wisdom, and because wisdom produces form on the basis of love, and the
state and quality of the form depend on its design, it follows that God is
the design itself. It also follows that from himself God imposed a design
on the universe and on every single thing in it, and the design imposed
was absolutely perfect because all that he created was good, as we read in
Genesis, the Book of Creation.
(In its own place we will show that evil of every kind and hell itself
came into existence aftercreation.)
Now we turn to thoughts that are more accessible to, clearer for, and
gentler on the mind.54 Explaining the type of design that was built into the universe at cre-
ation would take many volumes. (A little sketch of it will appear under
the next subheading, on creation [§§ 75 – 80 ]).
One point that needs to be understood is this: Each and every thing
in the universe was created with its own design so that it would continue
to exist on its own. This happened from the very beginning so that each
thing could become part of the overall design of the universe. The pur-
pose is that the individual designs shall continue to exist within the uni-
versal design so that all are one.
Now for some examples. The human being was created with a design
of its own, and also each individual part of a human being was created
with a design of its own. The head has its own design, the body has its.
The heart, the lungs, the liver, the pancreas, and the stomach have their
own designs. Every organ of motion called a muscle has its own design.
Every organ of sensation, such as the eye, the ear, and the tongue, has its
own design. In fact, there is not a capillary or a fibril in the human body
that lacks its own design. Yet all these countless parts connect with the
overall design and join up with it in such a way that together they form
one overall design.
The same applies to all other things. A mere list of them is enough
for illustration. Every animal on land, every bird in the sky, every fish in
the sea, every reptile, in fact, every insect even down to a grub has its own
design built in from creation. Likewise every tree, shrub, bush, and veg-
etable has its own design. Furthermore, every stone and every mineral,
even down to every type of dust on the earth has its own design.
55 As everyone can see, all well-established empires, countries, counties,
republics, cities, and homes have laws that constitute the design and
form of their government. In each of those arenas, the laws of justice are
at the top, political laws are in second place, and business laws are in
third place. If these laws are compared with a human being, the laws of