Ser, As usual you reinforce my morale,taking my morning idea flash to the top brow,a brow with which I am not educated even at the elementary level.Thank you very much Sir. YM
On Sun, Oct 30, 2022 at 9:00 AM Rajaram Krishnamurthy <[email protected]> wrote: > Ishavasyam idam sarvam – “This entire universe is to be looked upon as the > Lord.” § > > Shukla Yajur Veda, Ishavasya Upanishad - 1§ > > The above three words in Sanskrit and eleven in English express the > essential Hindu outlook on the world. It is a reverential attitude towards > all of life, from the smallest animal and tallest tree, to the longest > river and mightiest mountain, and even the stars and planets. Writing in > Living with Siva, Sivaya Subramuniyaswami urges: “Let’s worship the > Earth. It is a being—intelligent and always giving. Our physical bodies > are sustained by her abundance. When her abundance is withdrawn, our > physical bodies are no more. The ecology of this planet is an intricate > intelligence. Through sacrifice, which results in tapas and sadhana, we > nurture Mother Earth’s goodwill, friendliness and sustenance. Instill in > yourself appreciation, recognition. We should not take advantage of all > this generosity, as a predator does of those he preys upon.” ¶On the > Abrahamic view of man and world, Swami Dayananda Saraswati shares, “If one > believes that God created the Earth with its flora and fauna for human > consumption and pleasure, the attitude cannot be expected to be kind to > nature.” ¶A quick glance at the headlines of the science and environment > section of any major news outlet in the world today—let alone specialist > publications dedicated to covering ecological issues—shows that it is the > latter attitude and not the classically expressed Hindu viewpoint that > holds sway in the world today, no matter the continent or nation. The Hindu > Declaration on Climate Change, presented in December 2009 at the Parliament > of the World’s Religions in Australia, expresses clearly the state of > affairs: “Our beloved Earth, so touchingly looked upon as the Universal > Mother, has nurtured mankind through millions of years of growth and > evolution. Now centuries of rapacious exploitation of the planet have > caught up with us, and a radical change in our relationship with nature is > no longer an option. It is a matter of survival. We cannot continue to > destroy nature without also destroying ourselves.” ¶How far we have drifted > from the reverential sentiment expressed in “My salutations to you, O > Bhudevi, consort of the all-pervasive Lord, forgive me for placing my feet > upon you.”§ > > Hindu thought envisions the Earth as divine: the body of the universe is > God; the Earth is the Goddess (Bhudevi). India is a sacred land connected > by thousands of pilgrimage routes leading to sacred places, considered > themselves to be Gods and Goddesses. Infinite numbers of Deities represent > Nature; Agni, the fire of manifestation, is central to this theme. ¶Because > we humans are intricately replicated from the identical principles of the > cosmic nature, the seers recognized that changes caused due to indiscreet > human activities would result in imbalances in seasons, rainfall patterns, > crops and atmosphere, and degrade the quality of water, air and earth > resources. In so doing, the human memory and intelligence, as a > self-organizing, self-generating organism, becomes dull and potentially > inert. This, in turn, affects our relationship to self-wisdom and our > interactions with nature’s resources. § > > In the Hindu conception of the cosmos and the environment, the five great > elements (Pancha Mahabhutas) are central: space (akasha), air (vayu), fire > (Agni), water (apas) and earth (Prithivi). All emanate from prakriti > (cosmic matter). Though each element has its own form and characteristics, > all are interconnected and interdependent. The Taittireeya Upanishad tells > us: “From Brahman arises space, from space arises air, from air arises > fire, from fire arises water, and from water arises earth.” § > > Akasha, space, is the most subtle of the five, and there is no place where > it is not. Akasha is not nothingness, like the popular conceptions of outer > space; on the contrary, akasha is absolute fullness. K.L. Seshagiri Rao > explains, “Akasha represents openness, brightness, expansiveness and the > fullness of blooming capacity.” § > > Vayu, air, manifests on Earth as the atmosphere, the protective blanket of > gases that surrounds the planet, regulating temperature and preventing > excessive solar radiation from reaching Earth’s surface. Air connects and > affects everything, from animals breathing in and out, to plants exchanging > oxygen for carbon dioxide. Weather, which so defines daily life, is a > function of air in collaboration with the other elements. Even rocks are > subject to wind erosion. § > > Agni, fire, has been worshiped since ancient times. Fire purifies, fire > destroys, fire inspires. From the Sun, to lightning, to fire in its mundane > and sacred forms, Agni brings warmth and visibility to the world. The Vedas > sing its praises: “I magnify the Lord (Agni), the divine, the priest, > minister of the sacrifice, the offeror, supreme giver of treasure. To you, > dispeller of the night, we come with daily prayer, offering to you our > reverence” (Rig Veda 1.1.1&7). § > > Water, apas, is the source and sustainer of life. Its immense sacredness > is rivalled only by its practical value to human agriculture, health, > enjoyment and the development of civilization. In the form of Earth’s > rivers, water is so vast in its life-giving and life-sustaining properties > that it is worshiped as the mother of life, as Mother Ganga. § > > Earth, the densest of the five elements, is the ground upon which life > takes place. It is the body of the Divine, a living organism, > metaphysically, metaphorically and biologically. Hindus have cognized this > for millennia, knowing that all creatures are intimately connected to the > Earth. Without its gifts we are nothing. In the latter half of the 20th > century, modern science has caught up with this truth, conceiving of Earth > as a self-regulating organism called Gaia, a name for which Dharani, > Bhudevi or Bhumi—Hindu names for the Goddess—could easily be substituted. § > > Though self-regulating and dynamically interacting, the five great > elements of existence can be pushed out of balance by human action, > creating conditions inhospitable to life in general. What are the > imbalances confronting the Earth? § > > Akasha is being thrown out of balance through excessive and constant > noise, as is found in modern cities and towns with never-ending motor > vehicle traffic, the hum of air conditioners and computer servers, blaring > music, omnipresent advertisements appealing to the lower aspects of our > being, televisions and video screens shoehorned into every available space. > Needless to say, repose, reflection and sattvic living become difficult in > such conditions. § > > Unbalanced vayu is seen in air pollution, especially over cities. This is > caused by industrial activity, power generation from fossil fuels, and the > exhaust of internal combustion engines. Brown smog is the most visible form > of air pollution, but an excess of greenhouse gases also upsets vayu, > causing climate change, raising temperatures and acidifying oceans. Any > disturbance to vayu can also interfere with Agni, as in its solar form agni > is the energy which heats the air, powers the water cycle, and helps enable > life to grow. Each of those processes is affected by pollution. § > > The element water has been drastically disturbed by human activity. We > have dumped human sewage and industrial effluent into rivers and oceans; > farmers have irrigated so aggressively that water tables have become > lowered, and have allowed runoff of chemical fertilizers and pesticides > into streams; we have built massive dams and diverted entire rivers at the > expense of wildlife and the people who live in the watersheds; and we have > disposed of non-biodegradable trash and plastics in rivers, ponds and > wetlands. The same activities that unbalance vayu and Agni, causing climate > change, also affect water, causing ocean acidification, coral bleaching and > glacial melting. § > > Earth unbalanced is the most obvious. Vast tracts of forest are cleared > for timber and agriculture—often for industrial monoculture farming or > cattle ranching. Mining for coal, bauxite, gold and hundreds of other > minerals scars mountainsides and removes mountaintops. Human demand for > resources—extremely inequitable between rich and poor nations—is causing > habitat loss and species extinction at a level unprecedented in the modern > history of the planet. Human population is increasing at the expense of > virtually every other species. To sustainably supply our current levels of > resource consumption would require one- and one-half planets. By 2030, that > increases to two planets. We can hope that a new balance will eventually be > reached; but the vast majority of climate scientists say that in that new > balance, the Earth will be less fertile than now. Earth has undergone > radical changes many times. Ice ages come and go in predictable cycles. > Species are decimated and new life emerges. Temperatures oscillate, oceans > rise and fall. This is not the first challenge to life Earth has faced, but > it is the first in which we, the human race, are playing a major role. § > [world religious conference] > > NB: Foolish thinkers are on this earth who distinguish the mass in > diffwerent sectors as dwellers of flats etc; thanks for the idiotic > thinking ; that will help the flat dwellers to regulate. KR IRS 301022 > > On Sun, 30 Oct 2022 at 06:46, Markendeya Yeddanapudi < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> -- >> *Mar*As a Limb of Gaia >> >> >> >> Technology has become the frenzied addiction of mankind, to substitute >> the activity of life forms as forms of living and also the functions of >> limbs, with machines, so that the machines do that work and make the living >> things redundant and dysfunctional. It is the slide for the lifeless >> machines, by cyborging or by completely eliminating with Robots as >> substitutes. Nature is being cyborged by the human fool, who has given >> certificate to himself that he is God’s ultimate perfection in creation. >> The fool demands for the scientific proof which means proof by machines or >> some chemical proof. >> >> Nature’s proof on the basis of breathing,smelling,sensing,perceiving, >> understanding and feeling and participating in nature’s revelations, in the >> flow of emotions is simply damned as bias. James Lovelock supported by Lynn >> Margulies and other great stalverts failed to convince that planet earth is >> living Gaia or Bhoodevi. >> >> There is just no alternative but to swim against this technology addicted >> tsunami, and assert that the planet earth is life form, Gaia. >> >> As a life form, Gaia wants to be healthy. As a limb of Gaia, Gaia is >> striving to make you also a healthy limb. Just like each cell in your body >> performing a distinct nano function, you as a tiny component in Gaia, have >> a distinct function in Gaia’s body. Gaia is exerting its total power to >> make you healthy, to make her healthy. If you stop damaging Gaia, you >> automatically can become very healthy with simply no disease. Create >> healthy spaces of nature and you create a place for yourself in that >> healthy space as healthy organism. On the other hand if you destroy nature, >> which causes misery and death to many life forms and build a factory or big >> building, you automatically create sickness in you. >> >> Today, we really do not feel happiness by being scientific or mechanical. >> Hiding from nature in AC rooms, or destroying nature for doing economics, >> has hidden the basic fact from you that you are a living limb of Gaia. >> >> It is for every University to stem the technological rot, which is making >> nature redundant, and revive Gaia to health, by immediately creating parks >> of free nature, where God gets freedom. As it is we have reached a stage >> where we no longer can bear any emotions. We want machines that do not >> question, but just obey and do not find faults in you. >> >> You are a limb of Gaia. Make Gaia healthy to become healthy. >> >> YM >> > -- *Mar* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CACDCHC%2BxUWL80-3OR4Z-Jb4D%3Dz3hKiDLQzgXdE_bDPRsM-%3DV0w%40mail.gmail.com.
