Pardes of Naran

The psukim in Parshas Lech Lecha state as follows:

וישא-לוֹט אֶת-עֵינָיו וַיַּרְא אֶת-כָּל-כִּכַּר הַיַּרְדֵּן כִּי כֻלָּהּ מַשְׁקֶה לִפְנֵי שַׁחֵת יְהֹוָה אֶת-סְדֹם וְאֶת-עֲמֹרָה כְּגַן-יְהוָֹה כְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם בֹּאֲכָה צֹעַר:
יא וַיִּבְחַר-לוֹ לוֹט אֵת כָּל-כִּכַּר הַיַּרְדֵּן וַיִּסַּע לוֹט מִקֶּדֶם וַיִּפָּרְדוּ אִישׁ מֵעַל אָחִיו:
יב אַבְרָם יָשַׁב בְּאֶרֶץ-כְּנָעַן וְלוֹט יָשַׁב בְּעָרֵי הַכִּכָּר וַיֶּאֱהַל עַד-סְדֹם

Rashi brings a medrash which is a gemara in  Horiyus 10:b that states as follows regarding Lot's intention:

דורשה לגנאי, על שהיו שטופי זימה בחר לו לוט בשכונתם 

Lot really liked the Sodomites behavior and that is why he chose Sdom. The question is why not take the pasuk literally? It seems to have been well known that Sdom was a nation with great wealth (chazal say that they had great natural resources). Why do Chaza'l assume an ulterior motive?

The explanation is that  there is פרדס in Torah (pshat remez, drush, sod). This is instrinctly built into the basic structure of the Torah. The klal we were mekabel from Chaza'l is 
הסתכל באורייתא וברא עלמא

The Torah is the blueprint for the world. If the blueprint has פרדס built into it then the actual structure has to reflect that.   In Seforim it is mentioned that PARDES is "Keneged NARNN" There is PARDES in every man. Man is know as "OLAM KATAN". There is פרדס in every man whether he realizes it or not. . Just as we can only see Pshat if we look at the surface of the Torah we can also only see Pshat when it comes to seeing man.  Chazal were able to tap into the פרדס of man. Man's NARNN, nefesh ruach neshama. There is a Shoresh, a root, beyond what is recognized to the person himself whcih is much deeper than what meets the eye. The unconscious might be one of  the layers. Maybe those layers start after the unconscious and the unconscious is still part of Pshat. Who knows. This is Pshat in many Chazal's such as in Bamidbar it says that the Bnei Yisrael were  ‘bochim limishpichosav”. Chaza'l say that that Bnei Yisrael  were not complaining about onions but rather “iskei mishpachos” – arayos. They were complaining about the Issur of Arayos. How do Chazal know that? They were able to tap into a much higher level of man's consciousness into the פרדס  realm. Another example is when  Yehuda told Pharoah – Ki Chamocha kiParoah. Chazal attribute a whole different meaning than it seems on the surface even though on the surface the simple meaning makes sense that Pharoah is a strong king.  Chazal say that Yehuda meant much more than that. This deeper meaning is  possible even if the speaker is not aware of it. And this might only be in the remez, or drush realm, there might be other deeper meanings in the Sod realm which is parallel to the Neshama which is totally above and beyond a person's ability to relate and obviously isn't even aware that it exists. Even a shrink that can delve into a persons darkest place cannot find this realm. It si buried in the person's spiritual existence.  That might be why we find in the Gemara a lot of times when people say things that they don't even mean the Gemra says his "mazal" saw it and sometimes it comes true. This is because there is a much deeper part of that person that is speaking. He might be speaking directly from his Neshama. 

That would be pshat in “barasi yetzer harah barasi torah tavlin” and other “segulas” that chazal tell us like saying krias shema. These fixes  work on the “sod” of the persons neshama which drives him without him able to know why.

As an aside, I find it very interesting that we, today, are so enthralled with our "Gedolim" and "Rebbes" and feel that when they see a person they know right away everything about him/her. That they can see into the deepest depths of their soul. I just want to quote a few psukim from Shmuel I 15 6:

וַיְהִי בְּבוֹאָם וַיַּרְא אֶת-אֱלִיאָב וַיֹּאמֶר אַךְ נֶגֶד יְהֹוָה מְשִׁיחוֹ:
ז וַיֹּאמֶר יְהֹוָה אֶל-שְׁמוּאֵל אַל-תַּבֵּט אֶל-מַרְאֵהוּ וְאֶל-גְּבֹהַּ קוֹמָתוֹ כִּי מְאַסְתִּיהוּ כִּי לֹא אֲשֶׁר יִרְאֶה הָאָדָם כִּי הָאָדָם יִרְאֶה לַעֵינַיִם וַיהֹוָה יִרְאֶה לַלֵּבָב

This is talking about Shmuel Hanavi. Possibly the greatest Prophet Bnei Yisrael ever knew since Moshe Rabenu. He comes to Yishai with a command from God to anoint one of Yishai's son's as the next King. When he sees Eliav he immediately "Knows" that Eliav is the "ONE" and is ready to anoint him, but wait, God says to Shmuel הָאָדָם יִרְאֶה לַעֵינַיִם וַיהֹוָה יִרְאֶה לַלֵּבָב. You can only see what is on the surface because only God knows what is in man's heart. I guess it was too bad that Shmuel couldn't take a contemporary Rebbe with him who could show him how to do it.