I want to try to tie together a few thoughts here. How might a hyperdimensional plan manifest? How does it work? I think the clue is in the ideas discussed on the Stoics/Paul thread.
Humans find themselves in the "I" state: STS, selfish, body-centric. "Its" goals are their goals. "Its" will is their will. And this will gets what it wants unconsciously, from the individual's perspective.
Unconscious actions can lead to unforeseen consequences, or at least consequences that aren't consciously willed. Typical example: having sex for fun, which leads to pregnancy. Having a baby wasn't the conscious intent, but it was the implicit "end" of the act in question. So, actions carried out unconsciously lead to results that aren't necessarily consciously willed. (Kind of like art and religion, the thought and meaning are implicit and hidden.)
So the unconscious/body has its own implicit goals. System I. Its will is our will, and we rationalize in order to account for the behaviors/goals it sets in motion.
Similarly, human behavior on the mass level has its own implicit trends and directions. They aren't necessarily consciously planned, but when they play out, they lead to certain ends. In retrospect we look back and say we should have seen it coming.
In terms of Paul, people on the "I" level are slaves to the will of the flesh, to Satan. The way in which a conscious, hyperdimensional plan can be carried out is because its will is our (i.e. humanity's) will. As long as we remain within "I", we will unconsciously choose exactly those things that lead to the end that is planned by the higher, hyperdimensional mind, whose will we share.
To a regular ol' human looking at this situation, this scenario will look like a conspiracy theory (multigenerational illuminati elite planning for hundreds/thousands of years), or "just history", or just coincidence. But as of earlier today, I call such things "cosmically convenient coincidence". To use a small example, maybe there is no "earthly" connection between the fact that Weinstein was working on a vaccine documentary with DeNiro, then his career is ruined by the sudden exposure of his long-known sexual antics. Or maybe it really is just a coincidence. But perhaps it is cosmically significant, directed from a higher level. All the various "I"-based, selfish actions of individual agents can combine in ways that are downright scary, and seem to serve consciously directed aims.
And the way out?
Like Collingwood says, to realize one's error is to have solved that error. Learning about our cognitive errors, the ways in which our bodies/brains can hinder us, and really accepting that - is actually to have solved the problem. And once you know what the problem is, you can get your act together by reminding yourself (or being reminded) that you already know "the error of your ways" and know the alternative.
By "crucifying" the lower will, we can make another will our own. If you act based on your lower will, you don't know the "end" to which that will might lead. But if you align your will with STO/Christ/God, the ends will not be unconscious and horrible. They will lead to the best possible outcome.
And on that note, in order to will the best possible outcome, we need to "think like God", i.e. have as much knowledge and awareness as possible. Mosaic consciousness? Like Collingwood concludes, a map of knowledge is impossible - knowledge is simply knowledge, it can't be simplified into something less than that. Rather it is everything you know: your expanded awareness of self via the world, and the world via the self. Every little bit goes into making the big picture. And it is a never-ending process taking place historically, constantly changing, developing, refining itself.
