It's very difficult to know a precise path of beneficial evolution of consciousness. There are so many possibilities that it is almost impossible to avoid to go through some unknown territory in order to advance into new and better types of understanding of reality or ways to think (all ways to think). A new methodology of understanding of reality can change everything, so curiosity, development and improvisation can be handy, but sometimes dangerous or negative. So it is important to maintain a benevolent core consciousness (prudence,clarity,sanity) to not get lost in the immense ocean of all possibilities.