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MINDANDMATTER
andmuttonandcabbageandpotatoestrans-mutedintomind?Wemisusewords.Weconstructanarti-ficialandneedlessbarrierbetweenmindandmatter.By"matter"wesimplymeansome-thingperceptiblebyourfivesenses;andby``mind"wesimplymeansomethingimper-ceptiblebythesesenses.What"matter"reallyisweknowaslittleaswedowhat"mind"reallyis.Supposewehadfiftysenses;supposewecouldactuallyperceiveelectri-city,magnetism,aetherealvibrations,molecu-larmotion,radialemanations,theinterplayofemotion,theworkingofmemory,themiracleofthought;supposewecoulddetecteveryandallofthemyriadmanifestationsofen-ergyasexhibitedinthewholeofthiswon-derfulworld!Wouldnotthebarrierbeveryhastilythrowndown,andmatterrevealitselfasinrealityoneandthesamewithmind?Howextraordinarilylimitedisourconcep-tionofmatter—sowecallit!Wesayithas81
TThether mindeand nzatere,they benotidenti-call.
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