We can consciously direct our attention to certain things and think about them.

And it was a normal response: how often does a man consciously direct the act of breathing?

He no longer consciously directed the movements of those fingers.

Together, these results have provided strong evidence that the N2pc reflects the location of covert, consciously directed attention.

He admitted no possibility that the signal from the stars might be other than a consciously directed communication.

He began walking back to his house, his sandaled feet moving without being consciously directed.

It was more like a sense than a skill, since it was not always consciously directed.

And then how will you justify your claim that the message in the genes overrides consciously directed modern change?

I postulated an... an outside, nonmaterial cause which might or might not be consciously directed.