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Humanity versus the Environment.

Let's assume with a little imagination, that Adam and Eve actually existed way back in mythological history. Even though, according to the story, they were the first two people on earth and apparently living in a paradise, it is difficult to believe their lives were totally serene and similar to couples throughout history they probably suffered an occasional cross word, disagreement, or bloody great row!

I use these two storybook icons and their possible relationship problems as a metaphor to help explain a remarkable, possibly unique condition which we humans have acquired during our evolutionary journey through to today, a condition so normal to us; we barely bother to think about it. We all reason continually most of our lives on varying intellectual levels; an absolutely remarkable ability, which as far as we know, is not shared on such a level by any other animal species on this planet.

Throughout our history this incredible mind condition has caused us as much anguish as it has fulfilment, the complexity of reason absolutely boundless and I suggest that even today and the foreseeable future we have not and will not have the capacity to totally understand, or ability to fully control this unique odyssey in our heads.

Our ability to reason has also challenged nature's natural wasting process of humanity. It has been estimated that around the world today, on average two humans die each second, where as in the same short time period three are born! As a result the human population and associated material requirements continue to grow at a phenomenal pace, the consequence in my opinion is, today there are at least two billion humans more than this planet and its dwindling resources can possibly cope with.

You may also have noticed that world political and religious leaders refuse to recognise this most serious, patently obvious problem! Therefore,

We are effectively at war with our own environment!

You will doubtless agree with me when I suggest that there should be a natural symmetry between our world and all creatures that reside upon it. Nature has a plan and left to its own devises throughout history it has effectively dealt with all problems as they occur, most plants and creatures living within natures laws. Humans are a different proposition though, simply because we reason and do not always comply with nature's rules, in fact, along with an endless negative list, we have extended our lives far beyond natures original plan

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