Now. The conscious mind perceives matter. Yet even then it does not perceive matter directly, but by a very indirect path, and only because the whole self directs a certain portion of its energies in that direction.

现在。有意识的心智感知到了物质。但即使如此，它也不是直接感知物质，而是通过一个非常间接的途径，而且只是因为整体自己将其能量的某一部分引向那个方向。