BOUNDARIES
The world is divided into a multitude of sections. Each section is divided into, yet, more sections, all for the purpose of creating boundaries between cohabitants.
Boundaries are necessary, though many are not concrete, and can be moved at anytime. Within the "walls" of our boundaries, we feel safe, while stepping over our boundaries is a risk that could get us into trouble.
Sometimes boundaries are very high and impregnable. These are the intimidating boundaries that protect something deemed valuable. Sometimes these intimidating lines frustrate us because we want to explore—step outside our domain, have a brave look around, and discover new things.
When boundaries are impenetrable, they feel hostile, yet, many times this division is needed.
When Mother Nature creates a thick surrounding that houses the creatures of the jungle, for instance, she keeps the inner dwellers safe from outsiders—predators, hunters, and invaders.
Similarly speaking, when she creates a thick forest, with the outer tree line gnarled with tangled branches, it is a warning that outsiders should beware of what lies within.
Water courses, also, are great boundary lines, for crossing water can be dangerous—keeping the inhabitants beyond the wet borders relatively safe from outsiders, who might have an aversion to moving over water.
Outsiders are the ones who have ignored their own boundaries, and left their territories unattended—for how can they attend to the dwellings on their side of the border, if they have crossed into someone else’s?
To walk along the edge of another’s domain—to investigate what’s on the other side—is perfectly common—and usually acceptable. However, crossing that boundary's edge without invitation is stupid and rude—and yet, humans do it all the time.
The more we leave our own world unattended to explore in someone else’s world, then the more we leave both sides with a sense of Insecurity. If boundaries are all we have to create the illusion of security, then changing, moving, dissolving and stretching our borders gives us insecurity—the lack of privacy, individuality, and distinction in the system—until the world no longer is divided into sections, and we have one massive ball of chaos.