Osarieme Iyare
UG
Joliet Junior College.

Spiritual Elevation: A Necessary Key to Saving our Planet.

As I write, this book is being read by my sister and father. For those like myself, who are constantly in our heads, creating our own reality, this is a great read or if you’ve wondered “what is life, what does it all mean, why are we here? Are we just born to live and die? Are we truly the only existing life forms in the universe?’ topics I’ve secretly pondered and like fate, I was answered and at a point where my life was at a crossroad. This book tells us what we were made to do and how we are supposed to do it.

The true purpose for man’s existence is to develop spirituality, loving one another as we do so rather than being selfish and going against the laws of nature. If we do not correct this, it will lead to cataclysm. The ways by which we can grow spiritually and eventually save the planet (which is dying faster than anyone of us anticipated by the way), can be found in the “Thiaoobua Prophecy” which tells the adventures of Michel Desmarquet, a man who was physically abducted to the 9th planet, Thiaoobua, by her citizens for the purpose of saving humanity…from the danger, A danger which is ourselves.

The first step to increasing people’s spiritual awareness and development is, we must each develop our individual spiritualities. Your body, according to the Bible, is the temple of God or in this case, the Great Spirit, through this means we can communicate with our creator at will. ‘Look inside yourself and you’ll notice that you possess everything you need to communicate with Him, simply because it is HE who placed it there’. Through constant meditation and mind concentration, we can achieve spiritual progress, get more in touch with our higher-self and eventually join our creator, the Great Spirit. Other ways to become spiritually aware are yoga (recommended twice a day, for at least 30 minutes) selflessly serving your community, spending time appreciating nature, reading spiritual and uplifting books and indulging in activities that you are passionate about, that bring you the highest joy without harming another soul. It is mandatory each of us start working on this development, promoting world peace, so as to achieve our purpose in life and curate a more habitable world. It will be wrong to leave this earth without knowing the truth. After developing internally, we can easily come together as one body and push for a better world, enlightening more people as we go. We can only succeed at this through cooperation, look at it this way (an example Thao gave) atoms form a body by combining together but what happens if they decide to separate? They disintegrate.

Technology is intended to assist in the advancement of our spirituality and not a medium to only satisfy one’s material needs. Currently, technology is being exploited wrongly, sometimes even serving as a pollutant. Some examples include creating destructive weapons, use of the petrol-driven engine, spreading misinformation and depicting gory images on the media and encouraging the wrong habits amongst others. The technology we have amounted today is nothing compared to what spiritually developed people are capable of, technologically and spiritually. Some of the ways technology can be applied to enhance spiritual development are spreading awareness using social media platforms, billboards, use of mobile apps like Bloom, a modern and convenient way to train the mind to be more spiritually aware, join or create online communities that encourage spiritual growth. Additionally, we must see to it that our leaders drop their greedy habits and focus on building a better world. Presently, world leaders are driven by materialism (described as earth’s biggest downfall) causing them to have completely corrupted mindsets. A leader’s unique goal should be the well-being of his people and not anything far from it. I say this because we are born with the power to lead, making us all leaders in various ways, and what better way to lead than by example?

This scholarship is not only about money, it is the donor’s way of creating awareness using technology, to the truth. A truth no one will reveal unless you discover it yourself, to illustrate, upon reading this book, I will continually recommend to family and friends, preaching and pushing for spiritual growth, that’s why Michel’s story is important, even if you doubt the story, what matters most is the powerful underlying message.

The citizens of Thiaoobua decided to intervene and it would be unwise to refute their teachings especially after providing us with what can be seen as a cheat code. My teacher in high school used to say, ‘even if we let students take their phones into examination halls, some students will still fail’. I say this because not everyone would pay attention to the message of this book, for those who will, let us be selfless and spiritually advanced in order to reverse the almost irreversible damage done to our planet earth. ‘To be forewarned is to be forearmed’.

I can’t wait to unlock new levels of spirituality whilst spreading the word! I am genuinely excited to begin this new and diverse journey. In the future, I look forward to partnering with this organization to spread more awareness on saving humanity (using the citizens of Thiaoobua as a medium). Lastly, I’ll leave this PEOPLE OF EARTH WE NEED TO START LIVING RIGHT!

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Runner-up of A Better World" Spirituality and Technology Advancement Scholarship for 2022