00:00India has 1.4 billion people. India's carbon footprint is very small compared to that of
00:07the US. So numbers right now don't matter that much. Compared to this, the one or two
00:16kids that an affluent family has are a far bigger problem. Think of their carbon footprint.
00:26And having a kid is not merely having a kid. It is a geometric progression. You have a
00:33kid, the kid will have kids. And then they will have kids. It's not one person you have
00:39given birth to. You have given birth to 100 persons. There is an estimate that says that
00:47a woman can do all sorts of climate activism all her life and save a few tons of carbon
01:00emissions. But if she just decides to have one less child, she can save six times more
01:07carbon emissions without doing anything else. Either she can go out four hours every day
01:13of her life and indulge in tree plantation and this and that. And every single day of
01:19life she can indulge in climate activism. And that will result in the lessening of the
01:27global climate load by x tons. Right? The other option is don't do anything. There is
01:34no need for any climate activism. Just have one less child. And by having one less child,
01:40you will save 6x tons of carbon dioxide emissions. Are you getting it? It is available. It is
01:57not being shared and broadcasted. It is very much available. Where else am I getting it
02:04from? I didn't meditate and get this knowledge. I am getting it from public sources.
02:13It is just that people become too emotional if you tell them have one less child. I have
02:23tried with a couple of my friends. They are just like, no, my kid needs a company or...
02:27To hell with their emotions. Who are you? When somebody is being dragged to the jail,
02:34he obviously feels emotional. So what? You will have to pay for your follies. When somebody
02:45doesn't get selected in an entrance exam, he or she does feel emotional. So what? Just
02:50because you are emotional, you cannot be granted a pardon or a favor. Now you see why lack
03:02of spirituality is the biggest problem? Because when you do not operate from a spiritual center,
03:09then you operate from an emotional center. These emotions are what is causing this climate
03:14change. And I am really surprised that so many people who are highly emotional are into climate
03:24activism. When the entire problem is of emotions, you are so emotional about that next foreign
03:32holiday, right? That is carbon intensive. You are so emotional about having a good,
03:38nice nest of your own. That is carbon. You are so emotional about having two nice kids. That
03:44is emotion. And that is carbon. Emotion equals carbon in a big way. And the problem to this
03:55emotional center is nothing but spirituality. Think of it. Whenever you go emotional,
04:05you start releasing carbon dioxide. Don't you? When you go emotional, you either drink,
04:11and that is carbon. Or you go and have a party, and that is carbon. This entire model we have
04:27based our lives on, this center around which we are living, is flawed. And that is what is leading
04:36to this climate catastrophe. We are not addressing the central problem. We are just dabbling on the
04:47periphery. And that will not help.
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