Thursday, June 18, 2015

Revival of Ecology and Spirituality copyrights@elsiegabrielgetoutgetgoingoutdoors!


Revival of Ecology and Spirituality

 

The original spiritual ecologists are our ancient ancestors,the indigenous societies of the earth who worshiped nature and depended on it’s elements to survive.The Vedas and many other religious testaments have documented how various forms of nature like the wind, earth,water, rain and fie were worshiped. And that we humans are an extrinsic part of nature and not alienated from nature;we can only co-exist if we live in harmony with the elements of nature. Therefore by being spiritually in one with nature we must not empty nature of it’s resources and use its offerings carelessly. Spiritual ecology is a subject which awakens us to to be alert and stand still, feel for the earth in mind and body, and then act accordingly in order to stop milking the earth of all it’s wealth. The Earth is like a ‘Bank’, think of it, if we keep making withdrawals and give back no deposits, what do we have left, nothing.Our natures bank balance will be soon zero. We need to make ‘natural investments’ into the planet to replenish it and revive it.Not for our own self fish reasons but for our children and their grandchildren.



The Bible also clearly requests us to take care of our planet before we perish.Isaiah 24:4-6 - “The earth dries up and withers, the world languishes and withers, the exalted of the earth languish. The earth is defiled by its people; they have disobeyed the laws, violated the statutes and broken the everlasting covenant. Therefore a curse consumes the earth; its people must bear their guilt. Therefore earth's inhabitants are burned up, and very few are left.”

 It focuses on promoting the sustainable use of  renewable energy through efficiency and conservation to reduce the ecological footprint environmental impact of individuals and communities. Right now we are all aware that society in environmental disharmony,lets pickup the pieces and respond to it’s urgency.

 

There are so many theories which have thrown light on how the earth actually began.

However today as we know it, the Earth is home to billions of creatures,plants and man simply belongs to this home as a member.We must believe that we are an intrinsic part of nature and its web of life and we are not the supreme outsiders looking into Nature.We are fused with nature.So by saving nature we are saving ourselves as we belong to the same evolutionary track.How did we arrive? How did we get here in the first place? And what will happen to earth in the future? Maybe we may never come to the actual reality of how exactly we all came into being.After 5 billions years on earth, after hundreds of theories,it is still hard to fathom which one to believe. But respect to each his own religion and theory.

 

The basic fact that life on earth is a network stands out.So how are ecology and spirituality connected? Spiritual ecology does not preach but simply states the fact that we must each find our way home to a more sustained planet through our own mannerisms and essence of life.

 

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