This phenomenon brought to my mind such ideas as "helping put someone on the step behind us as we take another step up the staircase" (Gurdjieff); the interconnectedness between us and others, and nature; and that if we strive to grow upwards, our "higher self" will meet us where we are and assist us.Aside from symbolizing anything esoteric, I wonder how this is physically possible--and even more mundane, why someone cut the trunk off the smaller tree to begin with?!
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The cut doesn't look clean, the bottom part of the newly grafted tree most probably went dry and died, then broke due to the "father" continuing its growth. The 2D world never cease to amaze me.why someone cut the trunk off the smaller tree to begin with?!