Throw into the mix the idea of "imagination." This term is often used to describe internal perception and creativity that can be authentic, purely fantasy or some mixture of both.

This unclear combination is also found in anomalous cognition and things like delusions. Are the internal perceptions truthful, somewhat inaccurate, deceptive or subject to misinterpretation? And how do we separate valid perceptions from those that should be discarded?

These are the challenging questions that people face in understanding what is going on around us and within us.

UTILIZING CONSCIOUSNESS RESOURCES

Every human being and groups of human beings are ongoing and developing experiments of sorts.

We come from and strive toward certain emotions and feelings, relationships, levels of material prosperity, ideas and beliefs.

Learning to use our bodies, brains, feelings and consciousness are part of the ongoing experience of life. And, as we go along, we often try different methods and approaches in our daily life and our longer-term planning.

Identifying, understanding and making use of intelligent resources within our consciousness is now taking on new meaning for many people and groups of people.

Apparent evidence that anomalous cognition can be very useful can be found in some accounts of premonition, prophesy, awareness of unusual coincidences, dreams and similar situations.

More solid and measurable results have also been reported in various scientific literature and in activities such as the "Project STARGATE" program, sponsored by the U.S. military and intelligence community.

Using military and intelligence professionals, Project STARGATE efforts achieved surprising success by fine-tuning an ESP process that is now referred to as remote viewing.