"The Human Imagination"

Our Seventh Sense!

Donald L. Hamilton

"Human Imagination is the ability of humans to visualize in their mind. To be creative! The power to become aware of the wonders of the Universe! An eagle may have much keener eyes then ours but it cannot "see" the things that we can!" - D.Ham.


  • THE TRANSFORMATION - Scientist pretty much agree that something strange and wondrous began to happen on our planet about forty thousand years ago. A strange new life form began to leave an indelible mark on our archaeological history. New tools and artifacts designed with aesthetic beauty began to appear. Later, beautiful art was painted on cave walls and probably a lot of other places that did not survive the ages. This is hard evidence that a radical new form of life was beginning to make its presence known on Earth.

  • A revolutionary, entirely new phenomena was taking place on this tiny insignificant planet. 'Human Imagination' was being introduced to life on Earth, a quantum leap in the evolution of life. A new chapter was opening in the Homo Sapiens story that would eventually evolve into our present civilizations. This "seventh sense" allows Mankind, above all other animals in the world, to control its own destiny own destiny. It has allowed us to speculate about our own creation.

    *** The "Homo Sapiens" species had been 'transformed'

    into the "Homo Imaginative Sapiens".

    'Human Imagination' has allowed mankind to delve into the mysteries of its own creation - to behold the wonders of the Universe.

    It is a totally new dimension for life on Earth!
    It is "Our Seventh Sense".

    It created the "MIND" of Mankind!

    *** I would like to introduce mankind's 'seventh sense' at this time. It is exclusively human, vital for carrying on human activity. Without this 'seventh sense' all human progress would cease.

    The 'seventh sense' I am writing about is 'Human Imagination'.

    • We all know about the five senses everyone possesses, (provided they are not unfortuate enough to be either blind or deaf). There is also the sense of balance which some scientists say is not a sense but I always include as another of our vital animal senses, for a total of six senses.

    • Around forty thousand years ago the culmination of billions of years of the evolution of life forms was occuring in the brains of the Homo Sapien species. This 'final evolution' created a powerful new brain that allowed human beings to become aware of the wonders that surrounded them. A whole new world had opened up for people! We had become 'imaginative beings'. It was our 'seventh sense'. This 'seventh sense' has opened a whole new world for mankind to enjoy. It has allowed mankind to reach out beyond the very narrow animal world into a vast new universe to “see” the wonders of nature.

    • We share our other senses; sight, smell, hearing, feeling, taste and balance, with the other animals. These are the senses that are vital for animal survival. They are the vital contacts between the physical body and the environment that surrounds it. They tell us what is happening to our body and about our immediate surroundings.

    • They tell us whether we are in danger, our spatial orientation, whether we are hot or cold, if the food is good or bad, sweet or sour. They help us hunt for food (see, smell, listen). They warn us if another predatory animal is our vicinity ready to attack us. All these senses are extemely vital for our well being and survival. We could not survive without them. We share these six senses with all the other animals. They are our “animal senses”.

    • Humans have all these senses, although they may not be as keen as some of the other animals. We may not be able to see as good as an eagle or is our nose as sensitive as a bloodhound, but our animal senses are sufficient for our survival. Human's, as well as all the other animals have the six senses, necessary to carry on their style of life. The higher animals also have a limited imagination, enough so that they may survive and prosper, but thats about all.

    • In addition to the animal senses, nature has bestowed a very special 'seventh sense' on human beings. It is an immensely powerful imagination. I call it 'Human Imagination'. It is not a vital gift, the Hominids survived remarkably well for million of years without this 'seventh sense'. It is a very special gift however because it has allowed an animal, such as we are, to peer beyond the veil and see startling new worlds never before seen by any animal on the planet.

    • 'Human Imagination' has allowed mankind to climb from the valley of the ordinary to the peak of the mountain, where all of natures’s wonders lie before it. It elevated the human race to a quantum level above all other animals. It allows us to “see” deep into the secrets of nature, to think abstract thoughts, to associate marks on a paper with objects and profound ideas of other human beings, to communicate verbally with other people, to create and listen to beautiful music. (The other animals can also hear music but they cannot appreciate or comprehend its meaning or the richness of its rhythms and melodies.) It has increased our cognitive powers enormously.

    • We can look at a collection of colors dabbed on a canvas and preceive it as a beautiful painting, a work of art. It allows us to 'see' into the past or project into the future. It allows us to perceive the beauty of God’s creativity. It has allowed Mankind to create and progress, over the ages. It allows us to 'see' things that no other animal can. No other animal has this 'imaginative power' it is strictly a human sense. Its sensors are the billions of pathways located in the matter of the cortex of our enlarged brain. This 'seventh sense', "Human Imagination" had created the 'Mind' of mankind!

      Just what is the 'Mind' of mankind??


      Go to: "THE MIND OF MANKIND"

      Donald L. Hamilton is author of: THE MIND OF MANKIND, Human Imagination, the source of Mankind's tremendous power! - ISBN-09649265-1-2 (3/97)