The Canyon

Summary

Experience the thrill of moving from the safety of the canyon to the vastness of the open plains. Embrace the anxiety and anticipation of new beginnings.

Moving out of the canyon and into the open plain gives a feeling of anxiety and anticipation. The boundaries are well defined in the canyon with a defensive wall on three sides. The canyon gives an illusion of safety and concealment that the open plains do not afford.

In the canyon the entry and exit points are restricted to one opening. Thus, moving out of the canyon removes the feelings of security and the possibly of attack coming from every direction is now present.

A fire was built at the farthest end of the canyon with its smoke evaporating at the tops of the cliffs. The sound of tumbling pebbles and falling stones are heard here and there as a reminded that everything is in a constant state of change, even the seclusion of the canyon.

Birds build their nets in the cavity between rocks in a measure to secure and conceal their homes venturing only into the open plain to gather food.

From remote times a canyon or gorge was considered a shield of safety from predators and the weather, but it was also considered a trap permitting one or both to do mischief. On the other hand, the open plain is far reaching having the perception that its expanse is endless.

Herds of animal’s graze and folic in the open and youths are protected by their mother’s. The walls are the horizons in the distance and the way of escape is in any direction of many in the open plains.

Moving out of the canyon there is a sense of adventure as a wider world comes into focus. The sound of air moving through blades of grass is one of many tones in a chorus sung by the earth.

The earth speaks to those who can hear and listens to those who love and respect it. A stream of pure water is flowing where all the area’s inhabitants come to drink of, whereas in the canyon nourishing water had to be brought into it.

The canyon could be a set pattern and way of thinking and the open plain as a broader way of perceiving. Both the canyon and the open plain have positives and negatives and both are consumed and refashioned by the regenerating earth. Dust becomes a swirl in the open plain and takes on an incarnate form before it dissipates.

The wind flows to the west then changes to the east as a groundhog peeks from its shelter. In the canyon there was a feeling of isolation and controlled destiny and only one law to be followed.

However, in the open plain a society of one has been expanded with many rules to be honored and followed. This is the cosmopolitan universe where everything has meaning and purpose, where one function thrives upon another, and all come together as a whole.

Moving out of the canyon and into the open plain is an opening of the mind that had once lived in solitude. Trees and grasses are held as precious commodities to oxygen breathers and water is protected and honored as the life sustainer that it is. Just a moment ago, and even a moment more, the glory of the plasma furnace is placed on pedestals of adornments as the most exalted one.

Moving out of the canyon and into a new world of thought is frightening and wonderful. So, let wonderful be for as long as the rays of the sun provides it.