Return to Nature

Surendra Chandra Yadav
There are some problems, which are partially visible but are not known until they are seriously considered or brainstormed. One of these problems is ‘ The Problem of Health ‘. In reality, the biggest problem and challenge for Man in the present time is to keep himself healthy. Today there is hardly anyone in the world, who does not suffer from some disease or simply say that no person in the world can claim to be fully healthy, and that is why the biggest challenge at present is to keep ourselves healthy and physically fit.
After the emergence of human civilization, today we are living in the most developed era. We are living in such a technological age which hardly human could have imagined before. Today we have reached not only the moon but also the other planets of the universe. Today’s scientific era has provided us such tools that have made our life much easier, such as people sitting at home talk face-to-face with their distant relative or friend. Today we have machines ranging from washing clothes to cooking, we have refrigerators, to keep any substance cool and safe for longer. We have AC, with the help of which we can keep the temperature of our room warm and cool as we desire. In short, if it is said that the modern era has made human life so simple which we could not have imagined 100 years ago or in other words, if we say that today we are many times happier than 100 years ago, then there will be no exaggeration. But if we look at the ground reality, then 100 years ago people were more happy. There is no doubt that today we have gone far ahead in the name of development, but in this indiscriminate race of development, human has lagged behind a lot and as we continue to progress in the race of development, the human life is also lagging behind and this is happening when we have latest modern equipments available today.
Undoubtly, science has provided us with many luxurious appliances, which have made our life happy and easy, but today the situation has become such, that we have become slaves to these things, and due to which we are not able to get its full benefits, while its consequences are more visible.
For this, I would like to take a small example. Today, almost everyone will be familiar with the word ‘Air Conditioner’. Generally, it is used to cool the temperature in summer and if it is used in limited quantity as per requirement then it is good to some extent and if it is avoided, it is the best, but at present the actual situation is that people have become enslaved to it to such an extent that everyone’s life is incomplete without AC. If AC is used for a patient admitted in a hospital or in some offices where the machines which are being used are required to be kept at normal temperature, then it is fine, but today the situation is that people have become restless without it. I myself have seen in many offices that employee are not able to work without AC.I have also often seen that when the outside environment is cool and pleasant, that is even during the rainy season, people like to intake the poisonous air of AC in their room or inside the car, while the outside air of pleasant weather which is called natural air or in scientific language, called “Oxygen” prefer to bypass it. “Oxygen”, which has another name as ‘Life Giving Element’, because it has made life possible for all living-beings and bypassing it, we prefers to intake ‘Death Bearer Element’ i.e the air of AC. At present, man has tended to ingest poison and as a result, he is being caught by various incurable diseases. One thing is clear from this, the tolerance or resistance power of today’s people, i.e immunity, has reduced to low level and that is why today, people are suffering from such diseases which they rarely used to suffer before.
Secondly, I would like to take the example of Refrigerator. Today, there is hardly any house, without a refrigerator and if it is not in any house, then the dream of the people in that house will surely be that, their house must have a refrigerator. Generally, the dream is usually of such things that make our life pleasant but perhaps very few people know that the ‘Life Expectancy’ of people starts decreasing after the fulfilment of this dream. To some extent, this sentence may seem strange to people, but it is the reality. Some items that get spoiled by heat, such as some medicines that we cannot keep at normal temperatures are required to be kept safe in refrigerators but the nature of use of refrigerators kept on changing with the passage of time. Initially, it was used to preserve limited items, but at present the situation is that people have started keeping almost all types of food items in refrigerators. Today, it is very common among the people that they consume water and fruits kept in refrigerator, moreover, they are also used to in keeping fresh food prepared in the house in refrigerators and consume the same for the next two to three days, just because of the cooling temperature of the refrigerator that prevents the food from getting spoiled. It is true that the food items kept in it does not get spoiled, but the fact has never been taken into consideration that how much effect will that gas have, due to which, all the food items in it remain cool and safe? The material in it must remain safe and cool but the gas due to which it remains so, the toxic effect of the same gas is spread on these substances in such a way that is neither seen nor felt at that time, but its effect gradually spreads in the body and after a certain interval of time, it emerges as a serious disease and by then it becomes quite late and when, we go to the doctor, he also advises to avoid it completely, and does not guarantee whether we will be able to fully recover from that related disease.
At last, I would also like to take a small example of prevailing foods and beverages of the present period. Today our food habits have also changed completely. In the modern era of today’s blind race, people are preferring fast food such as pizzas, burgers, chowmein, cold-drinks or processed and packaged food(which are normally packed in boxes) over natural food items such as rice, pulses, roti, fresh vegetables, fruits etc.. The general logic behind this is that, it saves the time spent in cooking, but they probably don’t have the knowledge that it also saves another important thing and that is ‘ Life Expectancy’. The effect of eating fast food does not seen immediately, but it effects gradually and after a certain period of time, it is seen that people suffers from various types of diseases at the early age of their lives. There are many more such examples, but there is an obligation to put the thoughts in less words. Hence at the end, I have some considerable questions to everyone, why do we avoid such things in compulsion only after going to the doctor? Why are our food habits, way of living, and even ideas or thoughts are becoming artificial day by day? Today we are living in the most educated and developed era, yet why are we not able to understand ‘The Mystery and Art of Living a Life’? What should we eat and what should not? How should we live and how should not? If a general educated person can understand all these things, then why are not a highly educated person or people sitting on a high designation or rank are not able to understand these things? Some people understand the ill effects of artificial lifestyles, but either they are helpless by nature or careless. There is also a bitter truth that one understands the natural way of life, only when they suffer from various types of serious and incurable diseases and by then, the time goes far away and then there is no scope to turn back.
Therefore, I have an earnest request and advice to all to ‘Return to Nature’, otherwise the time is not too far, when the existence of human life will not exist, as ‘Birth and Death’ is the greatest truth of human life, just in the same way, if human-being has originated on the Earth, then now the time has come when human-being will be destroyed. ‘Return to Nature’ is a simple and short sentence, but inside it the Secret of whole human life is hidden. The ‘Return to Nature’ does not just mean that our food items, way of living and thoughts should be natural, but there is another important meaning hidden inside it and is that, we will have to save Plants and Trees, Animals, ‘Nature’ and finally our ‘Environment’. In addition to this, the number of plants and animals should also be increased because life cannot exist without floura and fauna.
Therefore, in view of the present situation and to protect the existence of human beings on this Unique Planet, I strongly desire and earnestly advice the Government of India and the State Governments that if possible, a rule should be made at the national level under which atleast all Central Government employees and State Government employees, must plant a tree every year and for doing this noble work, every employee should be given the prescribed marks in his/her Annual Progress Report. This will not directly benefit the employees only, but at the same time the percentage of forests in India will continue to increase every year, which will benefit India as well as the entire world, because the oxygen we get from trees is not received only by the people of that country but also by the people of the entire world and I believe that if the Government of India or the State Governments make such a rule, then India will be the first country in the world to do so and later on, it may definitely be followed by other countries and thus the whole world will be benefited.
(The author is Inspector, Income Tax Department Jammu)
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