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one of the ugliest things in the world. And it is one of the most
widespread and it has become so widespread, that it is almost
spontaneous in man. Nothing can turn its back on the divine love
more totally than that, that wish to calculate and profit.
CWM 5: 240-41

Flowers and Man
You know, flowers spread a deep love and a peaceful sweet-
ness in a silent and generous gesture. It is without comparison.
It is this movement of Nature which brings equilibrium in a world
torn by sorrow and pain. It is a movement in the other direction in
relation to man -- it expresses an invariable harmony on the physi-
cal plane. It is this which counters the other movement and brings
an equilibrium and gives a meaning to existence; the one gives,
gives and gives and the other one takes, takes, takes and leaves
nothing for the others. Man is so ego-centric and small in com-
parison. And the worst is that man is never satisfied with what he
receives from others.
The sense of gratitude is lacking in him. He thinks that as he
is higher on the evolutionary ladder, he has a right to everything.
It is absurd! It is because Nature gives herself spontaneously and
cancels this contrary movement that the earth is still inhabitable.
With the mind has come the sense of possession of the sepa-
rate 'me', of the ego which pulls man down very low and makes
him petty and mean. His education, his discoveries, his scientific
achievements, with all the advantages he has at his disposal —
these have made him rich, comfortable and safe and sheltered
from dangers, but also arrogant, ego- centric and morbid. How-
ever, these have not made him a real man. It is so poor, this state
of man! One would have hoped that it would be otherwise. He
is so perverted that he cheats himself when he takes delight in
cheating others. And he is not aware of it. It is so lamentably poor.
When will he learn to overcome all this?
Throb of Nature, pp. 143-44

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