Freeing the World from Pollution

When weeding a garden if we chop off the top half of the weed but leave the weed's root in the ground, the weed will soon come back just as it was before. In a similar way the modern day environmentalists have completely missed the boat regarding how to solve the world's environmental problems. Instead of the seeing the root cause of pollution and treating it on that level they waste their time trying to eliminate the symptoms. Such an incomplete approach will never be successful.

What needs to now be understood is that the underlying cause of pollution and indeed of all the problems which are plaguing the human society is polluted consciousness. Polluted consciousness is the false conception that I am the proprietor and enjoyer of all I survey. Such a mentality fails to take note of the fact that since we did not create this world, we are not the owners of it. There is someone else who is the creator and proprietor of this world. If we can utilize it in such a way that He is pleased, all the problems of the world will solved, and it will become a pristine paradise.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: You Are Argumentative

Hello. I enjoy the newsletter. Please continue your fine service. I also read your questions and answers regularly. Did you know that you are argumentative? Please note it in your yoga and practice.

Namaste,
Ryan

Answer: We Agree

Thank you very much for your kind appreciation of our humble attempt to spread compassion and wisdom in a a world that now needs it more than ever.

We cannot argue with your point that we are argumentative because we agree with you completely. We must be argumentative in a world where the general population is being grossly misled by false materialistic propaganda. It is said that if you are not part of the solution, you are are part of the problem. Therefore as an act of compassion we must strongly argue against the materialistic dogma which has totally captivated the modern day society.

A yogi who only thinks about his own deliverance is not as highly situated in yoga as the yogi who includes the welfare of all living beings in his practice. As we are sure that you are genuinely concerned about the welfare of all beings, we are confident that you will be able to understand and appreciate these points.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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