| A most orderly
activity is apparent on
the face of the universe,
especially on the page of
the earth. And we observe
there a most wise
creativity. And we
clearly see a most
systematic unfolding;
that is, the opening up
and giving of an
appropriate shape and
form to everything. And,
furthermore, we see a
most compassionate,
generous, and merciful
munificence and
bountifulness. Since this
is so, it of necessity
proves, indeed provokes
awareness of, the
necessary existence and
Unity of an Active,
Creative, Opening,
Munificent Possessor of
Glory. Indeed, the
constant disappearance
and renewal of beings
demonstrate that those
beings are the
manifestations of the
sacred Names of an
All-Powerful Maker, and
are shadows of the lights
of His Names; that they
are works of art
resulting from His
actions, and impressions
and pages inscribed by
the pen of Divine
Determining and Power;
that they are mirrors
reflecting the beauty of
his perfection.
Just as the Owner of
the universe proves this
mighty truth and exalted
degree in the affirmation
of His Unity with ail the
scriptures and sacred
Books which He has
revealed, so too have all
the people of truth and
the perfected members of
the human race proved
this same degree through
all their investigations
and discoveries. And the
universe, too, points to
this same degree in the
affirmation of Divine
Unity through the
unceasing witnessing of
the miracles of art,
wonders of power, and
treasuries of wealth that
it displays, despite its
impotence and poverty.
That is to say, the
Pre-Eternal Witness,
through His scriptures
and Books, and the people
of witnessing through all
their investigations and
unveilings, and the
Manifest World bearing
witness through all its
orderly states and wise
qualities, agree
unanimously on this
degree in the affirmation
of Divine Unity.
Those who do not
accept the Single One of
Unity, therefore, must
either accept innumerable
gods, or else like the
foolish Sophists, deny
both their own existence
and that of the universe.
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