31 Dec 2008
At a conference in Spain called “Espiritualidad, cambio social y desarrollo sostenible”, Jayanti Kirpalani, European Director of the BKWSU claimed that "environmental problems happening in the world are not accidental", opting for spirituality and meditation as tools to reduce the damage that man has caused to the land.
Madrid Coordinator Enrique Simó presented a lecture the BKWSU theory of an identical;y repeating 5000 year cycle that end in "Destruction" under the disguise of "entropy". According Simó meditation is the "best tool" to achieve reductions in damage. Perhaps the globe Brahma Kumaris leader did not consider his comments regarding "people not consume more than they needed" refer to international air travel.
In India, the message is less subtle.
Madrid Coordinator Enrique Simó presented a lecture the BKWSU theory of an identical;y repeating 5000 year cycle that end in "Destruction" under the disguise of "entropy". According Simó meditation is the "best tool" to achieve reductions in damage. Perhaps the globe Brahma Kumaris leader did not consider his comments regarding "people not consume more than they needed" refer to international air travel.
In India, the message is less subtle.
Global warming: Blame it on negative thoughts now
Express News Service SAS Nagar, April 2007
Not pollution but man’s negative thoughts are causing global warming. This novel explanation for the major crisis facing the world community on the environmental front was put forward by a representative of Brahma Kumaris International Organization (Mohali branch) at a seminar organised on “Global warming inside out” on World Earth Day-2007 at Sukh Shanti Bhawan Phase-7.
Presiding over the seminar, BK Rama, co-in-charge of RajYoga Centres of Mohali-Ropar circle, said that about 90% people creating 60% negative thoughts of violence, ill-will, jealousy, revenge, deception, lust and anger etc were polluting the atmosphere which affected not only individuals, society, nature but also the whole cosmos and went on to say that such negative thoughts were even responsible for global warming.
She appealed all to sublimate and create pure positive thoughts by practice of RajYoga Meditation. She further said that global warming was more dangerous than that of terrorism.
Dr Satnam Singh, senior scientific officer of Science & Technology Department, Punjab, while speaking as chief guest at the seminar said that people out of their selfishness had exploited, degraded and polluted the mother earth to maximum extent but nature would pay back in the same coin. Water falls will go dry and glaciers will melt which will result in severe scarcity of drinking water.
Dr Singh said that dirty sewage and effluents discharged by industrial units had polluted the water bodies and added that time would come when it would be difficult to get a water bottle even for Rs 100.