Analogies—nearly everybody loves them, and they can be extremely helpful. The catch is: if they are taken too far or applied too rigorously, they tend to collapse or backfire. Usually it is best to introduce the analogy, make the connection with your central metaphysical idea, and then drop the analogy. That frees the rest of the article for discussing the spiritual concepts—which are really what you want the reader to be thinking about—instead of trying to make them fit into the analogy.
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