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Eco Spirituality
ECO SPIRITUALITY
BY panneer selvam, chennai.
INTRODUCTION
All the creatures have got the call of living on this earth. The Almighty God who created the whole world gave the vocation to all the creatures to live in this world. Thus, the earth ultimately became a common heritage for all the creatures. Apart from all creatures, human beings have been gifted with extra sensory perception, in order that he or she may have dominion over all the creatures and creation maintaining just relationships in creation with love and care. The term ‘human being’ denotes that a being with the sense of humanness. Humanness is of kindness, love and care. Every religion speaks of the word of God and this word of God directs human beings how they are to live on this earth. Not only human being has got the vocation to live but also has got the call to listen to the word of God. There are some common ideologies in all the religions which say ‘God is love.’ Human wholeness is all about love; Love of oneself, love of others and love of nature. Also God has created human beings as very much part of nature. It is to be inter-related with nature and to commit oneself to honour the integrity of creation. Since humans are very much part of nature, just relationship with nature will keep up the well function of nature. The spirituality of human beings includes proper development of one’s relationship not only with God and humans, but also with the nature. This is the call that every human being has got in one’s life. At present, human beings are becoming anthropocentric or human-centred leaving aside the nature. Due to human’s freewill and its selfishness, every human being is exploiting the nature. Still human beings are in ignorance without knowing that if humans destroy the nature, then the nature will destroy humans and If humans strengthen nature, the nature will strengthen humans. It is because both humans and nature are inter-related. That is how God created the world. Now humans


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