Tim Austin

Attitude to Climate Change

I think the changes, in their multifaceted forms such as drought, flooding, destructive storms, higher temperatures and even earthquakes, will eventually cause most people on earth to perish. I do not feel this is a radical view, either; it is one that makes me deeply sad. On the other hand, though, I do acknowledge that this world has grown so terrible (so out of attunement with the Natural Order), that the only way for human life to be re-designed to be universally life-supporting is for most to leave the planet entirely. I see this process as the natural and inevitable cycle of creation and dissolution that characterizes human life cyclically, a process recorded in the myths of cultures all over the world, including the tale of Noah\'s Ark. And while I regard this story as not literally true, I believe it contains, in symbolic form, a record of this same eternal process whereby when human life has become so pervaded with badness, Nature/God/the Great Spirit--give It the name you like--simply dispenses with the whole system and its robotic, vaguely sentient perpetrators, in order to begin anew with a social system that is actually worth existing. The process is horribly sad, heart wrenching, I know, but if we\'re realistic we realize that it is the only way to bring about the radical change that is necessary. People will never change on their own. The powers that be are too overwhelming, and besides, the only thing that will bring about the real, lasting glorification of human life is the awakening of pure consciousness, the latent inner life, and the people who will actually pursue this goal are extremely few, as few, relatively speaking, as the 8 people inside the ark. Check out my website above if you would like to read a carefully researched essay that explains what different cultures all over the world have to say about the "end of the world."