For the uninitiated, April 22, is celebrated as Earth Day. Its a day when everyone talks about "going Green". Reducing, Recycling and Reusing waste are buzzwords. Al Gore will be the most used celebrity name. Then there is the Global Warming and the melting polar ice caps. And not to mention the "carbon footprint". Suddenly, its the question - "Is life on Earth going to end?"
I know that Srimad Bhagavatam talks about a great deluge (pralayam)when the entire population on the Earth disappeared under water. Lord Vishnu comes as Matsya avataram to preserve life forms from the deluge waters. Searching through Wikipedia reveals that most of the world's religions have some reference to "the great flood". In western mythology, Noah builds an Ark to save the various life forms.
So, all this talk of global warming, melting glaciers and rising sea waters, does it forebode a similar fate? Is it God's way of punishing us irresponsible humans?
The Bhagavatam says that after a deluge none other than the Primodial Souls exists. Then as per His will life begins again.
Global warming will happen and continue to happen, if not carbon gases it will be some other gases in the near future. With time we humans learn more, the more we learn the more we will come face to face with the eventuality!
2 comments:
Hi Indhu
It is good to see that you have started becoming more and more green over the years....with all the changes at your home...definitely you and Ramji are trying to reduce your carbon footprint. What you have done is a token of your contribution towards greening the world.
Coming to Pralayam....I believe ignorance is always bliss... knowledge at times is scary. Better to enjoy life today than to be scared of what is going to happen in the years to come...I suggest you read "The Skeptical Environmentalist" by Bjorn Lomborg....to have the other view point.
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Appa
my family is completely into global warming... somehow it doesnt fascinate me!!! :) but good post!!!!! wat happened to ur recipes....
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