Association or connected thinking can be a blessing to humanity when it is properly utilised.
Isaac Newton’s discovery of the gravity has been linked to his experience of a falling apple. The falling apple prompted his connected thinking to finally come up with the law of gravity.
Based on a record, King David of the ancient Israel was looking at the sky and he praised,
“When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?” (Ps. 8:3-4)
When David was looking at the awesome sky, he was prompted to associate it with his own insignificance and the caring Creator.
Personally, blue is my favourite colour. I like this colour because the sky is blue. When I look at a blue sea, and beyond its horizon is the blue sky. I am prompted to think of the Creator when looking at the blue sky.
Therefore, association is not so much an indication of our powerful brain as it is to humble us in view of our own limitation. With such awareness, we can explore the truth further with a humble attitude and hopefully to grow in knowledge and wisdom.
適当地使用联想会造福人类。
牛顿發现地心吸力常常被指是与他看见一颗掉落的苹果有关，苹果落下促使他联想以至能够提出万有引力定律。
根据一个记载，那里提到古以色列的大衛王看到天空的景象而赞美，
“我觀看你指頭所造的天， 並你所陳設的月亮星宿, 便說：人算甚麼，你竟顧念他！ 世人算甚麼，你竟眷顧他!”
(诗篇 8:3-4)
大衛在看到了令人赞叹的天空景象，便联想到了自己的渺小及眷顾人娄的创造者。
个人方面，我喜欢蓝色。我喜欢这彥色因为天是蓝的。当我看见一片蓝色的海，以至超越地平线的蓝天，那蓝天令我联想到创告者。
根据上述，联想不单顯示了我们腦的力量，更是要令我们看见自己的有限而谦卑。透过这样的意识，我们可以以谦卑的心态进一步探索真理，並期待能多獲得知识及智慧。
Photo taken at Perth on 8th April 2018
於二零一八年四月八日在栢斯拍的照片