Sentences with phrase «surrounded by illusions»

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We must persuade ourselves of the non-existence of all surrounding phenomena, destroy the Grand Illusion by asceticism or by mysticism, create night and silence within ourselves; then, at the opposite extreme of appearance, we shall penetrate to what can only be defined as a total negation — the ineffable Reality.

The offerings, and the male himself, appear larger than life because of an effect that visual scientists call the Ebbinghaus illusion, which causes an object to look bigger if it is surrounded by smaller objects.

Actually both moons are exactly the same color in this illusion by psychologist Akiyoshi Kitaoka of Ritsumeikan University in Japan; only the surrounding colors are different.

But in this illusion the lighter - looking gray bars are surrounded by white stimuli, and the darker - looking gray bars are surrounded by black.

I also miss the restaurants, the ultra-luxurious travel, my friends, and being surrounded by people who were paid large amounts of money to create and maintain the illusion that I was a really special, interesting, and important person.

Ruth was born into poverty and was surrounded by such, she knew her «lot in life» was predestined and had no illusions that she could rise above where she was.

In Vance's canvases, the background no longer surrounds the object, but breaks through it — by opening and closing these spaces in the pictorial plane the artist is able to create the illusion of a three - dimensional space.

«The illusion is that a circle surrounded by other circles looks smaller the larger the surrounding circles are.»

There you are, surrounded by sets with wallpaper and furniture and lights that are all real — but they are all illusion, too.

Both S9 models feature stereo speakers tuned by AKG and support Dolby Atmos, providing an auditory illusion of 360 - degree surround sound.

While the surround sound effect wasn't «genuine,» it provided the slightest illusion that the Heavy firing his mini-gun behind me was actually behind me, thanks to a clever volume balancing effect that mixed the mini-gun sound more softly into the action of the front channels (produced by both cups firing simultaneously).

Surrounded by nature on three sides, the breakfast room creates the illusion of dining outdoors.

Cleverly surrounding a deep bath with the same marble as the floor and walls creates a seamless flow of luxury and also gives the illusion of a larger space, as the eye is not distracted by varying patterns.

Also created to blend into the surrounding environment, the futuristic structure of Shell House is raised by 1,400 mm, creating the illusion that it's floating above ground level.