During today's discussion, the concept of the wall became clearer to me. Not only does the wall symbolize religion and all of it's superstitions and "answers" that make us feel safe, but the wall represents something much greater: the refusal to accept uncertainty and infinite space (a place without boundaries/limits). It was brought up today that we jump over that boundary/wall just for a moment, through the discussion, but we tend to hop right back because reality scares the sh** out of us. I found that to be quite funny and interesting.
Today's discussion also cleared up the narrator's constant reference to the "normal man" versus a man of "acute consciousness". The normal man is said to be stupid, however, has the instinctual characteristics of using logic and reason for the sake of evolution. The man of acute consciousness, on the other hand, lacks these characteristics and is burdened by being "too conscious" of the world around him, causing him to envy the stupid man. However, who is the narrator to determine whether someone is normal or acutely conscious?
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