An example of a symbol almost hidden in our culture because of its importance is life. Life is a symbol for something specific not a conglomerate. Life is the light that is discharged when we become aware of our own selves. Others live in their awareness and the symbol of life is shared only by an expression by many.
Life is singular.
Its purity comes from its own recognition. Its healing comes from its realization that whole life is singular. When we think of life as lives, as others, as the life of plants and minds, we are embedding the symbol. Life is ours alone. To think of the symbol life alone then, brings up questions that we face.