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The Climate Crisis is a Spiritual Crisis || Interview with Acharya Prashant (2019)
Prakrati
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2 years ago
Climate Change
Global Warming
Human Consciousness
Consumption
Ego
Industrial Revolution
Spirituality
Duality
Description

Acharya Prashant discusses the profound connection between human consciousness and the current environmental crisis, specifically climate change. He argues that the root cause of global warming is not merely industrial activity or technological advancement, but the fundamental constitution of the human mind. He describes man as a being of continuous dissatisfaction and incompleteness who seeks to fill an inner void through external consumption. This outward journey of the ego leads to the exploitation of three main categories: other human beings, man-made objects, and the natural world. He asserts that climate change is the final and most devastating expression of this inherent human compulsion to consume and conquer.