WELCOME KR IRS On Sun, 30 Oct 2022 at 09:10, Markendeya Yeddanapudi < [email protected]> wrote:
> 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 When her abundance is withdrawn, our 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/CAL5XZooLNYgPUqk5Txpg6BEmZXXLZ52CmLE%2BzrM_grj6N5TaZg%40mail.gmail.com.
