12-01-2013, 06:18 PM
First off, symbol and metaphor are always going to be primary and more immediately accessible than any historical circumstance as far as offering the insight into the nature of self. However, the fact is, unless we hold actual, decided, personal experience in any matter, such as may only be vaguely suggested by our ideas and notions of actual circumstances and possibilities, not only are we not really doing much good, we are subject to distraction from necessarily ad hoc projection of what we think we want. The intuition must be supported by actually owned, refined experience in order for it to yield a 'sophisticated' perception (that would lead to further polarization). But what we often have substituting for actual experience are whimsical notions - and the intuition then must and does use what is provided by that instead.
The mind does not, and can not, know the difference between an idea of circumstances and circumstances themselves (hence the 'negative' or 'positive' interpretations of catalyst). However, consciousness can always refine ideas and perceptions. When naive and distorted suggestions from a sub-collective unconscious create an interpretive framework (for what would otherwise be taken from undirected, infinite possibilities) regarding societal evolution and circumstances, that meme can create confusion and distraction and actually stifle or retard progress.
The mind does not, and can not, know the difference between an idea of circumstances and circumstances themselves (hence the 'negative' or 'positive' interpretations of catalyst). However, consciousness can always refine ideas and perceptions. When naive and distorted suggestions from a sub-collective unconscious create an interpretive framework (for what would otherwise be taken from undirected, infinite possibilities) regarding societal evolution and circumstances, that meme can create confusion and distraction and actually stifle or retard progress.