God Arises
Nature and Science Speak about God
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causes activity and the parasympathetic system,
which serves as a brake. If our body were under the
exclusive control of the sympathetic system, the
heart would beat so rapidly that death would result.
And if our body were left to the mercy of the
parasympathetic system, the beating of our heart
would be totally arrested. Both these systems
function in perfect co-ordination with each other.
Whenever our body is exposed to excessive stress
and strain, causing a sudden need for extra strength
to withstand it, the sympathetic system dominates,
making the lungs function more rapidly, and
pumping adrenaline into the system from which the
body may derive extra energy. But while we are
asleep, the parasympathetic system has the upper
hand, anaesthetizing all our bodily activities.
Throughout the universe, there are countless
examples of such superb organization, far
surpassing even the most advanced systems of
man-made machines. The imitation of nature has
lately begun to be treated as a regular object of
scientific enquiry. Until very recently the scope of
science was confined to the discovery of unknown
forces in nature, and their practical applications. But
