The Second Stage is, like the
caterpillar's.
Eating. Eating.
Physical and mental food.
To make the body
healthy and strong
and the mind well-informed
and ready for
The Third Stage. Digestion.
With the
body healthy and the mind fully fed
(no more experience or information needed),
so that the simple but profound Truth about everything
dawns in
The Fourth Stage. The tentacle AWAKES!
