Article | Climate Change And The Five Elements Of Life | Dr (Ms) Sharad Singh | Central Chronicle

Article | Climate Change And The Five Elements Of Life | Dr (Ms) Sharad Singh | Central Chronicle

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Climate Change And The Five Elements Of Life
-    Dr (Ms) Sharad Singh
Writer, Author & Social Activist
Blogger - "Climate Diary Of Dr (Ms) Sharad Singh"

      We have disturbed the balance of the five elements necessary for our life by tampering with the environment. Changes in weather and climate are the fatal consequences of this. Still, it is time that we, the general public, together with the government, can improve the condition. When Union Minister Prakash Javadekar took over as the Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, he had said that "the mandate of this ministry is to protect the five elements- water, fire, air, earth and sky." The will power of the government and the people together can do everything positive.

It is believed that the human body is made up of five elements- soil, water, fire, air and sky. These are also called Panch Mahabhutas or Panch Tattva. According to the Kailash Samhita of Shiva Purana, Ishaan was born from Shiva and five Mithuns were born from Ishaan. The first Gemini is the sky, the second air, the third fire, the fourth water and the fifth Mithun (Gemini) earth. The nature of these five is described as follows. In other words – “Chiti Jal Pavak Gagan Sameera, Panchtatva Rachit Adham Sarira”. Our body is formed only by the combination of these five elements earth, water, fire, air and sky, it is nurtured and in the end gets absorbed in them.
Earth - synonymous with patience and endurance is the life of crores of living beings on the surface of the earth. We fill our stomach with the food produced from it. Potable water and air are also found in this environment.

Water - Water is also one of the important elements of life, without it life will end in just a few hours or days. There is no life on the planets like Mars because there is no water there. That is why it is said that water is life, without water everything is empty.

Agni – Here Agni means energy and power. The energy that we get from food and the sun. Feeling energized by getting the water and air present on the earth. The basic difference between living and non-living is that of energy. Sun is the biggest source of energy for us.

Air - Pranavayu is necessary for breathing, in small quantities it leads to suffocation. It is one of the essential Panchabhutas for our life. Out of the total gases available in the atmosphere, only oxygen is life-giving, it is also called Pranavayu.

Sky – The last element among the five elements is sky or sky, which is considered to be balancing among all the elements. It gives stability to our atmosphere and universe.
It is said in Hindu scriptures that our earth has originated from air, air from air, water from fire and water from water.
Akash- Akash is a moleculeless element. In its absence, the human body should be the same, when we keep fasting, if the stomach does not get food, then all the energy gets wasted. In this way, the credit for the transmission of power in life goes to the sky. The sky is said to give birth to all the elements and finally dissolves all in itself. The meaning of the sky is void i.e. an emptiness where there is no presence.

When Union Minister Prakash Javadekar took over as the Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, he had said that it is the mandate of this ministry to protect the five elements – water, fire, air, earth and sky. He also talked about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's strong emphasis on India's eco-friendly lifestyle in the Paris Climate Agreement and to include it in the Preamble of the Paris Agreement. The creation and development of man have taken place from the five elements. As long as the operation of the five elements is done in perfect harmony and coordination, then the creation and human life is balanced and moves at an uninterrupted pace. If there is disturbance in any of these elements, then distortions in the universe and diseases arise in the human body. He was also said that, it is the moral duty of every citizen to protect our five elements, so that the creation and human life remain balanced.

Climate change is happening around the world due to the difference in the balanced ratio of these five elements. Due to the imbalance of the five elements, our environment has suffered a lot. Because of this, everyone's life is getting in trouble today, because we are not getting good food to eat, nor can we take good pure air. The amount of pollution has increased so much all around that it is becoming difficult for every human to breathe. Now just remember this thing again that any person or thing, whether it is living or non-living, comes under the environment. We get a lot from the environment, but what do we get in return? We are bent on harming this environment and its priceless wealth for our selfishness. Today man is making new inventions and making a lot of progress, but he is suffering due to this environment and the innocent creatures living in it. Today everyone has to be aware to protect the environment and nature otherwise the entire human race will be destroyed along with the environment. Environment has provided human with resources since time immemorial and human also made full use of them. From ancient times till now, whatever we needed, we have got it directly or indirectly from the environment itself. As time passed, our needs also increased and to meet these needs, we started showing cruelty towards the environment. We did not stop the population growth in advance, due to which people started getting less resources and the environment started degrading excessively.

People started migrating from villages to cities, trees, plants and forests started getting destroyed, animals started being killed for their own benefit, and pollution spread everywhere. Which caused a lot of damage to the environment.. All these are also balancing the five elements. We are bent on destroying the nature which gave us shelter, the five elements that made us. There are many side effects of environmental pollution such as genetic effect due to release of radioactive material from nuclear explosion, degradation of ozone layer which protects from ultraviolet rays, soil erosion, extreme temperature rise, air, water, environment pollution, destruction of trees and plants. There are many bad effects, the emergence of new diseases, etc. So, we should take the immediate action with cooperation of government bodies and try to once again to balance the five elements which are necessary for our and our earth's life.
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(07.08.2022)
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