Daily Meditation: Tuesday, February 10, 2004

Mother Nature - her judgements are implacable

02/10/2004

It is written that on the Day of Judgment God will separate the good from the wicked: He will put the good on his right hand, that they may take possession of His Kingdom, and the wicked, who have been placed on His left, will be sent into the fires of hell. Of course, these images must be interpreted. God, our Father, who is love, would like all beings to be on His right side, living in felicity and plenitude. But Mother Nature, who is just and implacable, is also present and says of the evildoers: ‘I can do nothing with these drab and warped materials. Go, send them back to the factory to be melted down!' And with the product of this process, She creates wonderful things: pearls, stars, and whole worlds. She is not malicious. What does a jeweller do? Equipped with a microscope and other instruments, he examines precious stones and says: ‘This diamond is perfect. That one has a few defects and is not top quality' and he puts it to one side; he sorts them into categories. Everywhere, in every domain, whether it concerns the fruits of the earth or its raw materials, human beings sort through and grade things. Well, in another domain this is what Nature does with human beings.