Welcome to our daily bitachon . We are now in the Chovot HaLevavot , Shaar HaBechinah . We finished our introduction and we're now starting the first chapter. He says something very interesting. Of course, we know there's one God, and God created everything. And his wisdom could be found in everything. Yet, there are a lot of different manifestations and different types of wisdom, although they all come from one root. Meaning, one could say, hold on, it's one God, why are things so different? And he gives two meshalim , two parables. One is the sun. There's one sun, yet when it goes through a prism, it creates multiple different colors. All the colors were there in the sun, but they manifest themselves differently. Similarly, you use water and you use the water to irrigate the land. The land has certain minerals, and yet out of these land and minerals, depending on the seeds you put in the ground, you get all different kind of colored flowers. Same water, same earth, same minerals manifesting themselves differently. And so too, there's one God, and everything has ultimately one theme behind it. There's ultimately one foundation. If we want to use a scientific approach, it breaks down to atoms which are broken down to neurons and electrons and protons. There is one theme, there's building blocks to everything, yet it all comes out differently. It's like a piano that has a certain number of keys. That's the fundamentals. All pianos have the same number of keys. Yet different musicians will play differently using the same notes and create different music. So the world is all fundamentally one. So, it's like when a person goes to a piano concert, regardless who's playing, we know there's a piano going on over here. There's nothing to talk about. It takes a certain analysis to say, well, this is that style of music, that, but it's all coming from a piano. And that's the world. Although the world is so different, it all comes from one source, which is God. Now the question is, why did God make it that way? Why isn't everything the same? He says the reason is because then everyone would figure out that there's a God. You need to have the wisdom to peel away. Furthermore, he says that anything that keeps on doing the same thing again and again, a machine that always makes the same thing, it shows that the machine has no freedom of will. The machine is just on automatic pilot to keep repeating the same thing. It's forced, it has no, it has no opinion, like fire that always burns, like water that always cools. They don't do things on their own. And therefore, by the constant changing, that in itself is an indicator that God is deciding and makes things happen that are different. Now it's interesting, I just want to bring this out because this is what the Chovot HaLevavot says we're supposed to look for differences and similar themes at the same time. We have different types of vertebrae. Vertebrae are animals that have a bones or they have some type of spinal cord of sorts. We have fish, like sharks and tuna. We have amphibia, like frogs and salamanders. We have reptiles, like snakes and turtles. We have birds, like pigeons. And we have mammals, like humans, rodents and dogs. Now, they all, like we said, they're all vertebrae. But now let's listen to the differences, the nuances. The body covering: fish have scales. Amphibia have moist permeable skin. Reptiles have dry scaly skin plates. Birds have feathers. Mammals have hair or fur. So yes, they're all vertebrae, but there's something different going on over here. It's like God says, hey, I have more ideas. I'm not tied down to one approach. Reproduction: fish lay eggs in water, and the young breathe with gills. The amphibia lay jelly eggs in the water. They have, start off with gills and metamorphosize to lungs. Reptiles have hard leathery shelled eggs laid on land. Birds have hard shelled eggs also laid on land. And mammals are alive at birth, and their young are fed milk. Now what's the beauty of this is that when you have a human being, they, even though they have differences, something's the same about them. For example, if you like a certain singer, let's take Yaakov Shwekey . As much as I like Yaakov Shwekey , you hear a song you can say, that's a Yaakov Shwekey song. I don't care who sings it. It's a Yaakov Shwekey song, he has a certain style. Mordechai ben David has a style. And so on. They have styles. They sound, their songs have a certain similarity to them. Now, if all of God's songs would sound the same, that's limiting to God. Because the reason why all these artists sound the same is because they are limited. God created them with a certain talent set and a certain abilities and a certain level of creativity, and it stops at a certain point. You can't create this music and that music. You don't have the ability to do both. All Carlebach songs sound the same. God's not like that. God says, I can go and make vertebrae, but they'll all be different. You say, wow, the same guy that made, I shouldn't use the word guy, the same creator that made the fish, also made the snakes, also made the eagles. They're so different. Yeah, they're all different. But by the way, he also has a certain theme, there's vertebrae. And don't think that's the only thing he can do. He can make flowers too. There's all different classifications. This is just, this is and this is what we're supposed to do. This is Shaar HaBechina , to say, wow, look at God's abilities. Look how creative he is. Look how boundless he is. And if he could do all that, he could take care of me too. That's the punchline of all these thoughts. If he could do all of that, he could take care of me too.