The Orange Peel Theory
Tech Tribe Dispatch #234
💡 Think:
Ask a loved-one to pass you an orange. A simple enough task. Do they deliver the delicious fruit? If they do, how do they deliver it? With the peel firmly intact? Or the outer layer removed, so that it's ready to enjoy?
This is the Orange Peel Test. If the fruit is delivered sans peel, per a now viral meme, you know your partner is a keeper.
The sagacity of basing the complexities of a relationship on peeling a citrus fruit is fraught… But there is one case where the orange peel test is not only an important test: It’s the reason raison d'être.
G-dliness is at the core of every facet of this world - a vivifying spark that binds all existence together with its Creator. Everything from you and me to the dance of a leaf as it falls from the tree to the earth, is an expression of profound Oneness.
But that Divine energy is not seen in this world. Instead, our experience is mediated by the dross physicality of the mundane world.
What we see is the peel.
G-d put us in this world have relationship with Him: To peel back the layers of our soul, and of the world - to reveal the sweet fruit that lies within.
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