Dear Daniel, >> I fear that just like today the air is polluted and mankind has a nuclear arsenal in its possesion, tomorrow will bear deliberate contamination and damage to the astral and mental as well, due to the exact same lack of understanding and responsibility. << It is impossible to *permanently* damage the astral or mental realms. It is also impossible to *permanently* damage the physical realm as a whole. The damage we humans have done is limited to our planet and like all *things*, this too will pass away. The whole of human existence occurs within the blink of the Divine eye -- we are no where near as important to the Universe as we like to think. :) I suggest that in your meditations you try to step back from your emotional involvement in this fear and take a longer temporal view. The main thing that matters is what *you* do, *now*, not what others might do in the future. My best to you, :) Rawn Clark 29 April 2004 rawnclark@... rawn@... http://www.ABardonCompanion.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BardonPraxis http://E.webring.com/hub?ring=arionthebardonwe