If we are going to save the planet we must first change ourselves.
The only thing that will save the planet is a complete transformation of human consciousness. If we are going to save the planet we must first save ourselves. We must give up our mood altering, pathological relationship with consumption, consumerism and capitalism. We must abandon our addiction to sensory driven, materialistic, external pleasures before it kills us.
Fundamentally we are Spiritual Beings who have become intoxicated by consumerism and living in the realm of illusion we can no longer tell the true from the false. The crisis we are facing like all crises truly is first and foremost a Spiritual crisis (Jung). The joy, happiness, contentment, peace and security we are destroying the world to find can truly only be found within.
The first step in our recovery is to admit we are addicted to materialistic consumption and we are destroying ourselves and the planet.
The second step is to admit that our Spiritual dis-ease drives our addiction, that we are Spiritually sick and in need of a Spiritual awakening.
The third step is to recognize that we are Spiritual beings, and that there is a greater power deep down within us that can overcome our egocentric desires, and restore us to sanity.
The fourth step is to become conscious of this indwelling power through prayer and meditation. To become conscious of the Intuitive Wisdom that dwells within us and has the Power and the Wisdom to solve all of our problems if we let it.