I'm in no position to speak on this, since I haven't even completed the course. But why let that stop me?...
She does make the points you mentioned and that seems like a contradiction. However, I also got the impression that point of the ABC lists was to begin to develop new associations to information that has lain dormant. As this matrix of connections grow, new pathways are created that give access to more information. If we take her highway metaphor, wouldn't more highways lead to a potentially exponential increase in connections as more and more "bare" ground is covered?
So, as we PR, we add information. As we activate, we begin to add threads and auxilary threads. This should give us more access to the PR'd info? As we build those pathways, we also create connections to information that was already there and we begin to get value out of the PR'd material?
Sorry if this makes no sense, just trying to talk it out. However, what still doesn't seem to fit for me is Paul's contention that PR'd material is processed and tracks are laid down in the brain. Does this mean that the tracks are put down but they aren't yet connected to anything? Activation makes those connections? If that's the case, how can the inner mind find and intuit the useful info?
Again, I apologize if this is just pointless rambling. I'm hoping that talking it out will help make sense of it.
