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If Creation Had Eyes! Part 1 & 2
Imagine that the so-called Creation was not an abstract concept, not a religious echo, not a poetic metaphor, but a sentient being, endowed with sight, consciousness, and memory. A being that watched the first breath of life billions of years ago. A being that knows the patient, infinite work of evolution—from the first molecule all the way to us. A being that gave shape to the oceans, granted growth to the forests, and imparted motion to the continents.
What would this being feel if it looked upon Earth today?
The answer would probably be anything but triumphant. Creation would not be proud. Not overwhelmed. Not moved. It would be marked. Exhausted. And perhaps—if it were capable—profoundly disappointed. Because of all the possibilities open to humanity, it chose precisely the one that burdens Creation the most:
- A climate that is tipping faster than scientists can document it.
- Seas that are suffocating while coastal cities sink.
- Soils that are losing their fertility.
- Species that vanish without anyone noticing.
- Atmospheres that heat up like an overloaded engine.
It is as if humanity opened a treasure chest—and instead of guarding the gold, it began to burn it.
The Warnings Nobody Wants to Hear
However, Creation would not only be horrified by what is happening to nature. It would also look upon those whom nature brought forth: us. And there, it would recognize a second drama. For even though science has been sounding the alarm for decades, even though heatwaves, floods, political divisions, and social injuries have long been visible, humanity behaves as if there is infinite time. Autocratic systems grow. Populist parties flourish. Democratic values erode. Emotions triumph over facts. Convenience defeats reason. And the noise of self-staging drowns out the quiet dramas of the planet.
If Creation were a being, it would understand that chaos is part of life. But it would not understand why a species that is capable of thinking refuses to do so. Humanity possesses capabilities that no other living being has ever had: It can plan ahead. It can reflect. It can learn.
And yet, it acts as if the future were a fairy tale that will somehow write itself.
The tormented Creation would ask:
- Why do you look away?
- Why do you not listen?
- Why do you repeat mistakes that have long been visible?
- Why do you destroy the only thing that keeps you alive?
It would not be an angry question. Not a wrathful accusation. But the honest wonder of a being that invested billions of years—and must now watch as a single branch of its Creation endangers the entire tree. In the world of Paradise 4.0, this idea is not only told, but consistently thought through: What if Creation no longer merely wonders—but reacts? What if humanity has to realize that the future is not a gift, but something that must be earned daily?
The tormented Creation is not fiction. It is the present. And in your universe, it becomes a warning, silent, yet unmistakable voice that says: “I gave you everything. What are you giving back?”
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