Quality (faithfulness) of perceptions, and emotional reaction to them.
Quality, fullness of recall of past perceptions. Use of return for this.
Imagination of perceptions. Ability to create a scene and experience all perceptions as clearly as if recalled. Ability to place oneself fully inside the scene. (Initial personal attempt placed myself exterior to the scene; when conscious effort made to put myself into it, succeeded and felt joy at the experience.)
Creative imagination: the source of real creative action in the real world. Present in lesser or (much) greater levels in various people.
Sentience: the awareness of current, recalled and imagined perceptions from which conclusions are made (which can lead to further conclusions). Decision for action or inaction (which is or is not put into effect).
Aberration vs. rationality. The mind always reaches the correct conclusion, based on the data (perceived, recalled, imagined) available, as modified by observation, education and viewpoint. Aberration lies in having incorrect data. (Cognition, related to example in book of drink driving: it's OK for me because I am different to other people - incorrect datum, explains other personality flaws.)
Not yet covered in book but known from previous study: conclusions are stored with/as one of the perceptions of an event and so can be a source of invalid data.
The Clear is one who has removed all invalid data and so can operate on full self-determinism. Man is inherently good. Evil is aberrant behaviour arising from incorrect data, not part of basic personality. Evil is physical pain (cognition).
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