| Have you ever looked on the side of a packet of | | | | bathed in magnetic fields.Somehow the combination |
| crisps or indeed any type of food? Well here in the | | | | of the lifeless and invisible combine to form the glory |
| UK each pack lists the content in terms of fat, | | | | that is a living body. But what sets us apart from a |
| carbohydrate, proteins and various salts. Nothing too | | | | packet of crisps, a pile of chemicals and electric |
| incredible there until you consider that these lifeless | | | | circuit? The spark that turned the lifeless to the living |
| substances are taken into our body on a daily basis | | | | on a primitive plant Earth is mysterious and tantalising |
| and, together with a good helping of water, are used | | | | and scientists can at present only speculate on this |
| to maintain our structure. They are arranged into a | | | | wonderful event. There is however something that |
| pattern - the pattern of a human being. This is a | | | | differentiates the living from the lifeless and whether |
| dynamic pattern that is ever changing and yet very | | | | scientist or preacher, we should all agree it is in itself |
| strictly defined. This is a pattern which has emerged | | | | glorious and currently beyond our grasp.So next time |
| over unimaginable periods of time from other durable | | | | you look at the label on your favourite snack, be |
| but yet changing patterns - the creatures of a | | | | reminded that life is wonderful, special and |
| younger world.The dynamic patterns characteristic of | | | | mysterious.The author has worked in academia and |
| life are made of lifeless substances and through | | | | the biotech industry for over 20 years. He is a |
| these patterns flow intangible and invisible energies. | | | | contributor to Natural Insight writing articles on our |
| Electricity courses through our bodies and we are | | | | natural history and the human condition. |