|
|
|
Now, lets invite you to visualize the following movie:
There is a bus driver, Mr. Bd, behind the wheel, traveling over the speed limit. He is distracted by the radio, by some passengers who are joking around and by the advertisements on the road. Mr.
Bd. sees a red light on the dashboard indicating “low gasoline”. However, he thinks that he can reach the destination without stopping for gas. A few minutes later, the “low oil level” light comes on, but Mr. Bd.
still thinks he can continue. Then the A.C. (air conditioning system) breaks down and some passengers start to complain and ask him to stop. But most of the people are pushing Mr. Bd to continue driving, since they are already late for work and they have deadlines. Some businessmen offer more money to the driver and
promise to pay the repair bills if he simply ignores the red lights.
Many passengers are indifferent to the situation. They are either sleeping, or eating, or reading, or playing, or watching TV, or listening to music, or feeling powerless.
By the way, we are forgetting to mention that Mr. Bd is driving under the influence
(DUI) of alcohol. Other passengers are also intoxicated. He keeps on driving and crosses a red traffic light. Then a local police officer stops him. But some of these passengers are powerful figures in the political and business arena, who tell the police man that they are in a rush and that it would be better for him to take some donation and let them continue their trip.
Mr. Bd resumes his reckless driving and gets off and on the road several
times.
|
|
As he is falling asleep and the bus is about to leave the road and drive over a hill, a federal policeman flashes his red
lights, and starts the loud police siren. This very brave Police Captain stands in the road, raises his hand and
orders “Stop the Bus”. Now, Mr. Bd pushes the brakes; the bus turns over and some people
get injured. But it does not go down the cliff. This Captain calls the firemen, paramedics, and many others selfless workers to the rescue. So, many passengers are saved.
Now, some people think, this is similar to what is happening at a larger scale, where
the Earth is our bus, the Red Lights are represented by all natural and man made catastrophes
like global warming, melting of the ice poles, toxic gases coming from the earth, hurricanes, droughts, floods, disappearing of the bees, holes in the ozone layer, lack of food
, increase of plagues and disease in agriculture, GMO's, extinction of species,
water shortage, chaos at all levels, etc.
Even though the producer of this movie clearly gives a happy ending, the following question arises:
1) Which character are you playing? (driver, distracted passenger, businessman, attentive
individual, policeman, paramedic, fireman, helper, etc.)
2) Can you see the “Red Lights”?
We are all traveling on Spaceship Earth and the Mass practice of Agnihotra (simple Homa fire) helps to repair our Mother Earth.
What are you going to do?
It is Y OUR PERSONAL CHOICE.
to sleep or
Wake Up !!
|
