“Oh, no, chiquita, only vibrations. It is as if the nerve moved just a little distance, but very, very fast, back and forth, or up and down.”
“And no picture is carried to the brain?”
“No, there is just a vibration in the brain.”
“And that vibration makes us see the chair?”
“Yes, little one.”
A moment of silence. Then––
“Padre dear, I don’t believe it.”
“Why, chiquita!”
“Well, Padre, what is it that sees the chair, anyway?”
“The mind, dear.”