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THE MIRACLE IN THE CELL
timing difference of a hundredth of a second, can result in a baby born
with legs coming out of its head or ears coming out of its chest. But the
system is so perfect that no such mistakes are made.
Following this special path, the cells travel within the embryo
until they reach their destination, recognize it and stop there. Billions
of cells know beforehand the path they will take and their destination.
Moreover, they make decisions about starting their journey and stop-
ping when they get where they belong. As a result, no stomach cell
ever gets confused with a liver cell. The perfectly working inner
organs of the human body never become just an accumulation of tis-
sue. As the cells slowly start to take the shape of a human being, not
the slightest confusion or disorder takes place.
During all these events, the migrating cells must recognize the
other cells located at their destination. For example, during develop-
ment of the nervous system, millions of developing neurons, or nerve
cells, try to find pairs by forming connections with each other. Once
they do, they join together perfectly in a magnificent feat of engineer-
ing to form the organ's final shape and structure. For instance, brain
cells form about 120 trillion electrical connections in order to facilitate
the necessary information flow among them. Even one faulty connec-
tion or short circuit would ruin this amazing electronic circuitry,
whose like has never been duplicated artificially.
But it is impossible for trillions of cells with no ability to think or
plan to work together, move together in harmony, and find their part-
ners within a perfect measurement and plan, set out on their own and
find their way to settle in the right location. Obviously, they take their
journey under the guidance of a Power to which everything submits
and which controls everything, and that causes them to reach their
destination. This is why it is not possible for cells to lose their way,
take a wrong turn or go to the wrong place, or to confuse pairs.

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