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trees, the animals, in all that is nature. What

humankind fails to see, when looking at all these things

is the style of the Creator and how visible it is to us all.

We fail to see God in everything especially in our own

kind, especially in our selves.

Again it is simplicity. Humankind is so concerned

in finding how it's is made, what is the substance of the

flesh and blood and organs of the body. We want to

know how it functions, how to repair it, how to keep it

going. At the same time we set out to damage it, to
mistreat it, to not respect it. It is a peculiarity of

humankind that when it gets something easy it
disrespects it, often neglects it, as it does not appear to

have a value. We only keep our bodies going so that we

can continue to get around this world of ours and earn a

living. Really we do less than that. In most cases we only

manage to survive.

Survive for what reason? Is it because we have a

fear of dying? Is it because of the loss we feel we suffer