Human beings have everything they need on planet earth.
But as Mahatma Gandhi said The world has enough for everyone’s needs, but not everyone’s greed.
Sharing this planet with millions of lifeforms entails us with the responsibility to protect it. The purpose of this article is to contribute to that internalizing process. We often hear this ‘We are all one’, meaning that all life forms are same, and our needs are one.
Butterfly effect signifies that the world functions in synchronicity. Let’s explore how all of this is connected.
The Story of the heroic Cyanobacteria
Research shows that billions of years ago, the atmosphere did not have free oxygen; only nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and Methane were predominantly present. The single-celled bacteria that thrived on existent molecules called Cyanobacteria are the reason for our existence. Through photosynthesis, the ‘Cyanobacteria’ emitted the first free oxygen molecules into the atmosphere, which caused all lifeforms on earth to perish as well as enabled the existence of more complex
organisms, including us. Had it not been for these single-celled bacteria, today, life as we know it, would have been but a fiction. Scientists believe that these Cyanobacteria still exist in plants as chloroplasts.
This is how we are really connected. Being in sync is how life was inherited from nature and it is time we realised it. By synchronizing with nature, the process becomes organic and consistent.
While talking about purpose, there’s this one incident that led to this article.
On a rare rainy morning in June as I sat on my usual sofa in the reception, a third grader walked in, looking a little dismayed. She hurried despite all her worries as it was way past 8:30, and the
classes had already begun after the mindfulness routines. But I couldn’t let her go to class like that, and so I started a casual chat hoping to make her more cheerful. What could bother this little
mind so much that she didn’t even get excited about muddy puddles?
Slowly she opened up only to surprise me with existential questions and her dissatisfaction with human coexistence. She said, “mam, I have been wondering about death. What is death? Why does it happen to all of us?”
I was taken aback but understood that she wasn’t going to go without an answer. I told her that there was a purpose to all of us being here and when the purpose is done, we might have to go
back to where we came from..nature..in true Na’vi style. Then came the next question, “how will we know our purpose?”. I replied to her that it is for each of us to find out our path and purpose, but we will know when we interact and coexist with everything around us. Finally, she said, “I am upset, mam because it is raining after a long time here, but I don’t see anyone doing rainwater harvesting. What is going to happen? Why can’t people around me dig a hole and let the water
seep in? Is this being there for others? What am I to do when I grow up, and there is no water?
What do I do? ” I assured her that with people who think like her, the world’s going to be a much
better place, and we might not be in such a state after all. With that momentary solace she smiled and went off to class
The greatest secrets are hidden in the most unlikely places – Roald Dahl
This unforgettable conversation is the reason this theme Sharing the planet came to be.
Our Purpose!!
The path we take should facilitate us to discover one’s purpose, coexist, wholeheartedly supporting one’s ecosystem and to let it thrive. To be in sync with the rhythm that nature flows in.
