Maybe the point is that as we grow we're not supposed to have a larger footprint, not to collect physical things. Maybe the point is to divest one's self of all manner of things that weigh one down without adding value - to remain trim, reactive.

And maybe instead of collecting things, we're supposed to let them go so that we can become smaller and smaller until we're no more than a point of light with the same mass - a dense particle, full of potential energy.

Ready to suddenly tap all that potential energy when necessary, as needed, sparingly.

It's the bright lights that one has to watch.