Dear Aikya,

I went to the file you posted (I didn't know you are a reverend) and read
the whole thing. What a gift to be part of such an experience. I can only
imagine what it must have felt like to the chaplains to sing together for the
first time ... and all the music treasures they were given. Oh, I am so glad
that
the M.A. Center (that's who sends them, isn't it?) is so forthcoming with
CDs and booklets for things like this. Also, I believe, it will make the
chaplains who attended more receptive if COLI letter writing starts to come to
their prisoners. I also went to Charlie Thweatt's site and listened to some of
his music. So beautiful, so any who'd like to listen (it's kind of an angel
thing), here is the link: _http://www.musicangel.com/_
(http://www.musicangel.com/) Thank you for telling us of this and sharing
Shannon's Letter, and for
doing what you do. Jai Ma ~ Linda

Aikya wrote:

>> I just posted a file here entitled CDs -4-CA-Chaplains[1].pdf
>> It is a beautiful thank you letter from Shannon Friediani of The
>> Voices of Angels Foundation in Freedom, California. At Shannon's
>> request, for an interfaith music workshop she was presenting at the
>> annual conference of the California prison chaplains, Circle of Love
>> Inside donated 75 Amma CDs and 75 copes of the booklet "Who Is Amma?" -
>> - a copy for each attending California prison chaplain...








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Aikya wrote:

>> ...The whole thing was entirely engineering by Amma. I didn't know
>> ...Shannon Friediani from The Voices of Angels Foundation. I just thought
>> how cool it would be to send all the prison chaplains in California "Who
Is Amma?"
>> and a music CD. Shannon's intention and skill really made the gift, as
>> she said, an oasis for the chaplains...

Dear Aikya ~ Okay, you made me look : ) I had to check out The Voices of
Angels website, and it was well worth visit. I was somewhat astonished to see
that the underlying mission is the use of "Inspired Arts" (music, art, etc.)
for healing on all levels. Shannon has realized a dream I had many years ago
of starting a Center for Transformational Arts...
with essentially the same goals. I was also a bit surprised, though I'm not
sure why, to find out that the site was interfaith. It looks like the site,
and perhaps the program, is still in a formative stage, but the intentions
written are magnificent. Here is a little snippet that I especially liked from
the "Newsletter" (by Shannon).



"The way of peace is a choice available to anyone and is supported by all
faiths. Peace is implemented through daily practices of prayer (power of
intention), meditation (silence enhancing the ability to see things as they are)
and developing awareness of ultimate reality and ones true purpose. These reduce
ones reactivity and emotional indulgence and teach one how to meet a
disturbance without being a disturbance and how to redirect ones mental
faculties to
co-creating a world of peace." This really hit home with me, especially as I
had just been thinking along these lines this morning...amazing how
synchronicities work.

Thank you for sharing COLI's contribution to this wonderful gathering and
also for letting us know about Shannon and her work. Jai Ma ~ Linda


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I love that quote from Shannon's newsletter. To reduce one's
reactivity and emotional indulgence and teach one how to meet a
disturbance without being a disturbance. Wow! That sounds like Swami
Satyananda's teachings on prarabda karma. To meet the karma without
sending off another arrow.


On Feb 8, 2006, at 1:27 PM, nierika@... wrote:

>
> Aikya wrote:
>
> >> ...The whole thing was entirely engineering by Amma.Â. IÂ. didn't
> know
> >> ...Shannon Friediani from The Voices of AngelsÂ. Foundation. I just
> thought
> >> how cool it would be to send all the prison chaplains inÂ.
> California "Who
> Is Amma?"
> >> and a music CD.Â. Shannon's intention and skill really madeÂ. the
> gift, as
> >> she said, an oasis for the chaplains...
>
> Dear Aikya ~ Okay, you made me lookÂ. :Â. )Â. I had to checkÂ. out The
> Voices of
> Angels website, and it was well worth visit. I was somewhatÂ.
> astonished to see
> that the underlying mission is the use of "Inspired Arts"Â. (music,
> art, etc.)
> for healing on all levels. Shannon has realized a dream I hadÂ. many
> years ago
> of starting a Center for Transformational Arts...
> with essentially the same goals. I was also a bit surprised, thoughÂ.
> I'm not
> sure why, to find out that the site was interfaith. ItÂ. looks like
> the site,
> and perhaps the program, is still in a formativeÂ. stage, but the
> intentions
> written are magnificent. Here is a littleÂ. snippet that I especially
> liked from
> the "Newsletter"Â. (by Shannon).
>
>
>
> "The way of peace is a choice available to anyone and is supported by
> allÂ.
> faiths. Peace is implemented through daily practices of prayer (power
> ofÂ.
> intention), meditation (silence enhancing the ability to see things
> as they are)Â.
> and developing awareness of ultimate reality and ones true purpose.
> These reduce
> ones reactivity and emotional indulgence and teach one how to meet a
> disturbanceÂ. without being a disturbance and how to redirect ones
> mental faculties to
> co-creating a world of peace." This really hit home with me,
> especially as I
> hadÂ. just been thinking along these lines this morning...amazing how
> synchronicitiesÂ. work.
>
> Thank you for sharing COLI's contribution to this wonderful gathering
> andÂ.
> also for letting us know about Shannon and her work. Jai Ma ~Â. Linda
>
>
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