But our consciousness is not a fixed entity. At any given moment our awareness may be fixed at one or several points along the distance of the totem, or might even extend throughout its entire length. At the metaphorical top of our awareness, we are at levels of being, understanding, knowing, perceiving, and meaning so completely transcendent that only through very positive, very encompassing myths can we in imagination gain a flash or glimpse of what that might be. In fact, our consciousness, at any single point upon the totem or throughout its length may only be portrayed properly through myth and metaphor. But our word-worlds are only a small part of our capacity.
Visible light is but a small part of the entire spectrum of light waves.
Similarly, by focusing awareness exclusively in so-called reality, we actually imprison ourselves in a narrow band of experience, along the full extent of our entire totem of knowing and being. We have separated ourselves even from knowing our nature and destiny as makers of myths. This complete experience now seems mere fantasy, wishful dreaming. To gain those heights, or even to achieve the first foothills, we need no lesser myth than that of a Supreme Being, by whatever name or understanding we each may have for It. Thus may we discover our true destiny as myth-makers and as transcendent over each new myth we make.