The Nature of Life and Death

then to place himself at His service. If, in spite of this, he does not believe in God, and fails to acknowledge God’s power and perfec­tion, then it is he himself and not anyone else who is to blame. Finally, the Discovery of God One who has found God has found everything. After the discovery of God, no further discovery remains to be made. Thus, when a man has discovered God, his entire at­tention is focussed upon Him. God, for him, becomes a treasure which he cherishes, and it is to Him then that he has recourse for all his worldly and eternal needs. God’s world is a collection of atoms. In its elemental form, it all consists of one and the same type of inert mat­ter; but God has moulded this matter into countless diverse forms: light, heat, greenery, flowing water. He has also invested lifeless matter with the properties of colour, taste and smell; and everywhere, He has set things in motion, having carefully controlled this motion by gravity. Discover­ing the God who has made such a world is much more than just acquiring a dry creed; it means