As a Spider Spins Its Thread
As a spider sends forth its thread and draws it back, as plants sprout from the earth, as hair grows from a living being — so from the imperishable source this whole world unfolds.
If all things unfold from one source, how far apart are I, that tree, and a stranger?
📝Reflection
This verse paints creation not as a vast miracle but as a wholly natural image — as a spider draws thread from its body, as plants sprout from earth, as hair grows from a body. It is the picture that all things are not manufactured from outside but unfold of themselves from one source. If so, I and that tree, I and a stranger, are different threads from the same spider. It is where Emerson too read one source in nature. The sense that everything sprang from a single root softens, a little, the hand with which we meet the world.
🌱Apply It Today
When you see a stranger or a small living thing today, regard it once as 'another thread from the same source.'
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
