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Engineering in Nature

before you. The time you set aside for your daily chores will grow
ever lovelier as you see the perfection of the things around you as-
sumes a new significance. As you acquire this perspective, ordinary
things you pass by without really seeing will become sources of great
joy and enthusiasm.
These are the blessings and beauties you will encounter initially.
Beyond all this, any single living thing you consider will bring you
a gain that cannot be compared to anything else in this world. As you
learn that an ant possesses an extraordinary chemical laboratory, you
will actually come face to face with the hidden intelligence that reigns
in the body of this creature. Pervading every part of it is a flawless
perfection that human intelligence, knowledge and experience can
never match. The ant has complex structures and systems whose se-
crets have taken thousands of years of accumulated knowledge and
experience to unravel. Moreover, there are countless miracles in life
that modern science and technology have not yet understood, let
alone construct anything comparable. In conclusion, the more you
discover examples of this perfect creation in living things, the more
closely you will witness the existence of God and His infinite and su-
perior attributes.
Also, most importantly, you will realize the truth that your own
creation is not for nothing. There is a point to your existence on Earth.
Since everything on Earth, yourself included, is part of this wide-ran-
ging creation, and since you have been given a soul and understand-
ing with which to comprehend all this, then you must owe a debt to
God, Who gave them to you. This conclusion, which you can draw
from pondering just a single ant, will be one of your greatest gain.
From now on, you will look at the works of God on Earth and the mir-
acles in His creation, take pleasure from all of them and seek to please
God rather than those around you. You will thus be freed from the in-

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