Just a part of nature

A human being is part of a whole, called by us the “universe,” a part limited in time and space.    
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He experiences himself.
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His thoughts and feelings.
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As something separate from the rest.
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A kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. 
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This delusion is a kind of prison for us.
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Restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few people near us.  
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Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.                      
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— Albert Einstein
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Einstein was not only a scientist he also knew a lot about humanity and was aware of how few humans understand what they truly are.
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Today this is even more true with few modern citizens having any idea about the true nature of things.
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Interestingly nature is now obliging us to reconsider our relationship to her.
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The so called unusual and often violent weather is one such aspect of this.
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And our reaction so far?
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To feel frustrated about climate change.
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To feel that in some way it ought not to be like this.
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A cursory examination of history should have warned us that the sixties to nineties were the abnormal period, not what we are experiencing now.
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Another point not mentioned by Einstein is that our behaviour is certainly contributing to the more violent weather we are experiencing.
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Not talking about our carbon emissions here, that to all intents and purposes is neither here nor there.
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Rather our thoughts and behaviour are the major issue.
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Yes, our very thoughts lead to our actions and these most certainly contribute to the way nature behaves.
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This last point will be considered nonsense by many.
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But then so was a round Earth considered to be so for many years.
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Our thoughts determine our karma.
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Our thoughts today help determine what we experience tomorrow.
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So it is with nations and humanity as a whole.
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Karma affects humanity as a species as much as it effects us as individuals.
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So our thoughts and behaviour over the last hundred years or so have helped to create what we are experiencing today.
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These are a major contributory reason for the unstable and violent weather we are experiencing today.
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And as we have not understood this there is little reason to believe that things are going to change any time soon.
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Be prepared for more violent weather in all parts of the globe.