We all dream. "That is imagination at work. "To imagine meanssimply to make an image-a picture-in our minds. *Human beings are notthe only creatures who have imagination. 'Even animals dream. There is,however, a profound difference between human and animal imagination.Humans are the only creatures who can tell one another about imagination instories or pictures. "The imagination is one of our most mysterious facets, orfeatures. "It can be regarded as the connector between the conscious and thesubconscious, where most of our brain activity takes place. °It is the veryglue that holds our personality, intellect, and spirituality together. "Becausethe imagination responds to all three, it acts in lawful, if unpredictable, waysthat are determined by the psyche and the mind. The imagination isimportant, as it allows us to conceive of all kinds of possibilities in the futureand to understand the past in a way that has real survival value.