The nerves are also composed of the same kind of interior structures as mentioned earlier (in this chapter) : around, or rather from which, the physical nerves form. Here the exterior data is translated and broken down into inner terms. That is, it is decoded in terms of the internal sound, light, and electromagnetic patterns discussed before.
It then becomes usable information, even in terms of the atoms and molecules that compose the cells. The physical lapse that occurs between an incoming message (pause, frowning) , and its intended destination does not occur on these other levels. The “interior message” gets to its destination ahead of the physical one.
By the time the organism responds the inner patterns have already reacted, and this must and always does precede any physical response to stimuli. Therefore the invisible body pattern, composed of its interior light,sound and electromagnetic properties, reacts first, and actually initiates the later physical response.
(Slowly:) There is always this translation of external stimuli. The perceived lapse noted by scientists is of course the physical one (leaning forward, hand to closed eyes) , caused by the “time” it takes the message to leap the nerve endings. * The interior translation however is simultaneous.
Now return in your mind to the situation of the near accident. That event with the car, its driver, and your own precarious position, exists as another structure beside the one that you physically see. It also — the event — exists in the terms mentioned earlier, in a reality composed of invisible light, inaudible sound, and electromagnetic patterns.
(The Nature of Personal Reality)
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