J.C. Lelie wrote:
> Our toughts also flow through our heads, flowing through a 'given' bed, a
> characteristical pattern. Some are shy by nature, they want to follow
> others and need structure and reliability. Others are more 'free-flowing',
> they like new ideas, challenges and resent structure. And as these
> thoughts flow, they change their bed, our character developes. Always
> obeying the law of the flow of the least resistance. So our thoughts
> sometimes deepens, are sometime shallow, sometimes becoming stagnant (too
> shy and defensive or too outspoken and rebelious). Then we experience a
> crisis, we experience "stress", we build tension and need a breakthrough,
> ... and on and on our thoughts flow.
Wonderful imagery, Jan--
I went for a brisk walk along the Deschutes River, today, around it's
upper and lower falls. This is a season of floods for us, and the
Deschutes runs just a short distance from the south Cascade mountains into
the Puget Sound. Along the way, it picks up all forms of debris--rocks,
sand, trees--and most of these are deposited where the river empties into
the lagoon (now a man-made lake) between it and the Sound. The deposits
(perhaps mental models?) have changed the course of the river as it flows
through this man-made lake. Little islands now poke above the surface of
the water, creating new biospheres for a variety of flora and fauna.
Without some intervention (man-made), it's very possible that a new flood
will cut through an area where a park now exists, as it is becoming lower
than the current mouth of the river. A new path of least resistance is
being formed before our eyes.
regards,
Doc
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