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policies of equivalence of souls and universal friendship. How to achieve it? What are the do's and don'ts of this game? In fact rules are very simple. Negative thoughts and feelings of hatred, violence and harm are strict taboo and must be kept outside the boundaries of playing field. Positive thoughts of fulfilment of duty and growth of the entire society are the bat and ball of the game. You are the captain of the team whose players are your virtues. Contentment and Restraint are the two umpires of the game. If you are aware that these two umpires are watching all your actions from straight and square angles, you possibly cannot afford a foul play.
Mahapragya says that a sober, equipoise, content and contained person neither thinks nor acts to harm or kill others. Once we inculcate these virtues and print them as qualifications on our visiting card, we automatically become ambassadors of environment protection and ecological balance. Scientists have presented some very startling facts about the extinction of several animal and plant species. They say that food, water, air all are bound in their respective close-loop cycles, and all constituents like ecology, animals and plants have their equal importance. It is just like a castle of playing cards, each card has equal significance and weight. We must remember that dislodging any one card might result in catastrophic results.
Ecology - A New Dimension of Science
Environmental perils of rapid industrialisation have compelled the modern day scientists to think and act towards conservation of ecology. Their eyes first turned towards the importance of various species of animals. Of late, they have realised that the plants and forests are equally important in maintaining various cycles of environment. Recently conservation-experts have stated that there are more than twenty thousand varieties of flora and fauna which have high medicinal values. There may exist such plants whose extracts can fight cancer or can control the high blood pressure. Our lust for land is resulting in the indiscriminate elimination of these plants. If we do not adopt a rational and balanced view, we may deprive our future generations of valuable assets of environment.
Mahapragya sees the environment in its entirety. According to him the ecology is sum total of all aspects - sun, planets, stars, earth, humans, animals, plants, oceans, etc. -all share a common inseparable bond. Even if a single aspect is affected, the entire environment is handicapped. For instance, when forests are
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