Good morning friends
While we are talking about the trees, the go green revolution and environmental conservation, I remembered hearing this from an Osho discourse. He says,
“You are a guest. Leave this earth a little more beautiful, a little more human, a little more lovable, a little more fragrant, for those unknown guests who will be following you.”
And these guests following us are none other than our own descendants. We always worry about how much money we can leave to our children and grandchildren, what material possessions can be handed over to them after we are gone; but we ignore the most important and precious treasure that we can preserve for generations and that is our Mother Earth.
I have heard a story about an आदिवासी
( aboriginal or tribal ) chief. He was approached by a company and offered a lot of wealth in exchange of certain land. He thought about it and refused the offer. When asked why he was refusing such a seemingly lucrative offer, he replied that as a chief he has to think about the consequences of his actions not just in the near future, but for the next 7 generations; and this particular offer was not beneficial for his tribe in the long run, in fact it would be harmful for his descendants.
I hope that the modern materialist world can learn this important lesson from the so-called backward tribes,
Love,
Anjali Bhatawdekar
