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Water will be the cause of war in the near future?
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Many experts predict that countries will go to war to fight for scarce water resources.
During Buddha's time, there was a severe drought and two neighbouring countries were about to go to war to fight for water. Buddha intervened and asked the 2 kings. 'What is more valuable? Blood or water? Why are you willing to shed so much blood for water?' The 2 kings came to their senses and a war averted.
During Buddha's time, there was a severe drought and two neighbouring countries were about to go to war to fight for water. Buddha intervened and asked the 2 kings. 'What is more valuable? Blood or water? Why are you willing to shed so much blood for water?' The 2 kings came to their senses and a war averted.
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reality is the communication between dna and cns = consciousness. evolution is both vertical and horizontal, but the process leads right back to the vertical consciousness. external evolution is in a process of failure because of the lack of recognition of the vertical process. humanity will bring about its own destruction or evolution. only time will tell.
off to the zafu.
Stock up on tins.
metta to all
There are things that can be done to greatly increase the efficiency that we use water with. Drip irrigation where water is fed through tubes directly to the base of the plants in small amounts so you're not losing so much to evaporation that comes from the more common spray type watering process. Also, there's something called "grey" water, this is water thats been lightly used, like from the shower or washing your hands. This water can be reused for things like flushing the toilet or in some cases watering the lawn etc. So there are solutions but yes indeed this is going to be a source of stress and conflict in the near future.
Google "water scarcity" and you can start to see how serious people are taking this. Also here's a good short video that sums up some of the main points.
And yea, there will definitely be some kind of war because of World War 3.
Water scarcity is true and it is very regional. As far as it causing war, its always a possibility but I think rather than creating war, desalination processes will become more efficient and cheaper thus giving a pretty much unlimited potable water supply.
The problem is we always wait until the cheaper version is in dire straits before we start working on new solutions.
Too many people are so disconnected from the environment that they have no sense of conservation or using only what they need. This will make things worse.
Not to be disrespectful of anyone's beliefs, but the Buddha story of him stopping a war by talking to the kings doesn't matter. This is not how things will go down in the here and now. The rich and powerful will determine the outcome and guess who loses.
BTW, any rich & powerful people on this forum? So far, Lincoln is the most powerful but I dont think he is rich.
It's hard to determine a person's tone in this format. Is your last comment an attempt at humor or a sarcastic dig?
Yes, kayte, it would be wonderful--miraculous, even--to see humankind deal rationally with the challenges facing it, instead of letting greed run its course.
About water: Bechtel Corp. took over the water supply in Bolivia and even managed to get a law passed that rainwater was illegal for individuals to collect and use. There was a huge public uprising, and the international corp. got run out of the country. There's a film circulating about it.
Just as a semi-relevant aside: the WTO was a REALLY bad idea! Corporate control that transcends national sovereignty. Does not bode well.
How will we as Buddhists respond to what may be a mass breakdown of civilization? I have a son who is 15 and is tending toward Buddhism- what should I teach him about that? I myself am 59 and have health issues, so I don't expect to be around for the worst of it, but what should I advise my son to do? What will you younger Buddhists do? Will there be "necessary wars"? Do we sit back and watch as the world tears itself apart and then start "letting people notice" that we are Buddhists and hope the present Buddhadharma bounces back? Are we going into the next "very dark epoch"?
My main question is how Buddhists who are around for a massive breakdown of civilization can and should respond.
One potential up side to global climate change is that we might be able to harness the sun's increasingly strong energy to distill sea water for human use.
Also, phosphorous is in no way a limiting factor in agriculture. It is vastly over-used, much to the detriment of the environment around the world. THere are, and always have been much better alternatives. Maybe not as cheap, but much better.
Ultimately, the answer to all of these vexing questions is simply to STOP HAVING SO FRIGGIN MANY BABIES!!! The earth *does* have a finite carrying capacity for human beings. And we *are* reaching it at blinding speed.
Municipalities should have invested in waste-water recycling (grey water) long ago. We're using fresh water to water gardens and for flushing toilets, and that's unnecessary. Some Native American communities have had waste water treatment and recycling systems for years. If they can do it, why can't other communities?
Based on my opinion!
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Its better to teach him to see clearly, in my opinion, because then his own wisdom and compassion will guide him.
So very TRUE. But the perfection of the earth is this:, the more sexual irresponsiblity humans have, the larger the population becomes, the less resources there are to meet demand, the more wars humans wage on this account, Due to increased conflicts the more humans are terminated daily, the smaller the population becomes, the less the demand outweighs the supply, until finally the equilibrium restores itself to its original state. Civilization for this very reason is inevitably doomed to fail, because its entire foundation is built upon the aversion to death and an attachment to birth (or just sex). But as is demonstrated by the cycle above, there's only so much life to go around, and if we take it for granted it will be taken back from us by one way or another.