Natural laws are manifestations of Gods will

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The Teachings of BhagavanSri Ramana Maharshiin His Own WordsCHAPTER ONEGODThe following talk takes up various problems which plaguephilosophers and theologians – Divine Omniscience andfreewill; natural laws and divine activity; personal God andimpersonal; and yet the tone of the answer shows that Bhagavanconsiders it of rather secondary importance.Devotee: What is the relation between my freewill and the overshadowingmight of the Omnipotent? (a) Is the Omnipotenceof God consistent with the ego's free-will? (b) Is the Omniscienceof God consistent with the ego's freewill? © Are natural lawsconsistent with God's freewill?B.: Yes. Freewill is the present appearing to a limited facultyof sight and will. That same ego sees its past activity as fallinginto a course of `law' or rules – its own freewill being one of thelinks in the course of law. The Omnipotence and Omniscienceof God are then seen by the ego to have acted through theappearance of his own freewill. So he comes to the conclusionthat the ego must go by appearances. Natural laws aremanifestations of God's will and they have been laid down. 11 Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi, 28.