Are you familiar with angling and angler terminology? There are a rod, reel and line. A weight holds a hook underwater. Let’s consider angling as a metaphor to illustrate unconscious behavior. A person that is fishing often uses various size sinkers. This causes the hook with bait to sink to a given water depth. This weight pulls the baited hook toward the bottom of a stream, pond or lake. The length of line released from the reel usually determines the depth the hook will sink. Equally, the size of the sinker plays a role in how quickly the weight and hook sink. Thus, the act of line casting and hook sinking is easy to visualize.
Therefore, please visualize the image of yourself in the act of fishing. The depth of the water and what is beneath the water is difficult to know with accuracy or assurance. Nevertheless, your desire is to catch fish. This wish encourages you to try various methods to get the fish you want. However, you don’t know what is under the water. This last sentence is also a metaphor for us to consider in relation to how we live. Most people live life basically with the same approach as trying to fish in water that doesn’t reveal its depth or content. Nevertheless, there is something in the depth of the water that everyone wants. But few people know how to harmonize the act of being in accordance with what is within the water’s depth. Continue reading
