Old paths, or patterns displayed - as in what is declared known, is admittedly and naturally declared safe due to its recognition. A known would be filed as a possible way to handle by a given command designed after a category.

However, past - in the mind of the organism, is angles of a "truth" written on that mind in the space limited to the information allowed through the gate by the gatekeepers.

If there is a conflict, where is the conflict?