-- *Mar*Here is a *simpler, clearer, and more accessible version* of your essay. I have kept your main message and passion, but used everyday language, shorter sentences, and a smoother flow so that general readers can easily understand and connect with it. ------------------------------ Nature under Economic Attack
Modern economics has turned into a quiet but constant war against nature. In this war, human beings themselves are changed. We are encouraged to become something called “economic man”—a person who thinks like a machine, without feelings or emotional connection to the natural world. This way of thinking treats humans as mechanical beings and ignores the fact that we are part of the living Earth. As a result, nature is being attacked every hour of every day. This “economic man” tries to turn everything into a commodity. Forests, rivers, mountains, animals, and even human relationships are seen mainly in terms of profit. In the process, our emotional bond with nature is lost. We begin to ignore a simple truth: almost every economic activity causes some harm to nature. Because of this attitude, the biosphere is no longer respected as a living system. Instead of ecology, which is based on relationships and balance, economics becomes the ruling force—even to the point of destroying geological structures that took billions of years to form. Consider the Aravalli Mountains. If a court judgment truly suggests that the lower parts of these ancient mountains are not part of the mountain system itself, the idea is deeply troubling. A mountain is widest at its base. If the base is destroyed in the name of development, the entire ecosystem is threatened. Rivers, lakes, waterfalls, forests, animals, and even rainfall patterns can be damaged or lost. When we destroy the land this way, what meaning remains in calling the Earth *Bharat Mata*? Sadly, the influence of economics is spreading faster every day. What we need is not small adjustments, but a complete change in thinking. Economics must be rebuilt on a foundation of ecology and emotion, not cold calculation. Education itself must be freed from the old mechanical way of thinking that began with philosophers like René Descartes. Living beings are not machines. Life is made of feelings, relationships, and communication. Every form of life survives through connection and emotional interaction. To understand life, we must see Earth as a living system, not as a broken object waiting to be repaired or exploited. All life forms should be studied as living, feeling beings—not as raw material for economic use. If we continue on our current path, nature will eventually force us to change, possibly through disasters and suffering. Those who survive will look back and realize how deeply flawed our ways of thinking and teaching were. Humans and other living beings are not enemies competing endlessly with one another. Life in the biosphere is based on cooperation and balance, not constant conflict. Yet science, as it is often practiced today, has helped justify the destruction of nature. True understanding must include empathy and feeling, not just measurement and control. The idea that we must stand apart from nature in order to study it needs to be abandoned. Intelligence should include emotional awareness, not just mechanical reasoning. Even our genes work through cooperation and communication. They create harmony in the body through chemical and hormonal signals that keep us alive and connected. Our link with nature is deep and complex, and it works through relationships, not machines. We need universities that break free from the purely mechanical way of thinking. We need education systems that study life through emotion, connection, and respect. Every subject—science, economics, technology—must be re-examined and reshaped. A new way of thinking is needed. Matter is made of energy and electricity, which give rise to consciousness, and consciousness gives rise to emotions. If we are formed from charged particles and energy that animate us, why should science stop short of studying consciousness and emotion as real and important parts of life? Only by changing our way of thinking can we stop the war against nature—and against ourselves. *— Y. M. Sarma* ------------------------------ If you want, I can also: - Make this suitable for school or college students - Turn it into a short article or opinion piece - Adapt it for a public talk or environmental campaign Just let me know. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CACDCHCL1D__YCojpj_At6E9MhtW_5S9bDG2qC_tMN7TsywQVnA%40mail.gmail.com.
