This is in response to an email query that we had, and we thought that it would be edifying for all to read.

Dearest G.,

Thank you for your questions, my darling little one. I appreciate them, for they make me think, and in the thinking and then seeking to express, I also gain a clearer understanding.

Your question is:

In how far is the aspiration (intent) behind an urge to do tapasya relevant to the fruit? How much weight does the aspiration take?

Today, December 15, the Climate Justice Fast has entered its 40th day, the timespan of Jesus Christ’s legendary 40 days of fasting and prayer in the desert. For the Climate Justice Fasters, the Fast has been a public penance, an act of atonement on behalf of humanity and a call for awakening. This article examines the Climate Justice Fast in light of the criterion that Gandhi held out as being indispensable for its deepest and greatest societal success: a necessary moral atmosphere.