Each of us lives within the universe - the prison - of his own brain. Projecting from it are millions of fragile sensory nerve fibers, in groups uniquely adapted to sample the energetic states of the world around us: heat, light, force, and chemical composition. That is all we ever know of it directly; all else is logical inference.
Interpretation
Our understanding of the universe is limited to our brain's perceptions and interpretations.
This quote highlights the notion that our experience of the universe is confined to the interpretations made by our brain through sensory input. It suggests that while we can perceive certain elements of reality through our senses, much of our knowledge comes from logical reasoning rather than direct experience, drawing attention to the limitations of human perception.
In practice
This quote can be shared during a philosophy class to discuss the nature of perception.
If you see Allah, Mighty and Magnificent, holding back this world from you, frequently trying you with adversity and tribulation, know that you hold a great status with Him. Know that He is dealing with you as He does with His Awliya’ and chosen elite, and is watching over you.
Live or die but don't poison everything.
Of the past 3,400 years, humans have been entirely at peace for 268 of them, or just 8 percent of recorded history.
Tyrants preserve themselves by sowing fear and mistrust among the citizens by means of spies, by distracting them with foreign wars, by eliminating men of spirit who might lead a revolution, by humbling the people, and making them incapable of decisive action.
It is so difficult to draw a clear line of separation between the abuse and the wholesome use of the press, that as yet we have found it better to trust the public judgment, rather than the magistrate, with the discrimination between truth and falsehood. And hitherto the public judgment has performed that office with wonderful correctness.
The world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play _x000D_ And in one word, just nothing.
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