Imagine a deep pot of water on a well-lit stovetop.
When heated, the water starts to boil. It becomes clouded, turbulent, and the energy stored in each molecule is more prone to volatility- drifting upward in seeming defiance of gravity.
The vapors not only release energy that likely won’t condense back down without external supplements…they also act as a mirage: droplets of dissipated reflections.
With the lighting hitting just so, the water and vapor’s surface also might appear mirror-like.
The boiling vapors obfuscate understanding of what’s beneath the surface.
Vapors of insecurity, instability in a moment of heated turbulence. Vapor and mirrors.
It takes a cooler, steadier approach to find clarity and observe depth.
PV = nRT
P = pressure = emotional, physical or psychological state; comfort or discomfort either internally or externally perceived
V = volume = emotional maturity; the expanse of our emotional energy to hold a certain emotional, physical or psychological state
T = temperature = temper; reaction to our current emotional, physical or psychological state
nR = constant = temperament; our unique nervous system’s, body or mind’s resilience and capabilities, includes our strengths and limitations as a being
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Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone - alan watts