In spirituality, we emphasise a lot on the importance of interdependence, which is of course based on the universal law of Karma. As human beings, we always think that we are the smartest, we are the most experienced and we have the most right and the top priority when it comes to the ownership of the world and the Earth’s resources. There is a saying “absolute power corrupts absolutely”. Because we humans feel that we are the absolute owner of the Earth, therefore gradually we start to take it for granted and to abuse it, sometimes knowing, sometimes unconsciously. When we suffer the negative consequences, we normally forget that we planted the seeds of these consequences. So we blame our suffering on everyone else, even on the divine, without having a good reflection on our own deeds, on what we have done. We are the creator of our own sorrows and our own happiness. So it’s better to start to be mindful and bring a ‘Karmic mirror’ with us all the times, so that before we blame our failures on others, let’s take out this mirror and have a good reflection, “What did I do before, now that I am now suffering?”. This analytical understanding will at least help us not to continue to make the same mistakes or the same decisions and encourage us to always be mindful of our intentions, our thoughts and our actions.
What I am trying to say is since we consider humans, ourselves, to be more intelligent, we should also try our best to be more understanding and appreciate. Understanding in the sense that we are all sharing the same home, and we should try to respect other beings, to protect nature and to live in harmony with nature. We want to live safely and happily, without worries, but we are not creating this environment nor the conditions, yet we keep on blaming others for our unhappiness. This doesn’t make sense for any intelligent mind.
Words written by my Guru from Jigme Radnamaya