And The Big Questions Are ...

The evidence for precognition is overwhelming and complex! Before launching into the hows and whys of the rest of this book, you might like to review the summary memos at the end of each of the last four chapters. As in any court of law, the body of evidence may appear contradictory in parts, and in the final analysis all may turn out to be not quite as it seems on the surface!

Assume you are a member of the jury, assessing this summing-up. Review the clues, ask yourself more questions and take a sideways look at the whole subject. Is there another angle, another view? How much of this evidence can you tie together? What picture is emerging for you so far?

I have reserved the evidence according to science for the next chapter because it seemed to belong more with the hows than the whats. How is the focus for Part Two and why for Part Three.

How can the evidence be explained? Is there a satisfactory theory which covers it all and, if so, can we put it to work and use it to advantage in our everyday lives?

More importantly, is precognition solely a biological, physical or mathematical phenomenon, or does it carry meaning and purpose on a spiritual level? Can we see beyond the hows and be uplifted by the whys?

Following your review of the summary memos, you might like to add your own questions to the list below, which covers some of the main themes raised by the evidence so far:

When previewing a future event can be explained by telepathy (a connection to a present thought or event occurring for someone else):

How does the person receive the telepathic information?

Why does the person receive information about a specific person, thought or event?

Why are so many of the previewed events connected with death, illness, accident, travel and change?

Why is the information sometimes received in literal detail and sometimes in symbolism?

When previewing a future event cannot be traced back to telepathy:

Is the previewed future event still explicable in terms of links to the present, such as:

    * projection of present probabilities?

    * unconscious problem solving?

    * unconscious manifestation?

Is the previewed future event absolutely untraceable to the present, because:

    * it is a predetermined, fixed event?

    * the future already exists in a timeless dimension?

    * an outside agency such as God, Spirit, spirit guide or deceased person is communicating information from a level of understanding which is beyond human intellect?

Why does the precognitive information refer to a specific person, thought or event, and not to any other person, thought or event? (Is there meaning in the future glimpsed, or is the future seen a chance effect?)

Why are so many of the previewed events connected with death, illness, accident, travel and change?

Why is the information sometimes previewed in literal detail and sometimes in symbolism?

Why are only some dreams seen to be precognitive?

The precognitive experience generally inspires an increased sense of awe for the power of free will in determining the future, while also leaving room for a distinct faith in some degree, however small, of a predetermined destiny. The Hypnosis Project suggests the paradox may be valid.

How can free will reside alongside fixed destiny, or is the paradox a reflection of human misperception?

How much of our individual future is shaped by our individual free will?

How much of our individual future is shaped by predetermined destiny?

How much of our individual future is shaped by the free will of others: the family, society, politics, geography, world events and so on?

How much are we the sculptors of the shape of things to come?

Can science explain how free will or predetermination shape our individual futures?

Why? Is there purpose in possessing free will, or purpose in predetermination?

The precognitive experience generally leads people to feel that there exists, beyond our everyday perception of linear time, a dimension of timelessness where past, present and future are combined in one all-existing 'now' moment.

Are there two co-existing time dimensions, or is the paradox a reflection of human misperception?