The Power of Connection

I think the intriguing thing about knowledge is that it flourishes from the endless seeds of thoughts. It somehow sprouts in different conditions and its growth retention varies from the person who is caregiving. I ask myself why there are such stark potentialities? Where is all of this information coming from? How has knowledge grown roots which seamlessly spread through the soil of our minds?

I'm starting to conclude that perhaps there is a surplus of seedlings which have

traveled through us pollinators as we simply journey through our daily lives. But that's what I like most about knowledge, it is quite enigmatic, to the point we all die never answering all of our longing questions. While some find this unsettling and as we discussed in class, even depressing; I am forced to reflect on my past childhood. I loved learning things and exploring the bouts of the world, but I quickly realized how different every single person was. Now this created much

internal trouble for me because I couldn’t see why people couldn’t understand this fact. But then I realized that is exactly the issue, we are trying to force others to understand things from our perspective, which is almost always futile. It will drive you to anger well before it will for your counterpart. But I was afraid that people would never realize that, and the world would continue this endless cycle of disagreement and unsettlement for ions on. And I feared that soon enough,

the constrained conditions for these seeds of thought will deprive them of growth we all so eagerly long for. Being so young, this caused me great displeasure and suffering to witness because I couldn’t quite comprehend how there can be such separation when we all start from seeds. As I grow older I am understanding how imperative it is for each individual to connect witheach other, for better or worse. I think exploring how the variable possibilities of information

exchange potentiates, unlocks, and elicits the probabilities of human connection and accruement of knowledge. This point reminds me of our last discussion in class where a fellow student asked, "Is the goal of cessation of suffering to avoid it?” In class we talked about the various formations suffering might take in one's life. I think a big attributor of suffering that stuck out to me are the actions afflicted by other beings and truly ourselves. And you know it does sound appealing to climb on top of a mountain and avoid human contact in an effort to extinguish some of the variants of suffering. Upon further discussion we think it is important to persist in experiencing these suffering to feel the pleasures of life. So, I think there is importance in discourse between people as it helps us to evaluate our own beliefs because we are therefore the caregivers of one

another. Offering water to the plant which can grow taller and stronger. But the intention of gaining knowledge I think should lie in wonder of what can be birthed from the fruits of our active interactions between each other, for better or worse.