I am always amazed as to why a particular living thing has the shape that it has. A blade of grass is different to a leaf of an apple tree. Or, an apple is different to an orange. One particular finger of ours is just that longer than others, but then it is the same length on the other hand.
What is the organising intelligence that tells a growing cell st one edge of a blade of grass to stop growing, while the one next to go on growing in the other direction, so that the overall shape of the blade of grass is maintained.
At a higher level, the outline of an ash tree is characteristic of an ash tree. This shape is maintained even when the tree is young, as much as when it is its full height. Some thing tells a cell at the end f a bottom branch to grow no more, to ensure the shape of the tree in space.
Further still, the profile against the skyline of a bunch of trees on top of a hill will be unique for that particular group of trees. The profile of a line of silver ash trees on a hill would be different to that of oak trees along the hill. Each individual cell on a tree would be made to confirm its behaviour such that the shape of the whole group of trees in a hugely large space, compared with the space occupied by that growing cell, is adhered to.
The organising intelligence that rules the behaviour of each cell is what marvels me.
That force is all around us. It is in us. It acts at every instant of our life.
The existence of this organising force is so obvious that we just have to acknowledge it.
Can that force organise our life to make it happier for us?
I would like to see if our religion has guidance on how to benefit from that intelligence all around and in us.
Wishing you every success, Shree-1
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