Acidic world

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Earth is becoming too acidic or, using Taoist terminology, excessively Yang. There is nothing we can do about this gradually increasing of the universal Yang energy that is affecting us; however, the effects can be mitigated. Tools such as meditation, Tai Chi Chuan or Yoga are ways of counteracting the effects of that energy in order to avoid stress, weakening of the immune system and illness, disease, reduced life expectancy, and so forth.

If you take a look of our current situation, you can observe that things aren't going that well, regardless of what some may say, especially those who are in control of the economic and politic power of our world. Others prey to their own ignorance give the cold shoulder to anything that involves thinking outside the box.


Let's take for instance the concept of "climate change." In February 2007, the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) released a summary of the forthcoming Fourth Assessment Report. According to this summary, the Fourth Assessment Report finds that human actions are "very likely" the cause of global warming, meaning a 90% or greater probability. Global warming in this case is indicated by an increase of 0.75 degrees in average global temperatures over the last 100 years.

Global warming has a negative effect on our planet since it reflects abnormal variations to the Earth's climate and subsequent effects on other parts of it. There is a scientific consensus that human activity is the probable cause for the rapid changes in world climate in the past several decades.

If we have to discuss the underlying philosophical concept of climate change we can easily refer to what Buddhists call "paticcasamuppada"; that is, everything in the Universe is interconnected through a web of cause and effect such that the whole and the parts are mutually interdependent. The character and condition of entities at any given time are intimately connected with the character and condition of all other entities that superficially may appear to be unconnected or unrelated.

We can easily ascertain that climate change will revert back to us since we are parts of the whole itself. Let's take a look at the following world regions:

1. Europe
2. USA
3. Developing countries

Europe: Mainland Europe will suffer greatly from flooding, with many major ports and cities at risk of disappearing eventually. Rises in temperature could damage agriculture in southern climates and take a toll on human life.

USA: This country has already suffered the direct results of climate change. For instance, Hurricane Katrina destroyed the city of New Orleans. The frequency and intensity of storms that are hitting the USA could increase if global temperatures rises.

Developing Countries: Developing countries in Central and South America, Asia and Africa will suffer the greatest consequences of climate change. Already prone to very high temperatures, drought and famine developing countries lack the resources to deal with widespread increases in temperature.

This is just a brief description of what climate change can bring to us in the near future.

So in order to adapt to this new world we must start to work in our inner potential, which is essentially Yin in nature, and that can effectively mitigate Yang energy.

Take action now as things in our world are becoming increasingly more difficult.