Subtelty & profoundness John Taverner speaks is within every single person on earth
( even the "nasties").
It is there from when we arrive and when depart.
However too often it's buried under our own gunk.
One effect of this burial is a form of "depression" : for many lifelong "depression" .
Another effect is inspirational, creative block.
Another effect is the relationships we have with our family, loved ones especially as the years advance :
that widening distance, that not really "getting" one another
(which we then try to mask anyway we can).
Another effect is prevalence of fakeness : in our everday lives from every day interactions with the world,
this fakeness (dishonesty) prevalent all over the world which we cant seem to escape
has a searing impact on us : from friendships, to work, to our well being as a person.
There is a wider implication of this burial as seen in the injustices all over the world,
the oppression in one way or another of the poor, working class by governments, wars.