By Shrii Prabhat Rainjan Sarkar
Driven by self-interest, human beings are neglecting ecology at every step. We must remember that the sky, the air, birds, hills, wild animals, reptiles, insects and flies, fish, marine creatures, and aquatic plants are all bound by an inalienable bond. Human beings are only a part of that vast common society. No one can survive to the exclusion of others. Not even humanity. By foolishly destroying the forest, wild animals, fish and birds, no human interest could be served. Whoever is born on this earth dies. One survives on this earth only for the period allotted by nature. Because of human folly, many creatures and geological phenomena will not survive that period. Long before their natural end, they will be swallowed up by eternity. Humanity, through its own madness, has annihilated numerous creatures and objects and has thus prepared its own funeral pyre. This act of sheer short-sightedness is intolerable. People must be alert henceforth. They must shape their thoughts, works and plans in accordance with the science of ecology. No other way is left open to them.
17 June, 1984. From Neohumanism in a Nutshell Part 2, and Birds and Animals, Our Neighbours, both by Ananda Marga Publications. Re-published with permission.
Published in Neohumanist Review, Issue 1, September 2023, p 40.
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