Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Five Gifts of God


Earth Pollution

                             
Air Pollution


Water Pollution
               







nuclear testing in South pacific ocean
          


Nuclear Explosion








                                    






       1)      From coldest snowy peaks and rocky terrain
                Flow Crystal streams through vales and verdant plain;
                A blessed gift of God’s mercy immense
                Nourishing fields with life sustaining essence;
                To cracked lips of dry earth a blessed sight
                A visual treat to peasants, a festive delight;
                Alas! We poison them with tons of chemical waste
                With filth and dirt, in worst polluted state.
                Our lakes and wells became a filthy garbage store
                No potable water seen anymore.

    2)        This earth of which we have been made
                Our dear mother who feeds and gives us shade
                Selfless saints, these fruit yielding sylvan trees
                Sacrificing their every bit with liberal ease;                            
                How can we kill them with rude thankless hearts?
                We dig our graves with dire destructive thoughts;
                These worldly charms God-giv'n in plenteous treasure
                Beyond the skills of Science and artistic measure;
                This fabulous gift, for greedy ends, we turned alas!
                To a lifeless maze of concrete mansions gross!
  
       3)     Our life-breath, this gentle caressing breeze
                Which fills our lungs with vital strength and ease
                And flows through nerves and veins to every cell
                And pulsates every part with dynamic spell;
                A rarest gift of God not seen elsewhere;
                Even this man’s perverted wit does not spare;
                Like gigantic monsters with roaring sound
                These factories splurge out fumes beyond bounds
                Even tearing the protective airy zone
                Endangering health to vile diseases prone.
                       
        4)    Our ancients worshipped the sacred fire
                As God of light and knowledge they did admire;
                We turned this force to destroy the world entire
                For selfish power and pelf, with weapons dire;
                With nuclear power in a frenzied rage;
                Who can restrain this self-destructive craze?
                We turn our God-giv'n gifts to malignant curse
                In devilish wars engaged for power and purse;
                We left not even far away ethereal space
                We claim our dominion there, a shameful disgrace!
    
       5)     The broad expanse of boundless space, a precious boon
                Wherein revolve all planets, stars, spheres, sun and moon;
                Bound by forces and pure layers of ether clear;
                We struggled for years to fly with speed and go near
                Those far-flung spheres with rapid scientific zeal
                The secrets of creation to explore and unveil
                Crowding the space with satellites and waste
                Leaving it in a disastrous congested state;
                Our greed perverts us from our goals to stray
                Our hasty deeds aggravate pollution’s sway.

       6)     How long does Nature bear our wicked deeds?
                Upsetting her poise with diabolic greed
                We pushed ourselves to disaster’s edge
                Our mental pollution who will purge?
                Showing no concern for other beings' welfare
                We make them suffer and their lives we do not care;
                Awaken soon and see the approaching signs
                Of total doom and try to curb and restrain;
                Our reckless exploiting of these precious boons
                Will strike our existence and devastate us soon.

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      Note :  Overuse and misuse of the five God-given gifts is the capital sin of 

mankind, especially of the modern era. Paradoxically man is made of these precious 

gifts and is an inseparable part of creation. Already the entire world is facing the 

consequences of his indiscriminate exploitation of these five gifts. Still man in his 

mad pursuit of power, wealth, false prestige and luxuries is involving all other living 

creatures in this head on downfall and impending catastrophe of total destruction. 

Our immediate need is to take stock of this grim state of affairs and avert this 

universal hazard by making earnest efforts and by overcoming their narrow 

prejudices with a broad outlook bearing in mind the wellbeing of all living creatures 

which are subject to intense suffering and gradual extinction for no fault of their own.

The perilous signs of environmental degradation are already seen in plastic pollution,

 melting of Arctic glaciers, global warming, depletion of Ozone Depletion (20%), 

irregular and abnormal behavior of monsoons, depletion of groundwater levels, 

spread of many viral diseases, death of many sea organisms and extinction of many 

flora and fauna.

                 Pollution is the most dangerous man-made blunder which is turn will 

boomerang on him and wipe out his existence from this world. It is as if the culprit 

himself is preparing his own grave. Most of the rivers, lakes and water bodies are 

polluted. In U.S.A. nearly 64% of lakes are highly polluted. In China 70% of rivers and

lakes are polluted and 78% of the water from China’s rivers is not fit for human 

consumption. It takes many years to clean the holy river, the ganges which is one of 

the most polluted rivers in India.

  The air we breathe is mixed with many poisonous gases and dust. Nearly seven 

million people die due to air pollution in the world. The testing and stockpiling of 

nuclear weapons is the most potential danger of the present day world. There are 

more than 15,000 most deadly nuclear weapons possessed by various countries in 

the world, a few of which are enough to destroy the entire creation and produce 

radiation that will impact the world for centuries. More than twenty nuclear accidents 

occurred killing many people and affecting the health of thousands of people and 

their families.

  Apart from this, conquering space and exploring other planets resulted in polluting 

the space with space junk and debris which poses another threat to survival of 

mankind. There are more than five lakh pieces of space debris and 1450 satellites 

around our earth creating congestion and risk of collision with these that may result 

in huge damage and destruction to our world.

  The prime cause for pollution is man’s lack of vision, narrow-mindedness, 

indifference and lack of concern the wellbeing of future generations, lack of sense of 

responsibility and unbridled avarice for power and affluence. Pollution is a global 

threat and all countries should deem it as their common and prime responsibility to 

reduce and resolve this threat of impending universal disaster. This man-made crisis 

of gigantic proportions envelops and devours us all irrespective of races, ideologies, 

and nations.

 Even from humanitarian and moral point of view, it is our bounden duty and 

obligation (Dharma) to show gratitude and make proper use of these five precious 

gifts and protect them for the sake of the future living beings. Let us not befoul and 

abuse these gifts for our selfish purposes. Simple life, use of natural things and 

organic products, cultivation of greenery, reducing emissions of greenhouse gases,

 maintaining water sources pure and clean, giving up use of powerful chemicals and 

fertilizers, reducing lavish consumption, caring for fellow-creatures and environment,

and recycling are some of the useful things we can do to protect our earth and other 

elements gifted by God. Let us live in harmony with Nature and other living creatures.

 Otherwise we are committing a most heinous crime for which many coming 

generations have to suffer for many decades or may be centuries.




                     

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    13th June, 2017                                                Somaseshu Gutala
                                   

                               








                   

                                      









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