10. Coexisting with Nature as a Lifestyle
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September 5, 2010
I recently saw a YouTube clip of a shaman levitating so casually! Shamans are a group of very spirituals souls; a spiritual tradition from South Africa. Very casually, this shaman is just chanting some mantras and levitating four feet above the ground! And after a few minutes, he is relaxing.
Understand, living with miraculous powers was a lifestyle for certain tribes and spiritual groups. You don't need to gather around some enlightened master and do all kinds of pranayama, and then slowly levitate after three or four days. It was a lifestyle! But so much color and variety has been lost, because of trying to globalize everything under one brand.
Understand, there are tribes whose lifestyles, art, tradition and extraordinary powers have been dismantled and destroyed so badly. The whole science of herbs, the science of living with nature and the science of handling the extraordinary powers, has almost left planet Earth.
We need to understand the nature-b ased cultures of the world; the traditions and cultures that understand that nature is a living intelligence, and who are interested in coexisting with nature, not abusing it and exploiting it.
The Vedic tradition grew with the Ganga, the Himalayas, and nature: in coexistence. It is the tradition which gave spiritual solutions for all the possible problems that happened, are happening, and have yet to happen! All the major problems planet earth is facing now: wars, ideological conflicts, and economically depriving one section – the Vedic tradition had solutions for these problems centuries ago.
You will be surprised – today, just a handful of people in the world own around 60% of the wealth of planet Earth. Just four communities, four groups! Enormous wealth is accumulated and centered under these few people. It means, the whole world is just serving these four groups!
Understand: whoever has a body, has a right over whatever exists on the planet Earth - because planet Earth provides everything for all people. All human bodies have a right over whatever exists. Just a few people
depriving other bodies is the root and source of violence.
