DIVINE MORALS AS REFLECTED IN THE UNIVERSE

~ 44 ~ dealings. He should be like the tree which breathes out oxygen in return for the carbon dioxide which it breathes in: that is, he should return good for evil; he should be kind to those who wrong him. He should learn too, from the fact that nothing in the cosmos ever encroaches upon anything else. Each physical entity concentrates solely upon playing its own part in the order of the universe. Man must also engage in the same positive struggle, avoiding all negative activities. He should consider the principle of decomposition and recycling which is at work in the universe – refuse being converted into gas, and leaves falling from trees and turning into humus which will enrich the soil – to name but a few examples – and he should pattern his behaviour on this, so that whatever his activities, and whatever he expends should ultimately benefit mankind. Innumerable activities are going on throughout the cosmos on the grandest of scales, but without any recompense. In like manner, man should keep on discharging his responsibilities without any hope of reward. He should reflect