More significantly, they were able to step in the way they had been taught without the intervention of the trainer, even though they had no conscious perception of the position of their joints, or the speed of the treadmill.

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So how might we harness the power of perception to live more conscious lives and, perhaps, to even recast the most dire situations in which we find ourselves?

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They make him conscious of his vulnerability, they sharpen his perception of his limits, they fill him with sudden insight into the futility of all things, of all people.

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