We often complain of heat, harsh sun, bad weather, etc. We want
to escape this extreme weather & find solace in a nearby hill station or
some place that is soothing to our bodies. Which these are places? These are
places where nature is in abundance or atleast slightly more than what city
offers. So what is it in this nature that makes us comfortable? Our body is
made up of five elements of nature- Air, Water, Sky, Fire & Earth. Any place
which offers all these elements in their purer form comforts us in the order of
their purity. The purer the elements more comfort we seek. This explains why we
feel relaxed and rejuvenated in Himalayas.Unfortunately the quality of these
elements is deteriorating even in Himalayas because of rampant deforestation, construction,
dam projects and more. Locals complain of deteriorated fruits in terms of taste
and size.

What goes in comes back. The impurity in air, soil, water is
manifested in the distasteful fruits, and less energy cultivated food. The intake
of such less healthy food produces lower intellect and thoughts. The resultant
is deterioration of complete life cycle. 
But then we say human is progressing. Children today are born
intelligent. They are fast. This intelligence is in reaction to the impurities
which enables them to counter the impurities. When there is a calamity, all our
responses become enhanced. We have never imagined that we can be so powerful,
bold or active. Our smart children are actually venerable beings who are living
on the edge. They are fragile. They cannot handle more pressure than what they
already are carrying of impure environment, thoughts and mediocrity.  These young minds are weaned away from their
core existence. We do not give exposure to the children with nature & with
universal truth. We take them away from these finer and subtler experiences to
a world which is dry & increasingly materialistic. Children lose their core
nature.  

Hom or Yagya is one of those processes that purify these
elements. But the amount of pollution is so high that it will take a huge size
of yagnya and more frequent yagnyas to continuously encounter the effects of
impure elements.

The other important process is what we unconsciously follow.
We always have deep faith in nature. We never imagine that the earth will
shake, sky will burst, tree will fall, etc. The earth possesses such dynamic
processes within itself that it is surprising to see mother earth being so
stable? It is because of our deep faith in nature that it will not harm us. This
faith is hidden and often taken for granted. Our faith makes hot summers
dissolved into rains and morning heat converted into night coolness. We are
confident that after day there is night. After winters there is spring.

But nature has always kept trust in us which we have blatantly
betrayed. Nature trusts us to be in harmony with it. We are carelessly destroying
it. We are not realizing that nature is a part within our body that is
fundamental to our existence. If we destroy it, we can never be at peace, no
matter how much ever sophisticated equipments we manufacture that keep us away
from the undesirable natural conditions.

The only way to reduce the outburst of nature in the form of
extreme weathers unbearable to our living is by letting nature put unconditional
trust in us. Let us not belie this trust. Secondly, let us keep the love and
trust in nature intact. Nature responds beautifully human trust. It loves us
like a mother. A mother’s reaction to her child’s trust is simple pure love. Let
us motivate nature to keep its abounding love flowing to this world.