Nature's dilemma

All the things around Adam and Eve were beautiful and soothing. The trees, the green grass, the multi-colored flowers in full bloom, the frolicking animals, the chirpy birds, the clear blue sky dotted with some silver-lined clouds, the cool and inviting ponds, and even the fruits weighing the branches to move serenely with the soothing breeze that made the branches sway, as it did to Eve's hair gently and enticed Adam to look towards her. He felt complete within the restricted expanse of the garden that he was confined in. The garden felt like home and not a prison.

The sin committed later was one that forced 'God' to banish the human couple from the 'Garden of Eden'. The garden was for the use of the couple and the couple only. What they achieved by indulging in an act out of pure love of each other was to experience an earth-shattering mutually-satisfying orgasm. But since the technical know-how was limited and 'God' had forgotten that as was the case with all of his creations, he had given the human pair an option to procreate and expand their number. No contraceptive devices meant that Eve was gonna be missing her next period.

Although they were banished from 'paradise', the couple didn't learn anything substantial. Their presence on 'Earth' without any limiters on the horizon meant that the pleasurable exercise of having sex for the sheer fun of it was to be repeated enumerable times, over and over again. Maybe it was that 'God' knew something that he decided not to share or that 'he' realized the folly of his own creation. He provided the humans with the will and the power to do so, without providing them with the requisite intelligence to be reasonable in their approach to ensuring a balance with nature. Since the first step of humans on 'Earth' were felt, the planet has reeled under the pressures forced on it by its new tormentor. 'Earth' provided all the living and non-living creations with an environment to exist and cohabit with each other. What it didn't know was the futility of the whole exercise?

Humans were simply dumb-witted and near-sighted. They felt confident in numbers of their own progeny. Thus they grew and grew in numbers. As their numbers multiplied, the burden on nature to provide them with food and shelter increased. This in itself was an ever-increasing burden but nature hadn't made provisions for the playful behavior of the bipeds. Humans were really keen on gamesmanship and they found ample game around them. Plants and trees were treated as mute victims, who's sole reason for existence was to provide humans with whatever they desired. The animal kingdom provided them with food to eat (and waste), skins to cover their body for warmth (and style), and most importantly with a sport to boast of, to satiate its own ego and boost its esteem among its species. Humans have always been hunting and killing, putting the flora and fauna of the 'Earth' under serious threat of extinction. That they have achieved to rule out the existence of numerous animals and plants species is of great importance to them. Humans rule. What an achievement! We have not only played destroyer to the animals and plants we needed for our immediate needs but we have also succeeded in creating an imbalance in the ecosystem, providing an option for the surrounding environment to slowly degenerate and disappear without any further intervention by us.

We have managed to triple our population in the last 50 years, nearing a small total of 7 billion. What an achievement? What's the prize? Our extinction! Once we do away with all the other species of life on 'Earth', what will be the next step? Cannibalism and complete annihilation- come to mind. Why, but why can't we realize the foolishness of our action? We are a part of the nature as long as we respect its importance and allow it to coexist it with us. It allows us to coexist as long as we allow ourselves to limit our burden on the ever depleting resources. Death is always a pain, birth always happiness. But if we restrict the number of births we can make sure that the immediate burden on 'Earth' can be limited and with the mortality rate in play, the odds might even out and the ecosystem might self-replenish. Lesser number of humans means lesser consumption of the natural resources. This does not mean that we decide to do away with a part of the population, rather that we don't increase our numbers for some time. Let nature bring a balance on its own.

We can also surely help it by not adding to the pollution levels of the world any further. Thus, providing for an opportunity for the ecosystems to rebuild and reconstruct. It is in our hands and we are the ones who need to do something.

Let's do it. Let's make love not babies.