Sri Chinmoy thanks Ambassador Birabhongse Kasemsri for his participation in the programme celebrating Rattanakosin (the bicentennial of the founding of Bangkok and the present Chakri Dynasty), at the United Nations in New York.
Sri Chinmoy meets with Maurice Strong, Secretary-General of the UN Conference on Environment and Development, and his wife Mrs. Hanne Strong, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
Two Questions
by Mrs. Hanne Strong
answered by Sri Chinmoy
Question: The degradation of the earth is so far advanced right now that the great mystics, shamans and spiritual people are saying that we have already crossed the line of no return regarding the oceans, the soil and the forests. What is your opinion?
Sri Chinmoy: If we start doing the right thing, the earth can always start making progress again. Because of our stupidity we are destroying the ocean; we are turning it into a few drops. But if we start doing the right thing, then eventually the drops will form an ocean again. Sometimes it happens that there are no plants in a garden. But when a most skilful gardener begins working there, once again the garden will start producing most beautiful plants, flowers, trees and fruits.
Question: But if the soil is dead, it is dead. If a forest is gone, it is gone. If the ozone is gone, it is gone.
Sri Chinmoy: We must not underestimate the power of spirituality. Prayer and meditation mean new life. When we pray and meditate, at every second we are invoking God’s Compassion. We are saying that Mother Nature is being destroyed. But we have to know that Mother Nature is nothing other than God the creation. We are praying to God the Creator to save God the creation. So He who created this earth can once again create a new creation on the strength of our prayers and meditations.
Published in My Meditation-Service at the United Nations for Twenty-Five Years