00:00India has 1.4 billion people. India's carbon footprint is very small compared to that of
00:08the US. So numbers right now don't matter that much. Compared to this, the one or two
00:17kids that an influent family has, are a far bigger problem. Think of their carbon footprint.
00:27And having a kid is not merely having a kid, it is a geometric progression. You have a
00:34kid, 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
00:48a woman can do all sort 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
01:08carbon emissions without doing anything else. Either she can go out four hours every day
01:14of her life and indulge in tree plantation and this and that. And every single day of
01:20life she can indulge in climate activism. And that will result in the lessening of the global
01:29climate load by X tons. Right? The other option is don't do anything. There is no need for
01:35any climate activism. Just have one less child. And by having one less child, you will save six
01:41X tons of carbon dioxide emissions. Are you getting it?
01:56It is available. It is not being shared and broadcasted. It is very much available. Where
02:04else am I getting it from? I didn't meditate and get this knowledge. I am getting it from
02:14public sources.
02:15I am getting it from public sources. It is just that people become too emotional if
02:20we tell them have one less care. I have tried with a couple of my friends. They are just
02:25like, no, my kid needs a company or… To hell with their emotions. Who are you? When
02:32somebody is being dragged to the jail, he obviously feels emotional. So what? You will have to pay
02:38for your follies. When somebody doesn't get selected in an entrance exam, he or she does feel emotional. So
02:49what? Just because you are emotional, you cannot be granted a pardon or a favour. Now you see why lack of
03:03spirituality is the biggest problem? Because when you do not operate from a spiritual centre, then you
03:10operate from an emotional centre. These emotions are causing this climate change. And I am really
03:19surprised that so many people who are highly emotional are into climate activism. When the entire
03:26problem is of emotions, you are so emotional about that next foreign holiday, right? That is carbon
03:35intensive. You are so emotional about having a good nice nest of your own. That is carbon. You are so emotional
03:42about having two nice kids. That is emotion. And that is carbon. Emotion equals carbon in a big way. And the
03:55problem to this emotional centre is nothing but spirituality. Think of it. Whenever you go emotional, you start
04:07releasing carbon dioxide. Don't you? When you go emotional, you either drink and that is carbon. Or you go and have a party and that is carbon.
04:16This entire model we have based our lives on, this centre around which we are living is flawed. And that is what is leading to this climate catastrophe. We are not addressing the central problem.
04:42We are just dabbling on the periphery. And that will not help.
