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                                                                                   chasing them or what is causing
                                                                                   their deaths. We don’t use any
                                                                                   form of chemicals in our house.
                                                                                •   We walk past shops where very
                                                                                   beautiful and bright flowers are
                                                                                   sold but notice no presence of
                                                                                   bees or any fragrance. Which is
                                                                                   not normal or natural.
                                                                                •   We have been hearing from the
                                                                                   internet that animals are begin-
                                                                                   ning to avoid some kinds of
                                                                                   foods. I am talking about foods
                                                                                   made in the labs, GM foods
                                                                                   and the like that are grown with
                                                                                   toxic chemicals. Meaning nature,
                                                                                   by divine wisdom, understands
                                                                                   that there is an imbalance in our
                                                                                   environment.

                                                                                Now, here is the thing I am trying to
                                                                                say. When are we going to pause and
                                                                                re-look at this dying society we call
                                                                                civilization before we all are dead
                                                                                of the very evil trees we have been
                                                                                planting all these years? We take life
                                                                                for granted when we pollute our
                                                                                atmosphere with toxic substances,
                                                                                forgetting that the more there is
                                                                                toxic substance in the air, the less
          and things we rather would call or   and the wickedness in the hearts of   there is oxygen and that is the begin-
          see as insignificant.              men will not allow even nature to   ning of some disaster that is about
                                             thrive within itself. So, now we have   to happen. The dying man on the
          A world of  self-deception         fools running around talking about   sick bed with an oxygen mask on his
                                             climate change but who won’t stop   face must understand what it means
          We have created a world system that   establishing the companies that emit   that breathing clean oxygen without
          is based on many falsehoods and    the very pollution, or destroying the   machines is gold worth protecting.
          foolish things, one of them being,   forests, which effects are causing the   But are we paying attention to things
          “eat or be eaten”. Some even use   climate change. How dumb is that?  around us and how much we are
          the statement that life is a jungle                                   taking for granted the very things
          and only the strong survive. But   Back to my initial thought about   that need protection?
          that is actually the consequence   how solutions or answers are found
          of our foolish, proud, greedy and   all around us if we choose to ac-  Honoring the little busy bees
          egoistic approach to life and not   knowledge them.
          how the Supreme One intended                                          For some time now, in my house we
          us to live on earth. The One who   Have you recently been noticing    stopped using white or brown sugar
          made everything on the earth in    something very weird with bees,    for our beverages. We use more of
          such abundance was aware, from     flowers and nature in general?     honey and then recently we added a
          the beginning of time, that there   Let me share a few:               bit of jaggery which is more healthy
          is never any time that there will   •   For more than two years now,   than processed white sugar. It was
          be lack, if man will only accept to   we have been noticing bees fly   a conscious decision that we made
          live on earth based on simple laid    into our apartment and in a     knowing the health issues con-
          down principles. But no, the greed    few minutes, they are belly up...  nected to processed sugar and the
                                                DEAD. We can’t tell what is     many other chemicals that are used


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