Doomsday Awaits: How the Gita Can Save Earth
Posted by CG54092@reddit | collapse | View on Reddit | 23 comments
Short excerpt from the article
"Our species has increased its population and consumed so much that it has destroyed everything. Humans will be the first and only species to wipe themselves out completely. Nothing is surviving on this Earth except us. Now we need new ways of living. We can't live in the old ways. Old desires won't work now. The doer has to be changed, and that's why we need the Gita—not to reach heaven, but to save Earth."
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Few_Fish8771@reddit
Anybody remember the great oxygenation event? microbes produced so much oxygen so quickly most of them died. leading to a world where ocean animals could form, then a bunch of stuff happened, and here you are.
Strange-Patience5539@reddit
The Bhagavad Gita offers knowledge on how to become self-aware and identify one’s own bondages. If a large number of people across the world awaken to this understanding, we can collectively expect wiser individuals to elect wiser leaders, and some sanity may prevail on this planet.
Julian_Thorne@reddit
Maybe, but the Gita would say the same thing about the death of a planet as it says about the death of a person: "The wise do not grieve for either the living or the dead, understanding that the true self is distinct from the temporary body"
Strange-Patience5539@reddit
No it does not say that, it's only interested in removing evil from our hearts which is the ego.
Julian_Thorne@reddit
It says it in Verse 2.11
The ego is the part of us that thinks when the body dies (or in this case a planet), that something REAL is destroyed, lost. Therefore grief is justified. That is the logic of the ego.
'Nothing real can be threatened, nothing unreal exists' -ACIM
Strange-Patience5539@reddit
It is being talked about those who are on the point of no return who can never be invoked for self knowledge because they have chosen the path of evil. But are we saying this whole world is like that? So let it all burn to hell? Unless we tried our best to bring each one to the Truth, we can't say they are on the point of return. Even the most evil person on this planet has some goodness left within and we must strive to get to that point with Love.
Julian_Thorne@reddit
Maybe you are secretly motivated by fear of loss and death?
Even the most evil person on the planet will be reincarnated. Heck, the planet itself will be. Nothing is lost.
Only peace can end the world. Collapse can't, war can't. It will come back in another form. Just as people do.
Strange-Patience5539@reddit
That's all true in the absolute sense and only applicable to the one who lives absolutely like a Buddha, Krishna, Jesus or any other enlightened beings who ever walked on this planet. I acknowledge I live on an ego level just that it's face has turned towards Truth so I still see all the suffering and also see there is something we can do till we have the last breath left. If I could say all about humanity, the planet can burn along with my own children, wife and myself then maybe I am on that equanimity level to say what you are saying but truth is I am not. So I must do what I must based on my current level of consciousness.
Big_Confusion6957@reddit
It also says not to be driven by desire.. the concept of Nishkam Karma i.e desireless action. And the reason for planet dying is mostly action motivated by unending desires.
Cottager_Northeast@reddit
If that worked, you'd be more self aware.
If a large number of people across the world awaken to this understanding, I'll be really shocked, because most people have a mindset based on very real logistical realities that your philosophy won't alter.
Strange-Patience5539@reddit
I would say we must first work on ourselves because any strategy from an ego center will only create more violence. Heard Trump's last statement? God doesn't like what is happening. I don't like what's happening. The logistic equation is simple, God = Me (I)
CG54092@reddit (OP)
What makes this relevant to r/collapse isn't just the hard climate data (which aligns with mainstream science on overshoot and irreversibility). It's the deeper diagnosis: the root driver isn't just "bad policy" or "greed" in the abstract, it's unchecked human ego, desire, and population/consumption explosion rooted in ignorance. Conventional techno-fixes or policy tweaks won't cut it without inner transformation.
He argues that real reduction in our collective footprint (he claims 70-80% per-person drop among those who seriously engage with the teachings) comes from addressing the "doer" itself via insights from the Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta. It's a spiritual take on collapse: outer civilization breakdown is inseparable from inner human consciousness.
Cottager_Northeast@reddit
If you're saying that all we have to do is change human nature, please don't waste our time.
Big_Confusion6957@reddit
It's more about reading the full article than the religious text, most of the queries will be taken care of.
CG54092@reddit (OP)
True that ✨
SubstanceStrong@reddit
I’ve been caring a copy of the Bhagavad-Gita on my person for the past 8 years because I find solace and strength in it, but it won’t save us because not enough people would take it to heart
CG54092@reddit (OP)
This article gives deep insights how it's just a wisdom literature whose teaching can deeply impact our daily lives, but if only someone read this article what's being conveyed here by the Author. He is highly known for delivering the purest form of translation of the verses.
Cottager_Northeast@reddit
This is no more relevant than if someone barged in here and told us all to get right with Jesus.
Strange-Patience5539@reddit
Any wisdom literature that speaks about self-knowledge and helps us get in touch with our darkest realities is relevant. The Gita is especially relevant because, from the 2nd to the 18th chapter, it focuses on this inner inquiry. It does not prescribe external commandments that can be followed superficially while leaving the real culprit (ego) remains untouched. There are many other wisdom texts as well, but the Gita offers a direct taste of the journey. It gives us the vision, once one is initiated on the path of self-inquiry, they naturally begin to understand which other books can help them go deeper and gain greater clarity.
CG54092@reddit (OP)
Don't Go with that word named 'Gita', if you read the full article, you will know it leads to the beyond of any scriptures
thehourglasses@reddit
As Ian McGilchrist would say, “we’ve lost a sense of the sacred”. Back to nature is the only viable path forward.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/CG54092:
What makes this relevant to r/collapse isn't just the hard climate data (which aligns with mainstream science on overshoot and irreversibility). It's the deeper diagnosis: the root driver isn't just "bad policy" or "greed" in the abstract, it's unchecked human ego, desire, and population/consumption explosion rooted in ignorance. Conventional techno-fixes or policy tweaks won't cut it without inner transformation.
He argues that real reduction in our collective footprint (he claims 70-80% per-person drop among those who seriously engage with the teachings) comes from addressing the "doer" itself via insights from the Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta. It's a spiritual take on collapse: outer civilization breakdown is inseparable from inner human consciousness.
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