--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: Everything we see and feel is \"an effect…" description: "\"“Everything we see and feel is \"an effect of God's power,\" said Berkeley. For God is \"intimately present in our consciousness, causing to exist for us ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d0/jostein-gaarder-676_flesh-and-blood_everything-we-see-and-feel-is-an-effect_1284506.jpg" --- # Everything we see and feel is "an effect of God's power,"… ![“Everything we see and feel is "an effect of God's power," said Berkeley. For God is "intimately present in our consciousness, causing to exist for us the profusion of ideas and perceptions that we are constantly subject to." The whole world around us and our whole life exist in God. He is the one…” quote by Jostein Gaarder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d0/jostein-gaarder-676_flesh-and-blood_everything-we-see-and-feel-is-an-effect_1284506.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d0/jostein-gaarder-676_flesh-and-blood_everything-we-see-and-feel-is-an-effect_1284506.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d0/jostein-gaarder-676_flesh-and-blood_everything-we-see-and-feel-is-an-effect_1284506.jpg) > ““Everything we see and feel is "an effect of God's power," said Berkeley. For God is "intimately present in our consciousness, causing to exist for us the profusion of ideas and perceptions that we are constantly subject to." The whole world around us and our whole life exist in God. He is the one cause of everything that exist. We exist only in the mind of God. So "to be or not to be" is not the whole question. The question is also who we are. Are we really human beings of flesh and blood? Does our world consist of real things, or are we encircled by the mind?”” [Jostein Gaarder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jostein-gaarder/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Berkeley argues that all existence depends on God's mind; reality is a mental construct sustained by divine perception. **In simple terms:** All things exist only because God perceives them. Key Takeaway Recognize the divine source of perception. Themes philosophy theology reality mind perception Mood contemplative inquisitive Type theoretical spiritual When to use this quote - personal meditation - theological study - philosophical debate - spiritual contemplation Key Concepts Idealism Divine Immanence Subjective Reality Questions to Reflect On - What does it mean to be human if we are only ideas in God’s mind? 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