It can be difficult to offer anything truly new to any significant discussion, and when it comes to matters of existence and the Universal order, it is especially easy to succumb to a sense of epiphany.

What does this look like to you?
This is a rendered image of a system of rivers and tributaries, created using the incredible tools in Bryce. In this example, the computer was asked to convert an image to a mathematical model of a terrain, equating the brightest areas with the greatest depths.

Can you spot Crocodile Rock?
This was highly effective, as you can see. The modeling of such a deeply organic process was not something that I could have come up with, at least not without an angle. I love my computer, but we both know that there’s not quite enough horse-power for something like high-level erosion simulations.
So, what’s the image?

Google's first image result for 'lightning'.
A bolt of lightning turned out to have all the information my computer needed to produce a really impressive system of rivers. This is fun and interesting for anyone interested in 3D-modeling, but I think that it also serves to make an interesting point about the larger system.

A difference map shows the rendered area.
There is nothing new in the discussion about the fractal Universe, the holographic world, and the general topics related to questions of how large systems are often represented by smaller, similar examples. A swirling drain does function a lot like a galaxy, after all, and the nautilus has made a quiet argument for spirals for millions of years, without opposition.
But when we see these relationships in action, should we not pause to point, and ask the question, “Why are those the same?” The process is so steadily represented within this reality that we take it for granted, but it is an example of efficiency, and a process of conservation. More interestingly perhaps, it raises other questions, such as where the data for these models is stored; why do the instant branches of a lightning bolt use the same twists and turns as water burrowing through the Earth?
You may be thinking, “Well, that’s interesting, all right, but that’s not a real river.” That might be just to start, when it comes to what you’re thinking, but that must be ignored for the moment. If you’ll take a moment to consult your atlas, I think you’ll find that many rivers on this planet resemble any collection of lightning bolts, tree branches, and tiny cracks in the sidewalk that you can find.
As I said before, I’m willing to identify this as a form of efficiency, and evidence of a system in motion that is not exactly what it appears to be. This is not to be confused with evidence of a designer or an omnipotent force. Merely an indication that there are additional connections to be made, and a deeper understanding to be had.
A human body exists in size at the halfway point between an electron and a red giant star. The exactness of this position feels like its own suggestion and, placed in scale as we are, I hope we’re willing to examine the situation with an open mind.

Only the row-boat is missing.