It is amazing that we humans can be so consumed by themselves as they wander through life, as though they were not involved in the universe. Without consideration that we humans are partners with the Divine Spirit, they not only minimize the gift of living in a magnificent universe, they actually become culprits in destroying the gift.
We have more than enough information that global warming is reaching a point of no return. We may well be experiencing the beginning of this phenomenon with the western part of the United States reaching extraordinary temperatures. Some scientists think that the point of no return may be in 2040.
Those in my generation will escape the nightmare by dying, but our children and grandchildren and those thereafter will be making major accommodations to survive. They will wonder how their ancestors could have neglected the gift of Mother Earth, such a small planet in a universe whose boundaries have not still be identified.
For the last twenty years, I have read extensively about evolution. Some of the books, e.g., Neil DeGrasse Tyson’s “Cosmic Queries” leaves me in wonder. To think that Einstein’s “E=mc2” served to frustrate him since he knew this was not “the answer”. Same story with Stephen Hawking and others who tried to identify the science behind the universe. At the moment, the latest version is String Theory that is holding the universe together.
Beyond the science of evolution, much of my reading deals with the Spirit that is present in the Universe giving it life with the same presence in our lives. While the Spirit was present in some significant persons, e.g., Jesus, Mohammed, Dalai Lama, Buddha, the Spirit is ever so present in all of creation, e.g., humans, trees, plants, water.
It has been a joy to participate in this universe, but it is sad to know how we are destroying so much of it. I guess that it is consistent with the fact that, after all these years on Earth, we still are not doing well loving one another.
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