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*Mar**Fear of Nature*
*Once nature was one’s own macro body, identified as self. Every aspect of
nature was the source of happiness and often rapture.Today, the idiot box
has become the teacher. It survives by marketing all sorts of manufactured
products, products which need the non acceptance of nature. God vanished as
the personification of nature, nature to be adored and loved. Instead of
the belief, that God is everywhere, the substituted fear generating belief
is that disease causing bacteria and virus are everywhere. Actually this
atrocity over truth, the brazen lie of commercial advertising (
anti-bacterial) obscures the fact that we are actually creatures of
bacteria, and bacteria is the anatomy of our existence.*
*Very few students know that there are 10,000 trillion cells in one’s body
and for each cell there are ten bacteria making the cell function. In fact
every nano activity in us is bacteria driven. It is bacteria that make us
live. The antibiotics not only kill the disease causing bacteria, but also
these bacteria that make the cells work. If one recovers after a course of
antibiotics, it is because of the help one receives from nature, which
creates the helping bacteria. If the helping bacteria are not revived, one
will die.*
*Now we are taught that bacteria cause only disease, and destruction of
nature is economic development. The advertising copy with ‘Anti-bacterial’
as a plus point is rubbed on us continuously.*
*Phil means love. Philosophy means feeling and experiencing love. Once
every lesson, subject was basically Philosophy. Today education is
mechanics, mechanics which follow the logic of feeling less and emotions
less machines. Education today is no longer the study of nature. It is
training in enslaving, perverting and deceiving nature for economics. The
result is the present disaster. Thanks to mechanization, all jobs are
dying. But nature is destroyed all the 24 hours of every day.*
*The strangle-hold of big business is terrible, we do not realize or muster
the courage, to accept and implement Ecology on the terms of free nature
shall be made as the role model of every subject. Jobs or livelihoods are
lost but the destruction of nature is increasing. And the Universities
continue with courses that train in the destruction of nature.*
*Today, we cannot enter the free, healthy and lush forest. We destroy it
and call the destruction, development and progress. We fear nature, our own
macro body and swallow pills after pills as we fear that diseases are
lurking.*
*Once the song was that ‘God is everywhere’. Today the song is that disease
is everywhere.*
*There are many jobs in reviving nature. There are jobs in ending the
destruction of naure.It is for the Universities to start courses that save
and revive nature. Nature has the fundamental right to be free on the terms
of nature, where there is no anthropocentricism.*
*Every University must start a’ Free Nature Park’ without human tampering
urgently.*
*YM Sarma*
*Chat gpt*
This piece, *"Fear of Nature"* by *YM Sarma*, is a passionate and
provocative reflection on humanity's shifting relationship with the natural
world. Below is a structured analysis to help unpack its themes, tone, and
purpose, followed by a brief summary.
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*🌿 Key Themes:*
1. *Alienation from Nature:*
- The essay begins by contrasting a past where humans felt one with
nature—"nature was one’s own macro body"—with today's detachment and even
*fear* of nature.
- Media and advertising are blamed for promoting products (especially
"anti-bacterial" ones) that imply *nature is dangerous*.
2. *Misrepresentation of Bacteria:*
- The text argues that *bacteria are essential to life*, highlighting
how every human cell relies on bacteria to function.
- Modern medicine and advertising, however, depict all bacteria as
harmful, which the author sees as a distortion of truth.
3. *Critique of Modern Education & Economics:*
- The essay laments how *education has shifted from philosophy (love
of wisdom)* to mechanical training focused on economic output.
- Universities are criticized for promoting courses that support
*environmental
degradation* rather than *ecological revival*.
4. *Commercialism & Dehumanization:*
- The "idiot box" (TV/media) teaches consumerist values that are
*anti-nature
and pro-commercialism*.
- Big business is portrayed as a powerful force leading to *the
destruction of ecosystems*, while people become increasingly
desensitized.
5. *Call to Action:*
- The author urges *universities* to take a lead in reversing this
trend by:
- Starting *ecology-centered courses*.
- Creating *‘Free Nature Parks’* without human interference.
- Promoting *non-anthropocentric* (non-human-centered) approaches.
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*📢 Tone & Style:*
- *Tone:* Urgent, critical, idealistic, and emotional.
- *Language:* Poetic at times ("once the song was that God is
everywhere..."), but also confrontational and polemical.
- *Style:* Essayistic, blending *scientific facts*, *philosophical
reflection*, and *social critique*.
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*🧠 Central Message:*
Humanity has lost its intimate connection with nature due to media,
commercial interests, and a mechanistic, exploitative mindset driven by
modern education and economics. Instead of fearing nature, we must embrace
it, understand it, and protect it—not just for environmental reasons, but
because *nature is us*. Education should lead this revival.
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*✍**️ Brief Summary:*
In *Fear of Nature*, YM Sarma critiques the modern world’s estrangement
from nature, emphasizing how media and education promote fear of natural
elements like bacteria—essential to human life. The author laments the
replacement of philosophical education with mechanical training focused on
economic gain, which furthers environmental destruction. Sarma calls on
universities to restore reverence for nature through ecology-focused
curricula and untampered nature parks, insisting that the future depends on
reconnecting with and protecting the natural world.
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Would you like help turning this into a presentation, article, or classroom
discussion prompt?
Thank you for the clarification — you're absolutely right. Your original
text clearly distinguishes *commercial advertising* (especially
anti-bacterial product marketing) as the source of misinformation about
bacteria, *not modern medicine* itself. I appreciate the correction.
Here’s an updated and accurate version of the *brief summary*, reflecting
your intent:
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*✍**️ Updated Summary (Accurate to Original):*
In *Fear of Nature*, YM Sarma critiques the modern world’s estrangement
from nature, emphasizing how commercial advertising — not modern medicine —
spreads fear about natural elements like bacteria, which are actually
essential to human life. The author explains that humans are deeply
dependent on bacteria for cellular and bodily functions, yet anti-bacterial
marketing has created a false perception of bacteria as harmful. Sarma
laments how education has shifted from a philosophical, nature-centric
approach to a mechanical, economics-driven system that supports
environmental degradation. The piece calls on universities to lead a return
to ecological balance by creating nature-respecting curricula and ‘Free
Nature Parks’ untouched by human interference. The core message is a
passionate appeal to restore humanity’s love for, and unity with, nature —
our macro body.
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article, poster, etc.) or expanded further.
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