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Scheduled as Daily Quote: 1909-11-01
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It's amazing how blind materialists are. I have five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch. Good. The world is conditioned by this fundamental sense of touch, common to all men and all beings. Good. I, as a human, test the sense of sight, hearing..., but that's not all, can I ask myself what I feel now by sight, touch, smell or taste? In addition, they can test the sense itself in the consciousness of that sense, that is, they can transfer consciousness to one sense or another. Moreover, I think, may I ask myself, what am I thinking? Who is it that has the conscience and asks? It is not a sense and it is not an idea, it is the consciousness of life. But may I ask what is consciousness? And to have the conscience of conscience? Not. Therefore this is the basis of what we call life. And what is life? What we call life, although related to what presents itself to us as the body, cannot in any way be explained in bodily terms.

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It's amazing how blind materialists are. I have five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch. Good. The world is conditioned by this fundamental sense of touch, common to all men and all beings. Good. I, as a human, test the sense of sight, hearing..., but that's not all, can I ask myself what I feel now by sight, touch, smell or taste? In addition, they can test the sense itself in the consciousness of that sense, that is, they can transfer consciousness to one sense or another. Moreover, I think, may I ask myself, what am I thinking? Who is it that has the conscience and asks? It is not a sense and it is not an idea, it is the consciousness of life. But may I ask what is consciousness? And to have the conscience of conscience? Not. Therefore this is the basis of what we call life. And what is life? What we call life, although related to what presents itself to us as the body, cannot in any way be explained in bodily terms.

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Romanian

"E uimitor cât de orbi sunt materialiștii. Am cinci simturi: văzul, auzul, mirosul, gustul, pipăitul. Bun. Lumea e condiționată de acest simț fundamental al pipăitului, comun tuturor oamenilor și tuturor ființelor. Bun. Eu, ca om, testez simțul văzului, auzului..., dar asta nu e tot, pot să mă întreb ce simt acum prin văz, pipăit, miros sau gust? În plus pot testa simțul însuși în conștiința acestui simț, adică pot transfera conștiința asupra unui simț sau altuia. Mai mult, gândesc, pot să mă întreb, la ce mă gândesc? Cine este cel care are conștiința și întreabă? Nu e un simț și nu e o idee, este conștiința vieții. Dar pot să mă întreb ce este conștiința? Și să am conștiința conștiinței? Nu. Prin urmare asta e temeiul a ceea ce numim viața. Iar viața ce e? Ce numim viață, deși se leagă de ceea ce ni se prezintă ca trup, nu poate fi nicidecum explicate în termeni corporali."

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