The Divine Farmer

God took the form of a farmer and arrived at his farm at the beginning of the week. He stood still for a moment looking at his field. The elemental materials were already there-- earth, water, and air. But the earth was fully covered with water, and there was utter chaos. What was going on in his mind? Was he upset about the barren land in front of him? Was he worried about the dirty water that covered the land? Or was he concerned about the darkness that hovered his field? Actually, his mind was not on any of those negative feelings that competed to catch his attention. Instead, his inner eye was watching on the wall of his mind a beautiful picture of how the same field would look like by the end of the week. He had a clear vision, and setting his mind on the vision, he stepped on to the field. 

He started working on the field with a clear plan. Combining the expertise of a farmer and the artistic skill of a painter, he set order and pattern. By the end of each day he made an assessment of how his work looked like, and the result made him feel very excited. Each night he eagerly waited for the next dawn to continue the work.   

On the first day, he created light and separated it from darkness. He assigned different times for light and darkness so that there won’t be any conflict between them. The presence of light is the most essential thing for any creative work, for nothing can be done in darkness.  Light was called day and darkness was called night.

On the second day, he created the sky, separating the water above and below. Thus a space was set for the work.

On the third day, he made the land visible by letting the water flow to become oceans and lakes, and planted all the vegetation. Thus separate spaces were assigned for land and water.

On the fourth day, he placed the stars, the Sun, and the moon in the sky. The sun was put in charge of the day, and the moon was put in charge of the night.

On the fifth day, he created the birds in the air and the fish in the water.

On the sixth day, he created all the land animals, and finally as the crown of his artistic skill, he created human beings in his own image. He expected the human beings to take care of the farm on his behalf. The human beings were also to represent Him to the plants and animals, so that they would see in human beings the visible image of the invisible God.  

At the end of the sixth day, he looked at the beautiful farm he created. How beautiful! He exclaimed. When there was order and structure, there was also beauty and goodness. He compared it with the one he saw first within his mind’s wall. He was so excited to see his work of art with his own eyes. He eyes could see what could be seen only by his inner eye a week ago. A week’s work could convert his imagination to reality.  

Finally, he rested on the seventh day of the week to gather enough energy for another week’s creativity.   

Human beings followed the example of God, and separated the last day of the week for rest. They regularly got together on the seventh days, and spent time singing hymns praising God. They learned from the example of the divine farmer that it is the vision with the inner eyes that has to drive us to creative activities. Also they learned that the goal of our activities should be to bring order in place of disorder. The example of the divine farmer inspires them to be positive, be creative, and to work joyfully every day of their life.  

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