recipe

A recipe is the result or corollary of a process of understanding persisted onto matter, stamped as such with the intent of reproducing a desired task or goal, severed from the process of understanding that begot it.

And as a flower plucked from its plant, it too will decay with time, as the flow of life force or understanding that brought it into being is no longer able to sustain it, to help it shift and adapt as its context changes, or to help it grow further.

And still we create recipes, and we follow them. We pluck flowers and we enjoy them. Indeed, they prove useful, for they serve as messages across time and space, often easier to grasp and follow than the complete tree of understanding would be.

Furthermore, the attentive and curious recipient may also be helped in xis path to understanding. Such a person has the ability to look upon the persisted result, and to perhaps surmise the growth and branches that were traversed to come upon the recipe of interest. With sufficient willpower, xe may test xis hypotheses one by one, with xis own discernment and creativity. And with time and perseverance, xe may be able to connect xis own tree of understanding to the corollary in question. Or conversely, xe may deem it inadequate, perhaps by realizing it is incompatible with xis own tree of knowledge.

Just so can the dedicated gardener study and research the flower, know its seeds, and with time and perseverance, may be able to connect the flower's life force with his own garden. Or to knowingly reject it, if so desired after knowing it.