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Learning from Nature

When we discover that nature is of a friendly character, we
also have no option but to adopt this friendly culture in our
society.

alter de la Mare (1873 – 1956), the English poet,
Wonce observed a lady at a dining table taking
her meal. There were some eatables on the table like
porridge, muffins, apples, and so on. He then had a
very strange thought: outside the lady these are food
items, but once the lady takes in these items, they are
readily converted into a living woman, that is, Miss T.
De la Mare later composed a poem on this idea. He
added these lines to the poem: It’s a very odd thing, As
odd as can be, That whatever Miss T eats Turns into Miss T.
This is the miracle of Miss T’s stomach. But one’s
mind can conceive of something that is a million times
stranger than this. All these food items were produced
in an external world. But, miraculously, these food
items are totally in accordance with our needs. Both are
complementary to each other. This complementarity
between two quite different things is clear evidence that
there is one Creator of both. It is a highly well-planned
creation.

This phenomenon of nature leads us to believe that

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