2.2.1 Global warming facts: The effect of the human race on nature
We asked ourselves where this strong influence of man on nature stems from, and found that it arises at the physical, psychological and spiritual levels as follows. This happens when there is excessive cutting of trees, oil leakages, emissions from factories etc. This is the point at which we ask why people add to the greenhouse effect and pollute the planet. The answer to that lies in the mind of humankind. One’s behaviour is heavily influenced by our spiritual maturity or spiritual level. For example, a Saint at 70% spiritual level will have respect towards all living beings as a form of God, and will lovingly look after everything, from living beings to non-living objects. Moreover, a Saint’s spiritual love (Prīti) for all of mankind will nurture, inspire and motivate others to develop that same expansiveness in them too. In contrast to this, people at a lower spiritual level (e.g. 20%) would have a high egoand being selfish, focus only on achieving happiness for themselves, often at the expense of nature, human and other living beings. Their behaviour and declining spiritual consciousness results in a predominance of unrighteousness in the world today. As a result, there is a rise in the Raja-Tama in the environment also known as spiritual pollution. Ghosts (demons, devils and negative energies etc.) from the subtle or spiritual dimension capitalise on this increase inRaja-tama of the human race. They find it relatively easy to possess people who are Raja-tama predominant and make them behave like animals. All this only further adds to the Raja-tama in society. Refer to the article on how negative energies affect and possess a person.