I"m trying to understand the fundamental concept he's describing - how are the examples different from 'rational thought'? Or are they that, in a way? And is th

I"m trying to understand the fundamental concept he's describing - how are the examples different from 'rational thought'? Or are they that, in a way? And is the conclusion then (bringing the first and second parts together) that one can only develop this through being taught? But then, don't the same arguments that applied to the politics example apply to mysticists? And isn't that epistemological relativity all the way down?