Planet Care

The amount of CO2 we are emitting every year has reached some 39.5 gigatons and continues rising non stop. At the same time the IPCC is warning us we should bring back our global CO2 emissions to 50% of what they were during the year 1990 and this before 2020, if we are to remain within the 2 degrees. The forests of our planet absorb 40% of the global CO2 we are emitting yet, every year we cut 13 million hectares of forests. Now, more than  2 billion people, Christians and non-Christians, decorate a tree for Christmas. If we add to this the Christmas trees in the streets and shopping centers, etc., this makes a lot of trees cut down for one day celebration. This is why I propose that instead of cutting a tree for Christmas, and as to fit with Jesus' identity which was LIFE itself, people should rather plant a tree for Christmas. In this way Christmas would also be the feast of LIFE and Christians would hugely contribute to the safeguard of Humankind and Nature beyond.

The Present Instant is unique even though in constant transformation. No matter our efforts we cannot escape it, apart by becoming unaware of Reality. Our global community is too much absent from the Present Instant, using it as an invisible tool to support vain dreams which ultimately destroy the world. Our children deserve better than this blind, chaotic and dangerous escape we, adults, call civilization.

Do you easily get lost in your thoughts - labels, definitions, points of view, and spiritual philosophies? Or do you stay with the direct moment to moment experience of your life? Is the way you think about your life in sync with the way you actually live your life? Be willing to look past your thoughts and see things as they genuinely are. Notice that the living of your life is spirituality in action.