Underlying reality

...the ultimate test for how much you put in and the value you get out for eternity; the structure of the human mind as elegant as a tree in the forest, branches swaying with the universe's wind, leaves drifting off with the seasons to be replaced by newfound veins with time.

If you were a god – a creator – you would want the world to be structured. Precise.

(When I write computer programs, I want the code to be structured. Precise. However, I also have an objective in mind, and often, that goal outweighs code cleanliness; so maybe the universe has bugs in it, and we silly creatures are fighting wars as a result, as the ultimate creator threw pointers around and incremented i by one here and there, trying to achieve some bigger purpose that we are slowly crawling toward in the execution of time. I taste the idea but don't swallow it.)

At the same time – even with the grand value you create with tremendous effort, the world may not appreciate that value; it may not reap material rewards. Which is why you must maintain a balance, as usual, for the extant world and the underlying reality you are curious about.