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Picking Up Feathers
A woman once went for confession, accusing herself
badmouthing people. The confessor, a wise old man, listened
lovingly, absolved her and gave her a strange penance. He told
her to go home, get a hen and come back, plucking the bird’s
feathers as she walked along the street.
When she had returned to him he said: “Now go back home and, as
you go, pick up each feather that you plucked on the way.” The
woman told him that it would be impossible since the wind had
almost certainly blown them away in the meantime.
And the confessor told her “You see, just as it is impossible to
pick up the feathers once the wind has scattered them, it is
likewise impossible to gather gossip and calumnies back up once
they have come out of our mouth.”
Source: Raniero Cantalamessa
The Human Odyssey...
The earliest remains of the Homo
sapiens yet discovered dates back to 300,000 years.
We probably evolved in the
African region,
but then migrated to the rest of the world. Although our
physical appearance changed over time, our race didn't: we
remained human beings.
Remains of the world's
earliest religious worship site
have been discovered in Botswana, where our ancestors performed
advanced rituals, worshipping the python some 70,000 years ago.
So many religions have emerged and disappeared that no religion
can claim superiority over other religions. Religion is only one
of the
means to realize God, but
it is not an end to itself.
The central problem facing our planet is human overpopulation.
Today there are over
8 billion beings on Earth and the
population is still growing. There are too many people and
not enough resources for all of us. Yet,
we are not addressing this
problem responsibly. Do you really think your life will be
better if there are more people of your colour,
caste or creed on
Earth?
Initially used as fire for light, heat, cooking and for safety,
energy has been harnessed by humans for millennia. Today, fossil
fuels have become our main energy sources. This is leading to
climate change and global warming.
The Earth has entered a new era called
anthropocene, which marks
the beginning of the
sixth mass extinction. Many species have already disappeared
from the planet and our own days, as a species, are numbered.
Artificial intelligence has surpassed human intelligence. While
humans think they will be using
AI to win wars against other
nations, AI itself has outwitted human psychology to make us
lose each and every war. Warfare has never been a solution to
human problems...