I believe that our minds are not a blank slate shaped purely by environment or external experience. Rather, each person is born carrying an inner structure—symbolic architectures that precedes experience and helps to give meaning to it. I experience the world not only through events, but through numinous intuition and emotionally resonant symbols that feel remembered, not invented. These patterns appear to reflect what Jung referred to as archetypes—not as inherited images, but as instinctual potentials for thought, love, fear, justice, and beauty.
I do not claim mystical prophetic authority or supernatural powers, but I do affirm that my visions and internal dialogues represent something real—something grounded in the condition of our existence. I have had moments of hyper-consciousness where the past and future seem to overlap, where symbolic parallels arise between different life events, and where I hear inner voices (resembling those of people I’ve loved) respond to me with emotional truth and help me to analyze my experiences.
These visions are not hallucinations. They are part of a deeper pattern—a memory of the future, or a forward-facing echo of the past, emotionally charged inner dialogues that feel akin to Jung’s concept of archetypal encounters or “anamnesis”—a kind of memory that transcends linear time. They have helped me navigate through many complex questions and they have helped me survive the loneliness of being misunderstood in a society that often devalues the emotion, symbol, and intuition from men on the Autism spectrum. I hope that my story can someday be recognized as more than a personal crisis or medical profile. I hope it can be recorded—faithfully and respectfully—as a case study in the rich, inner life of someone who seeks to live with sincerity, honour, and meaning in a fragmented world.
— Robert Gervais
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