Metaphor & Project Sanctuary

Contrary to public opinion, metaphor is not a form of linear language, just using "funny words" instead of "real words".

Neither is metaphor the "language of the unconscious mind".

Metaphor is the place where the conscious mind meets the data stream of the energy mind, and where both may communicate in a fashion.

Metaphors arise from the internal representations we make naturally because we are human beings, and we think in terms of rivers and mountains, wolves and tigers, trees and flowers. We don't "think" the word m-o-u-n-t-a-i-n, we see/hear/feel/sense/scent/touch/experience the reality of being somewhere and experiencing being in the presence of a mountain, when we "think" or "talk" of a mountain.

Metaphor arises naturally when we seek to describe experience and internal representations, and the only way to understand metaphor is to turn the w-o-r-d-s BACK into internal experiences, then we understand them.

Understanding the language of metaphor is THE one single human skill which, if mastered, will absolutely guarantee that you get to understand people, societies, structures, symbols, systems and eventually, even yourself.