NATURE IS FRIENDLY
EMMET FOX
“She a rum one is nature,” said Mr. Squeers thoughtfully, ‘and I should like to know how we would ever get along without her." - Dickens
Nature, rightly understood is that part of God’s universe with which we have immediate dealings. Because God is Principle, nature works by unchanging Law, and she makes no exceptions, and has no favorites.
If we will learn the laws of nature and obey them intelligently we shall have health, freedom, and harmony; and as much power as we can possibly use.
As Huxley said, if we would command nature we must first obey her.
You will notice that Jesus in his marvelous works (“miracles”) never tried to go against nature or to do “stunts,” as we call them; but always fulfilled the Law of Being by bringing the patient more into harmony with the true laws of man’s nature---for that is what healing is.
Train yourself to eat, drink, exercise, sleep, and work intelligently, that is, in accordance with the true laws of man’s nature, and you will grow all the more rapidly in divine understanding. It is not spiritual to try to live in an unhygienic way. Nature is our friend; not our enemy. She is a kindly mother, always trying to protect and develop us---often against our resistance. She is not something that has to be vanquished.
Make friends with nature by working in harmony with her and she will make friends with you. “God saw everything that he had made, and behold, and it was very good.”
(Genesis 1:31.)
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