We depend on the gifts of nature, but these gifts must be received with gratitude and not exploited or abused Satish Kumar More Quotes by Satish Kumar More Quotes From Satish Kumar Look at what realists have done for us. They have led us to war and climate change, poverty on an unimaginable scale, and wholesale ecological destruction. Half of humanity goes to bed hungry because of all the realistic leaders in the world. I tell people who call me 'unrealistic' to show me what their realism has done. Realism is an outdated, overplayed and wholly exaggerated concept. Satish Kumar leader war people Sometimes I come across a tree which seems like Buddha or Jesus: loving, compassionate, still, unambitious, enlightened, in eternal meditation, giving pleasure to a pilgrim, shade to a cow, berries to a bird, beauty to its surroundings, health to its neighbors, branches for the fire, leaves for the soil, asking nothing in return, in total harmony with the wind and the rain. How much can I learn from a tree? The tree is my church, the tree is my temple, the tree is my mantra, the tree is my poem and my prayer. Satish Kumar beautiful beauty love We have to shift our attitude of ownership of nature to relationship with nature. The moment you change from ownership to relationship, you create a sense of the sacred. Satish Kumar sacred moments attitude The way to healthy living is to shift from quantitative economic growth to quality of life, food, water and air - to shift from craving to contentment and from greed to gratitude Satish Kumar future gratitude air Lead me from death to life, from falsehood to truth; Lead me from despair to hope, from fear to trust; Lead me from hate to love, from war to peace; Let peace fill our heart, our world, our universe Satish Kumar hate war peace If individuals start to walk on the path of spirit and feel a sense of the sacred connectedness, then social, economic and political problems will also begin to get resolved. Satish Kumar sacred political path We need to learn to live in the here and now; this moment is the best moment. Live it fully. Satish Kumar best-moments moments needs Happiness is possible only when we are kind to others and contented within. Satish Kumar kind At the moment, for example, maybe ten percent of money in the world is related to goods and services. Ninety percent of money is just moving around the world, chasing money. So, money has become the ruler. And we have become the servant. Satish Kumar example world moving The great work of social transformation begins with the first small step of stopping, calming, relaxing, reflecting and acting in a beneficial way. Satish Kumar small-steps stopping acting We live under the power of Modern Consciousness, which means that we are obsessed with progress. Wherever you are is not good enough. We always want to achieve something, rather than experience something. The opposite of this is Spiritual Consciousness. By that I mean you find enchantment in every action you do, rather in just the results of your action. Spiritual Consciousness is not a particular religion but a way of being. Satish Kumar spiritual opposites mean The force and the strength for peace will come from people. And that will happen when people start to realize that all the diversity and differences we see of nationalities, of religions, of cultures, of languages, are all beautiful diversities, for they are only on the surface. And deep down we share the same humanity, the global humanity. Satish Kumar differences strength beautiful Without the land, the rivers, the oceans, the forests, the sunshine, the minerals and thousands of natural resources we would have no economy whatsoever Satish Kumar sunshine ocean nature Economy without ecology means managing the human nature relationship without knowing the delicate balance between humankind and the natural world Satish Kumar nature knowing mean How much I can learn from a tree! The tree is my church, the tree is my temple, the tree is my mantra, the tree is my poem and my prayer. Satish Kumar church prayer tree Our relationship with Nature... best way of forging this relationship... be a pilgrim and not a tourist on Planet Earth Satish Kumar tourists nature earth Human happiness, true prosperity and joyful living can only emerge from a life of elegant simplicity, embedded in the arts and crafts. Satish Kumar simplicity crafts art What we call 'economic growth' is in fact a growth in waste and a decline in the health of natural habitat Satish Kumar habitat growth nature If we go on using the Earth uncaringly and without replenishing it, then we are just greedy consumers. Satish Kumar environmental earth goes-on This was Mahatma Gandhi’s idea, moving from ownership to relationship—seeing that land does not belong to us. We belong to the land. We are not the owners of the land. We are the friends of the land, like friends of the earth. The fundamental shift is in this consciousness that land does not belong to us, we belong to the land. Satish Kumar land ideas moving
