Yes, since the realms of beings in the universe are interwoven and interbonded and  the  functions  of  each  look  to  all,  it  has  made  the  universe,  in  respect  of dominicality and creation, like an indivisible whole. So too, the all-encompassing general acts in the universe are interwoven and interpenetrated. For example, the acts of nurturing and giving of sustenance are apparent at the same instant within the act of giving life. And the acts of ordering and decking out the living creature’s body are observed at the same time within those acts of nurturing and giving of life. And at the same time the acts of giving of form, raising, and regulating strike the eye within those acts of  nurturing,  giving  life,  ordering,  and  decking  out.  And  so  on,  since  such  all- encompassing  and  general  acts  are  interpenetrated  and  one  within  the  other  and blended together like the seven colours in light, indeed, are united; and since each of those acts encompasses and embraces most beings and are a single act and by nature are the same; and  since the one who performs the acts must be the same; and since each of them pervades the  whole universe  and  unites with the  other  acts  in co- operation and assistance; it has made the universe into an indivisible whole. Similarly, since all living creatures are like seeds, indexes, and samples of the universe, it has made the universe from the point of view of  dominicality like a universal whose division and breaking into parts is impossible. That is to say, the universe is a totality so that to be Lord and Sustainer of a part of it is only possible by being Lord and Sustainer of the whole. And it is a universal so that each part of it has become like a single member; to make any one single member submit to His dominicality is only possible by subjugating the universal.

SIXTH INDICATION

Dominical singleness and divine unity are the means and basis of all perfections,1 and the source and origin of the purposes and wisdom in the universe’s creation. They are also the source and sole means of attaining the wishes and desires of conscious beings and rational beings, and particularly of man. If not for divine singleness, all man’s wishes and  demands  would  be extinguished.  The results of the universe’s creation  would  also  decline  to   nothing,  and  the  majority  of  existent,  certain perfections would be annihilated.

For example, man has an intense, unshakeable, passionate desire for immortality. Only  One  who through the mystery of singleness holds the whole universe in His grasp and can close down this world and open up the hereafter as easily as shutting up one house and  opening  another  can satisfy this  desire.  And  like this  one,  man’s thousands of desires which stretch to eternity and are spread throughout the universe are tied to the mystery of singleness and the reality of divine unity. If not for divine singleness, they would not be, they would be fruitless. And if not for the Single One who through divine unity has disposal over the entire universe, those desires could not be satisfied. And even supposing they were, they would be so very deficiently.

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1   In fact, divine unity is the clearest proof and most powerful evidence for the existence of endless divine perfections and beauty. For if the universe’s Maker is known to be the Unique One of Unity, all the perfections and beauty of the universe are known to be the shadows, manifestations, signs, and distillations of the sacred perfections and beauty present in that Maker of Unity. Otherwise the universe’s perfections and beauties would have pertained to creatures and causes, and the eternal treasury of divine perfections would have remained unknown for the human mind, and without a key.