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“A Crime Against Humanity:” How Sacred is the Air We Take For Granted? By Matthew Fox 3/10/2026 |
We woke up this morning to the horror of poisonous smoke engulfing Tehran, a city of 10 million persons. Netanyahu, always buttressed by the current American president in spite of his record of genocide in Gaza, chose to bomb oil depots in Iran.
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The Guardian—a media source I highly recommend in contrast to the sick-billionaire owned media of the United States I criticized in yesterday’s DM—described the scene this way: Thick black smoke was still rising in the sky, soot covered the streets and cars, balconies filled with black gunk and the toxic air had filled the lungs as Tehran woke up after a night of airstrikes on the city’s oil depots on Sunday. |
@NBCNews reports apocalyptic scenes in Tehran and attacks on government buildings
in Kuwait as the illegal war continues into its second week. |
People described the situation in their homes and on the streets, some calling it ‘apocalyptic’. With the sun blotted out, disoriented people in Iran’s capital had to turn on their lights to see through the gloom.* Does this not stir every atom in our bodies to rise up against the evil
regimes in Washington and Israel that are pouring acid rain onto fellow human beings? The people of Iran are coughing for their lives today because our country, with the largest military in the world, is now supporting a country that deliberately bombs oil depots and spreads fear, death, and literal
darkness. One citizen of Tehran, an activist and former political prisoner, said, “This is truly a crime against humanity.” What does creation spirituality say about air, healthy air?
That it is a miracle of existence, as our existence itself is a miracle. So much has to go right for the air on Earth to be so finely tuned that humans and the other species we share the world with can live and flourish. |
Spirit dance: Dyptik Company/France Dans L’engrenage, performing in Ramallah Contemporary Dance Festival – Sareyyet Ramallah/Palestine. Photo by Ahmad Ohdeh on Unsplash | Air is sacred. Period. An original blessing. We cannot take it for granted. That is why so many religious traditions teach us to practice breathing—the most basic of survival mechanisms—as a spiritual practice. To learn to say
“Thank You” for the air. |
That is why the sacred scriptures identify spirit with breath. As do many spiritual traditions in the world. In Africa, words for spirit, air, and dance are identical. There is no dancing in Tehran today. And there won’t be for many days and months. “Authorities warned of toxic acid rain, and many residents woke up with pain in their throats and eyes burning.” Tehran residents say their government cannot be counted on to help them in any way—they are on their own. We are told the streets of Tehran are filled with many cats. The cats won’t be lasting long in
Tehran either. “Do unto others as you would like them to do unto you.” Now Iran is threatening to send its missiles into oil depots in neighboring countries where America and Israel have backers. |
America is out front with its sick ally and war criminal, Mr. Netanyahu, in this crime against humanity and against all life on earth. The response from the American president is that he is worried that this strike will raise the price of gasoline even more. |
The US/Israel war against Iran is escalating, with Iranian attacks against Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, as well as cluster bomb strikes in Israel. Scripps News |
There are things more evil than the doubling of oil prices being brought about by this Netanyahu/Trump/Hegseth War. There is the poisoning of holy air that kills people just as surely as the rising of the seas and the disappearance of clean water (which will also be affected by the bombing of oil depots). Regime change? Yes, it’s time for that. In Tehran, in Jerusalem, and in Washington. It can’t come soon enough. |
Queries for Contemplation How sick are you of the folly of the Iran war and its evil consequences? How
caring are you for Iranians who have the same right to breathe healthy air as we do and all creatures on earth do? What can we do about this unholy war? |
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