Sustainability
(the sacred number 108)
by E. Alan Meece (Eric Meece)
My essays for UU Band of Writers, UUFLG
Dec.13, 2025
prompt: sustainability
It’s One-0-Eight (on my watch), and that is the number of sustainability. Now, why do you say that, Eric? I hear you cry.
Well, 108 is a sacred Hindu number. Like Ross says, sustainability is a cultural thing. And 108 represents everything divine, which sustains everything.
The Hindu alphabet has 108 letters. And (therefore) when they write, they make ideas and activities sustainable. The Hindu/Buddhist temple in Cambodia, Angkor Wat, has 108 towers , representing the 108 gods and goddesses that sustain everything. The city nearby, Angkor Tom, has entrances lined with 108 angels and demons, 54 each, which represent the cycles of life There are 108 energy lines that converge at the heart chakra, which sustains each of us. There are 12 zodiac signs times 9 planets, representing the cosmos that sustains us. The proportions of the size and distances of the Sun, Moon and Earth are at, or close to, numbers related to 108.