its unfamiliar oceans and seas , mountains and plains, and and Antarctica, were nearing th eir present latitudes. Within peninsulas and islands reminds us that th e dinosaurs lived the last 65 million years, most contine n ts nestl ed unhur in a far different landscape th an our own . As the last riedly into th eir current pos iti ons. However, th e Indian dinosaurs receded into memory, the future Atlantic Ocean su b-co ntine nt "s printed" north, crashing into Asia and bull and Mediterranean Sea were becomin g more su bs tan tial dozing up the Himalayas. earth 's loftiest mountain range. 237 94 65 A e of Dinosaurs
live with much greater ease. And then it tried again and again and again, and much later would adapt to life on land, grow feet instead of fins, develop lungs instead of gills. It seems unlikely that a species would venture into such an alien environment and undergo an evolutionary transformation unless it was compelled to do so by some crisis situation. There may have been a large sea area that got cut off from the main ocean where the water gradually receded over thousands of years, forcing fish to leave their habitat and evolve. Responding to a radical crisis that threatens our very survival – this is humanity’s challenge now. The dysfunction of the egoic human mind, recognized already more than 2,500 years ago by the ancient wisdom teachers and now magnified through science and technology, is for the first time threatening the survival of the planet. Until very recently, the
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