Yes. It is essential to have full clarity on these questions.
Question: Is it correct to say that matter exists in the outside world and we use our minds to experience a mental version of it? Like the table is really in the outside world and not because I can sense it through my senses?
- Yes. 100%
Question: If I eat a cake , is the cake really in the outside world composed of matter or its just a mental thing because I can see, smell, hear, taste, touch it?
- Yes. The cake is real, and your sensations (e.g., its taste) based on it are real.
Question: What if the senses are not present?
- If a given sense faculty is not working, you will not experience the sensation.
- For example, the blind cannot see, and the deaf cannot hear.
