Page 15 - Why Do You Deceive Yourself ?
P. 15
Remembering the
Purpose of Creation
f you are in the street, look around you. If you are at home, look
through the window. Think, too, about all the places on the face
I of the Earth which you cannot see at this moment; the oceans,
the lakes and the mountains, the millions of people other than those
you can see and the millions of living creatures you never encounter in
life… Finally, leave the world and think about the universe, a bound-
less space that accommodates hundreds of millions of galaxies with
hundreds of millions of stars, planets, comets and a great many more
celestial bodies…
Now listen to your conscience sincerely and think. Why and how
do all these creatures and things exist? Living and non-living alike,
how do they carry on a harmonious existence together within such a
flawless system? What is the divine purpose behind this magnificence
in the universe and the superior characteristics which living things –
especially human beings – possess? What are all these things, particu-
larly man, the only being with consciousness on the face of the Earth,
doing in the world?
