Revenge of a warming planet brought back many memories.
When I read about
Edgar Cayce in the 1990s and
his predictions regarding the inundation of California by the turn of the century, i found them too fantastic.
But, after the
tsunami last year and
Katrina last month, i am no longer in doubt. In fact, what we are seeing right now will appear like a walk in the park compared to the events coming up from now till
2012.
Predicted map of the US in 2012
Mother Earth is going about reclaiming Her lost
glory and She's targeting her principal adversary, the US. To quote
The Guardian from a 2002
article (dated, interestingly,
7/7): (
emphasis mine)
America, which sent 300 delegates to the conference, is accused of blocking many of the key initiatives on energy use, biodiversity and corporate responsibility.
The WWF report shames the US for placing the greatest pressure on the environment. It found the average US resident consumes almost double the resources as that of a UK citizen and more than 24 times that of some Africans.
Based on factors such as a nation's consumption of grain, fish, wood and fresh water along with its emissions of carbon dioxide from industry and cars, the report provides an ecological 'footprint' for each country by showing how much land is required to support each resident.
America's consumption 'footprint' is 12.2 hectares per head of population compared to the UK's 6.29ha while Western Europe as a whole stands at 6.28ha. In Ethiopia the figure is 2ha, falling to just half a hectare for Burundi, the country that consumes least resources.
The report, which will be unveiled in Geneva, warns that the wasteful lifestyles of the rich nations are mainly responsible for the exploitation and depletion of natural wealth. Human consumption has doubled over the last 30 years and continues to accelerate by 1.5 per cent a year.
In his stunning book on Earth changes in the period 1987-2012,
NS Rajaram mentions how
Veera Brahmam, the Telugu mystic of the 16th century, saw the population of the world again coming back to 200 crores (2 billion).
On
Ganesh Chavithi earlier this month, I was stunned to hear the following Thought for the Day from
Sri Satya Sai Baba:
The dawn of the Golden Age is at hand. But not everyone will experience it. The age of preparation precedes the Golden Age and it is during this time that the sorting-out process takes place. So seize the opportunity that all of you have been given to rise above the material level and manifest once again in the divine state. Only then can you enter the Golden Age and experience the omnipresence of the Lord.
As the Chinese curse goes, "May you live in interesting times!"
