Jul 17 2009
The Profound Interconnectedness of Clouds and Petals
It’s all interconnected.
Well, kind ‘of. I guess. Without clouds, no flower petals. But the interconnection in this case is not magic or manifesting the influence of some sort of spiritual glue. It’s rain. In this instance, at least, the presumed profound interconnectedness of the universe is all wet.
Here’s a fact about me: I’m deaf in one eye and extremely hard-of-hearing in the other.
Huh?
Furthermore, I suspect that the sterling silver spoons in our cutlery drawer are very weakly connected to the piles of lion dung on the plains of the Serengeti. If at all.
My point: To sound spiritually profound, say or write something general. Something not obviously true, but not obviously false or obtuse. If you get specific . . . not so profound. Why? For an answer to this question I suggest examining an inkblot through a microscope.
[...] other way? Would you like me to say something that sounds profound? Our relationship is like the interconnectedness of clouds and petals.” That one always works. At least, until they think about [...]