(山静) What is it that makes a human human? Among others, a heart capable of emphathy is one, I guess. Even as a bystander on the roadside, to take the role of others, put the self in his or her shoe, and walk a mile, at least, just to feel more often than joy, the pain, the suffering... on the journey of the life cycle: I call this conscience. Population is approaching seven billion on earth, a third of our fellow human beings already living in regions stressed with clean water; in addition, polluted air, polluted food,…and the worst of all, the polluted MIND, add to global warming, earthquakes, tsunami, starvation, hatred, and endless wars… An era of globalization, and commodification, where everyone is driven to compete for resources; in the name of “ success,” to become a self-centered little “Sun.” When too many suns occupy the Earth, too heavy for Mother Earth to bear, will she eventually run off her orbit? When the Earth is out of balance, how would she impact the Sun in the universe? 2011 7 11 |