These posts below and other events had me thinking about the inter-
connectedness of the universe in a much more experiential manner
than before.

Think of the hypothetical situation that can happen because of the
Katrina devasatation.

Gas prices in ATL, I heard, went as high as $6/gallon yesterday. The
refineries in Mississipi ain't gonna fix up so soon, so consider the
spike in gas prices to be there for a fairly long-term. what else
can happen?
1. Car pooling will become more common.
2. Working from home will be pushed for and may become a reality.
3. Automobile demand may come down.
4. Auto-ancillaries industries (like tires, an industry in which I
am working) may see a reduction in demand.
5. Transportation costs may go up. Which automatically mean ALL
COMMODITIES will see a rise in prices.
6. Service industry (like computers, the REAL industry in which I am
working) will likely slump because core manufacturing industries
will reduce spending in new devlopment projects.
7. Public transportation may become more popular.
8. The face of America may change, literally. Most suburbs may get a
city-like feel with the surge of public transportation.
(you fill in the rest)

International Impact
1. US may reduce the import of crude oil, which can create a supply-
choke situation in the OPEC leading to slump in oil production.
2. Layoff of domestic and foreign workers. Social unrest.
3. Which leads to economic recession in the OPEC.
(you fill in the rest).


An event in Louisiana could potentially impact so many other places,
peoples, activities, lifestyles etc.


It is said in the Bhagavad Gita and the Chandi that there is a
Kilakam, the central support (or pin) of the entire existence, in
the form of a pin. Remove it and the whole universe collapses! Find
it and you find the source of all life.

Katrina could be nature's way of showing us all a hint of the
underlying kilakam that we are all connected to.

Indeed if we are so interconnected, Who then is praying to whom? and
for whom?

When I see a glimpse of interconnectedness as offered above, I
realize then (dimly yet but convinced nevertheless) that I am
praying to myself, to save myself.

That my prayers should be granted to me by me, is my humble prayer.

Jai Ma!



--- In Ammachi (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com, "ecjensen_us" <ecjensen_us@y...>
wrote:
> OM NAMAH SIVAYA
>
> its funny you post on this as i was just thinking about this. to
me
> this is where Amma's words about having faith help me. i
personally
> think it is not possible to explain or understand that which is
> unlimited(Divine Mother) with our limited capacity(or mine
anyway).
> Muktimaa once wrote, "words are at BEST a mere reflection of
> Truth." Truth, Ma, Energy is the One. it is the essence of the
> many. just as lemons are the essence of lemonade. grapes are the
> essence of wine. but lemonade is not the same as lemons. and
wine
> is not the same as grapes. they have other ingredients as well.
to
> me in the same way the energy of God is our essence but we have
> other ingredients, namely the mind and the ego (that i know for
sure
> as i am long on both.) so for me when i pray it is really
> my "other" praying to my essence. prayer must be something because
> if it wasn't it would be nothing. prayer IS more than nothing.
and
> once i know it's something all i can do is have faith as Amma says.
>
> JAI MA
>
> --- In Ammachi (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com, GeorgeSon <leokomor@y...> wrote:
> > Dear One(s):
> >
> > Much of the collective energy of this List based Satsang is
> directed toward praying.
> >
> > In Advaita Vedanta it is contended that the one unit is
appearing
> as the many.
> >
> > Amma says in the Deccan Herald (a Bangalore Newspaper) Sunday
May
> 1, 2005)
> >
> > " "I don't think of myself as doing things for people, I am not
> separate, I am like the limbs of the body, if I come to the aid of
> the unfortunate, it's really like one hand caressing the other
when
> it hurts. I teach my children to be prepared to do anything."
> >
> > So when we pray to Amma to stop a hurricane who is praying to
> whom? How is She different from the wind, rain and the victims on
> the ground. How is the Divine Mother separate from even a virus
> like West Nile? We in our ignorant condition feel that we are
down
> here and She is up there. The deluded ones (myself very much
> included) cry for help. Who is crying to whom?
> >
> > With Love,
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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