Too Big To Fly
Daniel J. Lavender
Flags. People fly them. People fight for them. People die for them.
I don’t fly a flag. I probably wouldn’t if I had to. But if I were to fly a flag it certainly wouldn’t be of the state. It wouldn’t be of the country, either. Or even of the planet or galaxy. My preferred flag couldn’t fly because it would represent all of existence which is infinite. My preferred flag would simply be too big.
I don’t represent a single isolated area. The concept serves to exalt one area above another. Is one really better than another? Isn’t the idea subjective?
The point is everything is connected. There is no real separation, anywhere. To assert separation is futile as that between connects that separated.
I am connected to the town which is connected to the county which is connected to the state which is connected to the country which is connected to the planet which is connected to the solar system which is connected to the galaxy which is connected to the universe and so forth. Each thing is connected. The boundaries are illusions. Accordingly I represent the Infinite as I am part of the Infinite. I do not represent one isolated area because the next is just as much a part of existence.
Existence has no real boundary. Boundaries are things imposed to control resources, minds and people. Divide and conquer stratagem comes to mind. Divide the people, break up the community, break up relations, divide the land and isolate resources and soon enough conflict will arise. Soon thereafter comes administrative solutions. Solutions which consist of controlling the populace while enriching and consolidating administrative power even more. Boundaries, governing bodies serve to divide the planet only to exploit it after the results of division.
Naturally existence has no real boundary but artificially it does. Artifice, artificiality has its limits. Artificiality is limited by what nature subjects it to. Artificiality is limited by nature. Artificiality requires nature but nature does not require artificiality. The land couldn’t be artificially developed, it couldn’t be artificially divided if the land didn’t naturally exist. Indeed, I am implying this modern arrangement is artificial, but that artificiality is transcended by nature as nature exceeds our tiny planet and technological schemes.
I don’t fly a flag. My flag is too big, others are too small and a medium flag just wouldn’t suffice. It would still represent division and isolation, division and isolation which are superseded in the greater scheme of things. Existence has no real boundary. It isn’t limited by division. But that is what flags represent, and that is why I don’t fly one.