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exterior interventions without resulting in a conscious development of our means of perception of the environment. It is only when conscious pleasure is obtained in solitude in an attempt to improve the quality of one’s perception, that true blossoming can take place. We are linked to the Infinite through our senses. Someone who cannot see, hear, smell, touch, or taste, would actually be dead, even if his heart was still beating. He would not be conscious of his environment and would therefore possess no 1" intelligence. It is important to note that those who are deprived of one sense develop the remaining senses to a much greater extent than people with all their senses. Blind people, for example, develop an acute sense of hearing that we cannot grasp, or can read with their finger- tips. Scientific experiments have demonstrated that the pleasure centre is located within the brain. This was discovered by placing electrodes in that part of the brain and sending small electrical discharges. The people who were experimented on felt something which was close to an orgasm, the satisfaction of having made a new discovery and the feeling of being honorably quoted in public all in one go. It was then proven by complementary measures that it was this same pleasure centre which was activated, when one was reaching sexual orgasm, or when discovering something, or when an artist had finished a masterpiece, or when a soldier received a medal. Better still, another experiment demonstrated that artists who were " tot . eo - oa 4 Nothing could be more logical. Pleasure increases the potential of creativity, because it stimulates all our senses, and a creator must be linked to Infinity in order to have a harmonious masterpiece born. We must then strive towards improving the quality of our perception of pleasure by increasing the sensitivity of all our senses. As a direct result, other than the increased enjoyment, this increase in sensitivity will develop our total potential of creativity so that the 258 INTELLIGENT DESIGN: MESSAGE FROM THE DESIGNERS