Page 144 - Spirit and Mind. Vol 1

Nicolai Levashov. Spirit and mind. Vol.1

However, this blindness is very transient (Δt < 0,041666667 sec.) and occurs
only when the image changes too rapidly.
This phenomenon is well known as "the twenty-fifth frame effect." Thus, our
brain is capable of responding to images not changing faster than twenty-four frames
per second. At every twenty-fifth frame (and up) we are unable to see, so we cannot

regard humans as fully "sighted" since the brain is capable of seeing only a piece of
the surrounding world picture.
Nonetheless, what we can see is quite sufficient for orienting ourselves in the
surrounding world. Our visual apparatus performs this function quite satisfactorily.
However, we should always bear in mind that we see only a piece of the natural
world and that we are, in essence, half blind. It goes without saying that our eyes
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react only to the optical spectrum of electromagnetic radiation [(4...10)10 m]. Now
let us try to understand the how and why of what happens in the eye's light-sensitive
cells. Every single photon represents a wave (λ) moving in a medium. Further, the
wave generates a microscopic disturbance (i.e., deformation) of space
dimensionality through every point on its pathway. It is precisely this microscopic
alteration of space dimensionality, as the wave moves through its medium, that is
absolutely pivotal for the biochemical processes occurring in the light-sensitive
retina.

And, since photoreceptor cells have membranes permeable to photons, the latter
can penetrate their inner space. Every cell contains a huge number of molecules,
atoms and ions, the interaction of which ensures the cell's normal functioning. This
constitutes the so-called metabolic activity which is present in all cells of all living
organisms without exception.

But additionally, the photoreceptor cells contain atoms, ions and molecules

which have nothing to do with metabolic functions; rather they play a unique role in
all complex organisms. Specifically, these atoms, ions and molecules enable the brain
of such organisms to see their surrounding environment. So, wherein lies their
uniqueness?

The answer lies as follows: under ordinary conditions, photoreceptor cells do
not interact at all . That is because their dimensionality levels differ from ordinary
cells in that natural fluctuations occurring within them are not sufficient to trigger the
usual chemical reactions — like forming new combinations of atoms into molecules
or creating new electron bonds on already existing molecules and ions (see Fig. 12).

However, when photons penetrate cell membranes, they generate an additional
alteration of microspace dimensionality at the point of entry of their wave front
(see Fig. 13). Practically everyone has either watched on TV or experienced

personally how ocean waves can elevate ships upon their crests, while ships not
reached by the wave maintain their same level on the water's surface. A familiar
picture, is it not?

When the water is calm, its surface level is uniform over its entire area, but
when the waves rise, some areas of the water surface are much higher than the others.
I believe we would all concur with this observation.

A photon penetrating a cell's membrane causes a similar reaction on its crest: it
elevates those atoms and molecules equal in dimension to its wavelength. These

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