We are the first generation that is witnessing the fulfillment of the biblical blessing that earlier generations never dreamed could come true: "Be fruitful, and multiply and fill the earth."
Who could have imagined - even a century ago - that this earth would become so full of people, technology and stuff that God's grandest wish for us would be ours in our lifetime? But, it has not turned into the blessing it was meant to be.
We are filling the earth not just with our capacity, our goodness and our wisdom, but with our waste and our poisons. No place on earth is untouched by human 'achievements'. Whales and birds die of discarded plastic bags, bottle caps, and beach toys ingested thousands of miles off-shore. The air, water and soil are filled with refuse whose journey began hundreds of miles away, but that nonetheless sickens and weakens us downstream.
Here is the question: What do we do when our founding blessing has become a reality - and turned into a nightmare? Where else in Tanakh, our Bible, and our tradition can we turn for the wisdom, inspiration and guidance that can help us reclaim the purity of that earliest vision?
It is those texts, those teachings, those discoveries that I hope to explore over time on this blog. I am eager to hear your wisdom on this as well.
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