What exists on a personal level also exists on a national level. G-d Himself has one fundamental problem: if He is the source of all existence, how can He create an existence in which he can in some way hide? Free will is the only thing in this world which is beyond cause and effect. What is the extent of free will that Man has? How do we see that what occurs in an individual's life on a microscopic level, has occurred throughout all human history on a macroscopic level? Discussion of the ratio between non-free will versus free will activities and how this ratio is affected by the way you exercise your free will. In previous generations, the spiritual forces in the world were understood by all and thus people were able to perform what we today would consider to be miracles, but what was commonplace at the time.