Epiphany is one of those words that I have a hard time recalling. When I want to use it I always seem to gravitate towards the word 'euphemism' and this pull keeps me from epiphany. An epiphany is a moment of clarity. A euphism is something else.
After a good bike ride, I like to cap off the experience with a libation in mom's back yard. It is very relaxing. It was even more pleasing when Puma was around and I would slowly sink into doggie consciousness as the bottle grew less fuller. Now days I sit back there and watch the wind. The tree in this picture captures the wind in a beautifully choreographed dance that only the randomness of nature could put on. One day enjoying this dance I had an (here it comes) epiphany: Nothing in this world is a better analogy for the human mind than a healthy tree. The branches reaching out in all directions are analogous to our own branches of knowledge. If the branches are well spread out and the leaves many, it is possible for one to see a direct line of contact between all the leaves on the tree. Hence one leaf is never too far away from another. Our mind is the same. If our reasoning is healthy enough one thought is never too far away from another. We realize the interconnectivity of the universe.
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