Are we Kiling Mother Earth?
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A few days ago the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (consisting of top scientists) concluded it is very likely that human activity is causing global warming. Among its predictions are temprature rises between 1.8 and 4 degrees C and a rise of sea levels of 28-43cm.
Similar findings were reported by Sir Nicholas Stern for the UK government toward the end of 2006.
The evidence is unequivocal. If we continue as we are going, we are undoubtedly damaging and will ultimately destroy the planet we call home.
But should we care? Human existence is shortlived. It's likely that most of those reading these words will have passed on before their worst effects are realized.
The physical universe, including planet earth, was manifested by Spirit for the purpose of providing a theater for us to experience the adventure of incarnation. In so doing we have been granted free will, for that is the only way we could benefit from our time in flesh.
The future of the planet is truly in our hands. If we fail to act then we sign our own extinction warrant. All would not be lost, for Spirit would go on and we would surely become manifest elsewhere.
But given that we have the awareness of what is happening, and the capacity to do something about it, to fail to act is to retard our evolution.
The problem is that real action must take place at group level. Individuals may play their part, but unless we do so as one such isolated attempts are unlikely to have much effect. Perhaps the real challenge of the environment is whether we can put aside individuality and re-discover our belonging to the one-ness that is Spirit.
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