Wishy-Washy

Every atom is sensitized by the mystery of Cosmos: thus a flame shudders and goes out because there is no oxygen. A piece of iron when exposed to air is rusted. Piece of magnet similarly underlies the basic order of Cosmos. We are connected.

When a candle goes out do we not seek the reason? The gust of wind has touched the candle as well as us. Where did this wind come from? It is part of Cosmos: an ill wind that blows us no good. Ill wind? What if it must have done some good to another? Whether ill or good we are fed or felled by the same causes in Cosmos.

Perhaps an illustration from Tolstoy’s War and Peace I shall use: The apple tree is ripe for plucking and the boy from below looks at them with longing. He prays God to send one. If one apple does fall is it because God heard his prayer? Or is it because wind? Gravity? Or that certain apple had reached end of it tether? Or God was in each cause and worked round that prayer? One may believe any of these. It must be true in whichever manner one wants to interpret the event. But if next time the boy doesn’t get his answer don’t go about saying God didn’t want it to happen. This seems to be how the Church wants to explain God. What, did God appoint them to explain when He shall or when He shall not answer a prayer?
benny