Our minds seem limitless, capable of fathoming concepts far beyond what our physical senses allow. Yet for all its vastness, the mind resides within intricate boundaries not of its own making. Both mind and body are shaped by forces beyond our control or comprehension.
Consider the eye, doorway to the wonders and workings of the world. Through its structures – lens gathering light, retina receiving images – we peer out yet are kept protected within. Each component must fulfill its role without flaw, or the window closes. So too with other organs and systems keeping body and soul integrated, coordinated in hidden harmony.
The very faculties that allow us to perceive and comprehend our world did not originate from our own efforts but were endowed to us. How then did beings come to have such gifts as sight, hearing and thought? Not by any action or ability of their own, for these capacities preceded our existence and possession of them. Just as a builder uses tools they did not invent but are given for their work, so too were we provided with the means of awareness and reason by some Higher Intelligence that destined us with such marvels.
This Designer shows skill far beyond any earthly architect or engineer. Not just in crafting component parts but integrating them through laws and forces governing all creation. The balance upholding life itself on our inhabitable world emerges not by happenstance but intention. From microbes to stars, all obey harmonies revealing a Supreme Artisan.
Before this Creator we stand not as masters but subjects of realms beyond grasp. Yet glimpses may be found by those with eyes to see. In moments when the mind transcends bounds of self, when we feel awe before grandeur in the sky or sea, whispers of transcendence stir our souls. And in acts of goodness flowing not from selfish impulse but other-centered care, we see reflections of our true nature and purpose.
Rather than deny the Boundless One whose gifts allow our bounded minds, wisdom lies in acknowledging the Source. In surrendering self-will and aligning with universal truths of love, mercy and justice, inner peace may be found. The Great Artisan envisions far vaster designs than our small lives; in surrendering to creative currents beyond control, we find our purpose and place within the endless whole.