Reference to Nature; Mere Analogy or Full Resemblance?

Hegel likens the movement of Notion to the development of organic things. A seed grows and brings forth its content. He says the seed includes all elements of a mature tree but it we cannot take the two identical. However, various stages of growth of a plant cannot be assigned to various objects but to the given plant, and similarly, constituents of Notion during its development are "identical" with each other and with the whole. The question here is to what sense Hegel tries to employ an analogy between Mind and Nature. Is really Mind the extension of Nature and follows its rules? So, we should scrutinize processes in Nature and try to apply them to mental processes. On the other hand, one may say though Mind chronologically emerges after Nature it functions in a different realm, and therefore, Hegel's analogies are mere illustration to clarify his complicated concepts.

Grammatical Interpretation of Hegel

Discussing the three parts of Hegel's Logic; Being, Essence; Notion. If we try to interpret Hegel's Logic, or at least this triad of his many triads, in a grammatical way, we may see an analogy works. Being, the simplest and the most elementary unit of consciousness, resembles a single word. A word that in the process of knowledge appears from frequent contact of mind with nature. This is also corresponds the stage of sensational knowledge, if we want to keep to the old terminology. Words form without any connection to each other, without any interconnection and interaction. However, mind does not stop in this step. For example, mind creates "Tree" and then "Green", and then connects these to concepts with a verb "Is". This may be analogized with the Essence in Hegel's Logic, which is defined as the process of unfolding a fact, a truth. In fact, this unfolding is impossible without weaving single threads of concepts (Being) into a network of knowledge (Notion).
Surely, these steps cannot be divided sharply. Being is a concept unconscious of itself, but it exits as a concept, as some intellectual entity in our brain. However, it is in its crude shape. On the other hand, Notion is built on these constituents. Here we can extend the discussion to cover the movement of the three parts of Logic. Hegel believes the movement of Being is Seriality. Concepts come and go. A new concept substitutes for the older. If we want to speak precisely, it must be said this is Mind that take a new concept and replaces it with another without connecting the two. In the sphere of Essence, we have Diversity. At least, more than one concept, are interacting in this sphere. The form of movement for Notion is Development. Concepts neither eliminate each other not merely consider each other indifferently but are amalgamated in a new shape of consciousness. Notion is the product of development of simpler concepts, and accordingly new Notion is developed by other Notions.