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"HaShem founded
the earth with wisdom, The laws of nature testify clearly that as smart and powerful humanity becomes we are still not the ones in charge of life and living. We can indeed change many things; we can indeed harness a portion of nature’s power to serve our needs. We can make changes and improvements, yes, but only in context of the natural laws. We can work with them, but we cannot work outside them. No matter what we can do, no matter what we can change, the laws of nature will still rule supreme. Thus, in the end, while we can do much, there is much more that we cannot do. In the end, we are not the ones in charge. It is humbling but honest; it is enlightening and awakening for us to realize that our fate is not in our own hands. The wise have learned this great lesson and live by it. The fool on the other hand still believes himself master of his own destiny and pushes life and fate, challenging the natural order of things, demanding that his own will be done, here on Earth and in Heaven. The fool pushes and pushes, making some movement, yes, but at the same time, wasting tremendous amounts of energy, effort and time. In the end, the fool is exhausted and defeated by life. However, this is to be expected, this is only natural. The wise would have told this to the fool long ago, before so much energy was spent and time lost. But who listens to the wise anymore? The relationship between the natural order and supernatural authority over it is constantly questioned, but in the end, it cannot be denied. The universe remains to us a mystery and it always will be. Humanity is not lord of the earth. We do not rule here. We have not created, nor formed the earth in our own image. Try as we do to make this so, we will never succeed. Life and living are far beyond our control. When we try to control everything, much slips through our fingers and creates chaos for the new world order we try to create. Higher powers than we exist. Yet, even they are no more than clay in the Hands of Heaven. It is the Invisible Hand that directs all. All decisions that affect us daily are decided upon in realms unseen to our eyes and unknowable to our minds. That which is invisible exists regardless of whether or not we see it or believe in it. Invisibility is a funny thing. For just as there are forces in nature invisible to us, so there are even higher forces of nature invisible to those lower forces of nature. Like an ascending ladder, there are authorities and natural influences, which ultimately touch the realm of the supernatural itself. Our world is a very big place. Try as we will to influence it we will succeed only to a point. Yes, we must always try to do what we can to make our lives and world better. However, this effort on our parts requires of us to turn towards the Invisible and recognize the movement of the Hand of Heaven. When we surrender to the movement from Above, we will be moved in to the proper place, in the proper time in the proper way. None of this movement may make sense to us. Heaven may ask of us what to us appears to be illogical, irrational or worse, uncomfortable. Yet, one who moves with Heaven successfully navigates life and earthly living. One who resists Heaven is moved forcefully, dragging one’s feet. Such a one always leaves a mess in their passage. Why create more problems for oneself?
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