A fish stuck in a bowl has little to do besides contemplate its reality. In the state of constant thinking this small, seemingly mindless Aqua Fauna has until the end of his short life to do nothing and thus has all the time in the world to travel within the reality that he himself dictates as such.

 Not being subject to any outside influences, the fish in the bowl has nothing to limit what he thinks or to question his discoveries. Limits being nothing more than the agreed upon borders of what we collectively consider as real. So it is that one entity cannot have any limits, only by trial and error will he then determine the outcome of each individual experiment, though this, by no means limits any future experiments and the possibility of differing outcomes...CHANGE.

 Since there is a lack of formal training, the metaphysical and mundane realities having no separation until so determined by conflicting ideas which are absent in a one dimensional world... What is...simply is. There is no change. There is no conflict. THE FISH IN THE BOWL IS GOD!

 War is absent where every thought is unimpaired; strife and greed are not present as well with no one to disagree with. HE, the fish in the bowl is always right, this is the constant. Bliss in day to day wonder at the simple beauty of life. The passage of time is all that escapes the fish in his bowl, he need not measure it's passing when there is absolutely nothing for him to achieve. Mortality is not within the mental capacity of one who has never witnessed death...

 The simple world of the fish in the bowl changes, suddenly, irreversibly and dramatically with the addition of just one other fish...suddenly there is conflict. All the discoveries of the fish in the bowl are suddenly put under the scrutiny of another's reality. Perfection is lost, divinity is lost all of everything is in question. Insanity takes the place of pure, scientific research and eventually there will be conflict, strife and ultimately war...

  Paradise is lost!

 Respectfully     Submitted

     Salvador F. Ramirez 

 USMC             US ARMY