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It Couldn't Be Clearer
Interrelatedness is one of Brian Swimme's powers of the universe that I have
been contemplating. I could have accompanied this particular exploration with
any picture I have. Every flower, every leaf, every tree trunk, every mushroom
is only here because of a web of relationships. With air, water, fungi,
microbes, insects. With their fellow plants, the soil their roots penetrate, the
beings growing on those roots, the slowly dissolving stone forming the soil. And
they know they have these relationships. They smell each other, reach out to
each other, signal each other, warn of danger. Trees nurture and protect their
offspring. They send messages along savvy fungal networks. A seed won't open its
case unless it senses that its necessary cohorts for growth are in place. It
will wait decades, even centuries, for that to happen.
