We cannot deny the existence of reason in Nature, even
though to us it is in an unknown form. We witness how a plant secures the
necessary area for its existence, seeks and finds in the same soil, a variety
of nutritious elements necessary only for this type of plant, and liquids,
which are so varied for each type of plant, obtaining them through a proficient
chemical decomposition of the soil. Likewise, we cannot deny the existence in the
animal and plant kingdom the aesthetic and artistic beginning, which is
revealed in the variety and harmony of colours and forms. In witnessing the
amity, collaboration and willingness to serve, we can hardly reject the
presence of none other than the seeming moral beginning in Nature — when a
blade of grass is prepared to present itself as fodder for the animal, or when
the tree endeavours to produce better harvest for man’s comfort; a willingness
that is sometimes close to self-sacrifice. Some will say that you cannot call
this a moral attribute, because morality suggests a free and intelligent will.
Indeed, but if this is so, then it is necessary to seek the source of the
sensibility and wisdom for this insensibility. Thoughts rise toward the Creator
and the power of the Providence of God’s Spirit, granting all existing things
"life, breath and everything" (words of Apostle Paul in the Athenian
Areopagus according to the book of Acts).
In this sense, the world, God’s creation is a
reflection — be it weak and pale — of its Creator’s attributes and it is toward
this Primordial and Original, that it directs our thoughts. Let us here express
the words of Saint John from his "My life in Christ." "The whole
world: heaven and earth and everything that is in them, the sea and all that is
in it is the endless effusion of God’s goodness, His intellect and eternal
power and might, goodness toward the creations, which He created for joy and
happiness, especially — joy to the human race. The world is a mirror of goodness,
intellect, wisdom and power of God. Therefore, we should attach ourselves to
God and not to the world. ‘Who is there for me in heaven? And with You I
want nothing on earth. My flesh and heart is exhausted: God — is the firmament
of my heart and is part of me forever.’"
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