Ludwig Van Beethoven is credited with saying, “Nature is my teacher,” an epigram seldom quoted. He was undoubtedly a musical genius who is reputed to have written symphonies in his old age while totally deaf. Somehow this reminds me of the BGAII verse that says, “This material nature, which is one of My energies, is working under My direction, O son of Kunti, producing all moving and nonmoving beings. Under its rule this manifestation is created and annihilated again and again.” (9.10)