19. EVERYTHING IS A MANIFESTATION OF THE DIVINE
Instead of realizing the Truth, we human beings continue to live in ignorance seeking proof of creation. We believe in theories that lead us nowhere. Some people believe that this world came about with a 'big bang', that all this beauty and intelligence just happened out of a chemical explosion. Don't we have the intelligence to question who caused the big bang and how could this amazing universe with the majestic mountains, the amazing oceans, and beautiful creatures just happen without an intelligent design? We don't contemplate the Power that has created everything.
Others believe that man evolved out of apes. When will they go further to question, 'Where did apes come from? Dinosaurs? How did all this happen?' While nobody can prove this, one thing is sure – all creation, nature, and life included, did not 'just happen'. A creative Power has caused this. Those who go in quest of the Truth, realize something far more profound.
Everything around us is not a 'creation', but rather, a 'manifestation' of the Divine. What does this mean? Just like a spider creates a web out of itself, the Creator appears to be the mountain and the sea, the butterfly and the bee, the fruits on the tree, you and me - everything on earth is a manifestation of the Divine. God is the cause, we are just effects. This is the Truth.