The flow of the world: was this decided to happen?

Thank you for your question.
There are times when I feel that way too. For example, I saw the news that mountains of eucalyptus burned without permission in Australia and many koalas were burned to death, isn't this just eucalyptus cultivating koalas? I thought so.
There was originally no oxygen on Earth, but when plants began to produce oxygen, various animals were born. Plants used animals to expand their breeding range. I thought animals were just being used in a way that was good for plants.
Maybe humans are just being used by plants and nature after all. Increased carbon dioxide is good for plants. (Nonetheless, it seems that if carbon dioxide increases too much, plants will also lose their efficiency in photosynthesis.)
Personal power is a small thing. However, just as the letter from an American girl was one of the reasons that stopped the Cold War between America and the Soviet Union, I don't think even small things are useless.
The same is what I answered in Hasunoha. Just because you answered doesn't mean the world will change.
I think the Buddha saw through everything and still taught him, “Let's do good things without doing bad things.”
Let's do what we can.

Yes. Your story is an important question, isn't it?

As the world has rapidly changed due to advances in science, while life has become overwhelmingly convenient, it may also be easier to lose sight of comfort and happiness in the heart.

Due to advanced chemical technology, while it has become a “powerful shield to minimize damage” from wars and disasters, I think it has also become a “sharp spear that magnifies the scale and threat.”

Prioritize profit and economic growth, and even though tools evolve, human instincts (brains) have not evolved. “Human foolishness” causes emotions to run wild in a current situation where things don't go as expected, and they don't even notice that they hurt people around them or themselves.
Humans are creatures that forget their own ugliness and the lessons of past horrible wars and disasters over time.

Buddhism is about looking deeply at that “human foolishness (affliction)” and listening to the Buddha's will, who continues to evoke in order to escape human suffering that does not change even as science progresses.

How are you going to receive news from around the world?
If you don't look at it without “me,” but think that they are questioning life, the way you live may also change.

I read it.
I think it's reasonable for you to think so. I understand that you are concerned.
I think the current world is in the current state due to our human foolishness and desires.
We need to learn about past history, take it seriously, and live properly.
It is necessary to abandon foolish devours, never fight, and live with respect and gratitude for everything.
If we don't do that, we won't have a tomorrow.
The Buddha, God, and our ancestors watch over us with a heart of compassion.
I sincerely pray for your ancestors, God Buddha so that you can continue to keep good thoughts, words, and actions every day, respect each other with respect and gratitude, and live a healthy and rich life from the bottom of your heart. We wholeheartedly agree

Thank you Ojarumaru for bringing important questions to Hasunoha after a long time. I personally strongly sympathize with your heart when you write that you don't want to let go of thinking about solutions and reaching out to people who are suffering, even though they have a sense of helplessness that intensifies every time you watch the news. It was very reassuring.

The first thing I want to tell you is that feeling of being “being pulled” is not out of place. Buddhism has looked at greed, anger, and stupidity (greed) not as individual personality issues, but as deep-seated and hard-to-break traits that all human beings possess. Shinran Shonin called all humans, including himself, “troubled and grumpy.” I accepted that Ojarumaru's intuition of being “being pulled” overlaps with this view of humanity in a deep place.

So what do we do? It's not a story about “fate has already been decided, so it can't be helped.” What Buddhism has been preaching for 2,500 years is not a theory of fate, but “luck = the birth of cause and effect.” The current state of the world is the result of countless choices made by countless people piling up (for each person's work, the work created together in this way is called “collaborative work” in Buddhism), and it is not a script decided unilaterally from outside. Because it was created through accumulation, one choice at this moment also adds something new to the flow so far. Ojarumaru's own conviction on a personal level that “you can let go of unnecessary greed” can be a drop that certainly works on the big trend of collaboration, even if it seems small.

Also, it is Amida Nyorai who delivers the work of wisdom and mercy to us, saying “we will never abandon them.” You cannot change the current state of the world all at once by yourself. However, while having that wish, they look at their troubled self and become involved with their loved ones. I think this is what it is like for me to live without despair in the midst of worries swirling around.

You're not alone. Both Amida Nyorai and the monks of Hasunoha are cheering for you. Gassho