Science and Spirituality are not 2 separate entities. They are 2 sides of the same coin says Gurudev Sri Sri Ravishankar ji (Can be followed on http://www.twitter.com/srisrispeaks).
SSIOC – Simple Solutions for Inner and Outer Climate Change is a yeomen project that has been initiated by Sri Sri Institute of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Trust dedicated to tackle climate change with a spiritual perspective.
It is always observed that whenever we are upset, we never keep our surroundings clean. Whereas, when we have a guest who is very close to our hearts at home, we keep our home very clean and tidy. This might be like any usual routine of our life, but it signifies how inner transformation is essential to impact our environment.
Lets take another example, in forests, which is a habitat of the animals which have inner purity, we cant find a single corpse lying around. The nature keeps its surroundings clean and tidy because the habitants of the forest are pure from within.
Off late, we have been spending millions of rupees to tackle the climate change problem by conducting innumerous summits and conferences. But ultimately all of them fail. When we ponder the reasons out, we can arrive at a conclusion that, it is because of the hot headed and narrow minded politicians. Politicians ultimately focus on political borders rather than focussing on the issue as a whole. As our Gurudev Sri Sri Ravishankar says, climate has got no political borders. A storm tbat originates in the South india ultimately strikes Orissa which is politically unrelated to the place of origin totally. Similarly the ill effects of the environmental pollution would also affect the places which are not connected to the site of the activity.
All of us need to do sattvic activities and become sattvic and radiate the energy so that we can keep our surroundings clean. If we have gone to the tribal villages like Jharkhand and Chhatisgarh they maintain their localitiy so clean because their inner self is very clean. Whereas in our country, people who rule the nation have corrupt minds and an impure self hence create a havoc in both the country as well as in welfare schemes that contribute to the environmental ordinances. Instead, if all the citizens of our country do sadhana, seva & satsang, we can achieve a cleaner and greener nation.
With Love and Regards
Aravind Soundararajan
Integrate India 