Everything with us is about immediate gratification. Instead we consume environmental resources and pave over nature at an astounding rate, as if we are daring catastrophe to strike. And though no one will say they do not love their children, we seem not to comprehend that our consumptive sins will be visited upon them. The environmentalists and reformists make a noble effort, but their effect is akin to plugging leaks when the dam is about to break. They are temporarily staving off an imminent and dramatic demise.
Big events are in the making.
The social, political, economic structure will need to change utterly. What is needed are people who have worked on themselves to be guided by truthful principles rather than passing impulses, who are emotionally stable, and who have been educated to see a larger picture instead of tiny, specialized parts. Fortunately there are teachings and traditions available to assist in becoming such people. There are centers where this work proceeds in all parts of the world. It behooves us to find such a center of these teachings and begin to work with others, not only for our own self-improvement for the common good, and for the good of the future.