Vivekananda Naicker makes a new acquaintance in Puttaparthi town, a former officer of the Indian Navy. Through this officer’s association with Vivek, he comes to understand that coincidences and circumstances are all arranged by the loving Creator, the benign Source that overlooks all with love.
Following on from the exchange between the Indian Navy Officer and Vivek at Prashanti Nilayam, Vivek has taken up the theme of the Cosmic Blueprint and provided a number of examples of this blueprint in action. Nonetheless, the state of the Earth is the fruit of human action and inaction, and as Vivek explains, humans have been deprived of their birthright, and turn to inventions and technology.
Vivek continues his reply to the Indian Navy Officer, expanding on the coincidence shared by them at the gate to Prashanti Nilayam Ashram in Puttaparthi. While reflecting on so-called technology and progress with crops and foods, Vivek admonishes that all life forms without exception have an indispensable role to play for the greater good of the entire natural world. The only life form that is not likely to be missed if it should suddenly disappear is man. Man has a sacred destiny and is united with the destiny of the Earth. A return to the Vedic ethos is a return to true humanness.
Scientists estimate that in the past 45 years alone, more than 60% of the world’s wildlife has become extinct. This includes animals, birds, reptiles, fish, cetaceans, amphibians, insects, micro-organisms and plants. The cause of this sacrilege is almost entirely Man.