countries, harbors, the way the boat sailed over the ocean, the
dolphins and the drifting of the clouds in the sky are all images
formed in his brain.
When
a boat leaves the harbor, the ever-diminishing image of the harbor
and its ultimate disappearance from one's sight produce the sensation
that the boat is moving. Yet, at that very moment, a person is
actually watching the ever-diminishing image of the harbor formed
in his brain. The boat, the harbor and the sky are all images
formed in the tiny visual center in the brain. The changing dimensions
of the images produce an impression of distance and depth in a
person's mind. Actually, there is nothing in the distance; everything
remains on a single surface, on one single point.
Those
who are greedily attached to the life of this world feign ignorance
of this fact, and also strive to prevent others from grasping
it. That is because a person who accepts that everything he sees
is just a copy in his brain will no longer be able to boast about
his journeys or the different countries to which he has been.
Say:
"Can any of your partner-gods guide to the truth?" Say:
"God guides to the truth. Who has more right to be followed-He
who guides to the truth, or he who cannot guide unless he is guided?
What is the matter with you? How do you reach your judgment?"
(Surah Yunus, 35)
DO NOT FEIGN IGNORANCE OF A GREAT
FACT!
What feels the thinness of the sheet of paper
you are holding, the weight of the bag you carry or the slipperiness
of soap is, in reality, not your hand at all. The impressions that
come from the objects you touch with your fingertips are transmitted
to the brain as electrical signals, and these signals are perceived
in the brain as the sense of touch. Hence, when you shake hands
with one of your friends, this sensation of shaking hands is your
brain's interpretation of certain signals.
Despite knowing this fact, many people assume
that they touch the original of an object. Yet, this is unlikely
to happen. A person feels that he is shaking hands with a friend
only in his brain. He can never touch the original hand of his friend.
What he touches and feels is the copy of his friend's hand formed
in his brain. Since we can never reach the original object we touch
or see, how can we be sure whether or not this copy is identical
to the original? We can never be sure, because throughout our lives
we live in our skulls. What we see, touch, hear or taste all exist
in our brain. However, as a miracle from God, these copies are so
identical to their originals that the majority of people can never
realize that fact. Furthermore, one has to make great efforts to
convince such people that all they see are illusions and that they
can never see the originals.
NO SOUND EXISTS IN THE
WORLD OUTSIDE OUR BRAINS
Many people assume that sounds exist in the outer world and
that we hear these sounds through our ears.
For instance, a person who turns the radio up assumes that
he hears a loud sound coming from the loudspeakers.
Yet, the fact remains that no sound exists outside a person's
brain. The world is utterly silent.
In the world outside our brains, there are only vibrations.
These vibrations are converted into sounds by our ears and
brains. In other words, if there are no ears and brain, there can
also be no sound.
Furthermore, absolute silence prevails inside our skulls. Even
if we accept the existence of sounds in the outside world, these
can never reach our brains.
What reaches our brain is an electrical copy of the sound.
Yet, in this deep silence, man listens to the electrical messages
reaching the hearing center of his brain in the form of a loud song
coming from the loudspeakers.
This being the case, who is it that listens to songs without
the need for ears, ear cells or auricles, and who is it that takes
pleasure from these songs?
It is a person's SOUL.
So, as long as there exists no soul listening to a song, there
also exists neither radio, nor any machine that makes a lot of noise
nor a bell that rings. You must think about this extraordinary miracle
in God's creation.
IN THE DEEP SILENCE OF
YOUR BRAIN, IT IS YOUR SOUL THAT LISTENS TO A CONFERENCE
In
a big conference hall, people attentively listening to the speaker
assume that they hear every sound uttered by him. In the same
assured manner, the speaker expresses his opinions and assumes
that the listeners hear him. Yet the facts are otherwise, and
at that moment, a miracle of which no one is aware is taking place.
The
speaker tells something to the audience in his brain, and in the
same manner the audience listens to the speech in their brains.
Dozens of people who are sure they are in that hall at that moment
actually experience all this in their brains.
To
have a grasp of this miracle, one needs to have accurate information
about the ears, because many people think it is the ear that hears
sounds. Yet, the ear only transforms the stimuli reaching it into
electrical signals and then transmits them to the brain. These
signals are then heard in the hearing center of the brain in the
form of sounds.
Here,
one point deserves special attention. What reaches the brain is
not the original sounds but the electrical current that mirrors
them; the brain in the skull is completely soundproof. Despite
this, in the brain of every listener in the hall, there exists
a being that hears the electrical currents as the speech being
given.
This
being experiences everything so realistically that no one can
understand that the sound he hears is not the original at all.
This being is the SOUL uniquely created by God. Despite the deep
silence in the brain, the soul hears everything with perfect clarity.
SOMEONE DRIVING A CAR FOLLOWS
THE ROAD FROM THE MONITOR IN HIS BRAIN
Someone
driving a car in heavy rain sees the steering-wheel he holds,
the highway he can hardly see and the windscreen-wipers that enable
him to see the road all in the very same place, that is in his
brain.
The stimuli coming from the rain,
the asphalt highway and the windows of the car, in brief, all
the objects surrounding the driver are perceived in the brain
as the rain, highway and car. There is a being watching the outside
world from the monitor inside the brain. That being is the soul
God creates as a great miracle.
Have you ever thought how difficult
it is for someone who perceives the image of rain from the monitor
in his brain to drive without crashing his car? You must certainly
ponder over the answer to this question.
OR DO YOU THINK THAT YOU SEE THE
ORIGINAL OF MATTER?
The
landscape you see when you look through your window alters throughout
the year. You encounter a beautiful landscape covered with snow
in winter. In springtime, you see a rainy landscape, whereas it
changes into a green and sunny view in summer. Have you ever thought
where you see these scenes? Has it ever occurred to you that you
only watch the copies of the bright sun, white snow or rain that
form in your brain?
The
majority of people over the world do not realize that they see
these images in a dark space in their brains, and that they will
never see the originals.
Yet,
this is a scientific fact accepted by the entire scientific world
in the 21st century, and which even appears in biology textbooks.
Ever
since the creation of the world, no one has ever opened his window
and seen the original of the scenery outside. Anyone who thinks
he has seen the original has, in reality, seen nothing but illusions
formed in his brain, and has believed in an illusory object no-one
has ever seen. That is because what people call "matter"
is, in reality, nothing but the name they give to the illusion
they see. The only evidence they offer when they claim that they
see the originals outside, is again nothing but illusions.
THE ONLY EVIDENCE THAT THOSE WHO
CLAIM THAT MATTER EXISTS EXTERNALLY CAN OFFER IS THEIR ILLUSIONS
A
climber who sits on the peak of a mountain and watches the unique
scenery around is often unaware that he sees this marvelous beauty
inside his brain. However, this endless image actually forms in
the tiny visual center of the climber's brain. What he sees, on
the other hand, is nothing but his brain's interpretation of the
rays reaching it from that scenery.
In
other words, he actually sees a one-to-one copy of that scenery
made up of electrical signals, rather than the scenery itself.
Owing to this similarity, the climber thinks he is face-to-face
with the original scenery outside. He believes that matter exists
externally. And he is free to believe this. However, he must never
forget that since time immemorial, no man has ever seen the original
of matter, and that he is claiming to see something that has never
been seen by anyone. The only evidence he has is the illusion
formed in his brain.
DID YOU KNOW THAT THROUGHOUT
YOUR LIVES YOU LEARN NEW INFORMATION BY READING THE BOOKS IN YOUR
BRAIN?
Did you know that the story books, textbooks,
encyclopedias, novels, in brief, all the books you have read since
your childhood are, in reality, copies of books formed in your
brain, and that you can never step out of your brain and read
the original of a book?
The hand you place on a book, the book
itself and the desk are all formed in the visual center in your
brain, all in one single place. Yet, the image formed in the brain
as a result of the electrical signals coming from the book are
so clear and real that you cannot grasp that fact. You think that
you see and that your hands hold the original book. Yet, you forget
the fact that it is another being that reads, understands and
learns the content of that book, which is formed in the tiny visual
center in your brain.
Many people are unaware that the being
that follows these lines without the need for an eye is the soul
given to man by God. Those who are aware, on the other hand, try
to avoid this awesome truth.
Those who ponder this established fact
and the existence of soul, and thus who refuse to avoid the facts,
will always benefit greatly. For those who start to have an understanding
of God's might, the world will have a brand new meaning.