There is no universal that states the universe is distinct; in fact spiritual traditions often point to Non-Dualist Experience as a state of consciousness in experiencing the universe as one or whole.

Symbols, such as "A" or "1" inherently discretize the world, so that we may be point at a distinct elements and combine logic of those distinct elements.

One simple way of illustrating this:

• As a child if you get near a bird, you are directly experience the bird
• However, if your mother sets to stay away from that bird because it is dangerous, you are now are overlaying a "map of information" upon the direct experience of the "territory of experience"
• This "map upon territory" process that occurs throughout education and socialization can lead to downstream map-territory errors or fallacies