Mikey - It is my experience that there is something like "a natural order" when it comes down to dealing with the unconscious, repressed content in our mind.
In the past I used "to poke" too and end up with looking at "all that" stuff without having a clue where to fit in those pieces.
I then learned to trust that I do not have to poke, for whatever repressed content is still there, it will surface anyway.
And so I see the voice as telling you that "the black goo" will surface in your every day life or in your dream life in a more natural way, and then you will be ready and asked to look at it.
Anna