please join in chanting Lokaha today

Dearest sisters and brothers,

The tragedy and devastation of hurricane Katrina
increases with each passing day.

I just read this AP report:
NEW ORLEANS - Fights and trash fires broke out at the
hot and stinking Superdome and anger and unrest
mounted across New Orleans on Thursday, as National
Guardsmen in armored vehicles poured in to help
restore order across the increasingly lawless and
desperate city. "We are out here like pure animals. We
don't have help," the Rev. Issac Clark, 68, said
outside the New Orleans Convention Center, where
corpses lay in the open and evacuees complained that
they were dropped off and given nothing.

Please join me in saying extra prayers for peace
today.*** Amma says that when we pray together, the
effect of the prayer is magnified.***

Let us chant "Lokaha" once at the beginning of each
hour, silently or aloud, wherever we are today.

Also, let's chant "Lokaha" for ten minutes tonight,
beginning at 7pm Central Standard Time.

I’ll close by sharing two very powerful and relevant
quotes, the first being the “thought of the moment” on
the amritapuri.org website.

"Today, the need for prayer and spiritual practices is
greater than ever before."
—Amma

PRAYER IS NOT AN OLD WOMAN'S IDLE AMUSEMENT. PROPERLY
UNDERSTOOD AND APPLIED, IT IS THE MOST POTENT
INSTRUMENT OF ACTION.
---Mahatma Gandhi

Thank you for your willingness to help in this way. I
love and treasure you all --
Amala

LOKAHA SAMASTAHA SUKHINO BHAVANTU
LOKAHA SAMASTAHA SUKHINO BHAVANTU
LOKAHA SAMASTAHA SUKHINO BHAVANTU
OM SHANTI, SHANTI, SHANTI
OM SRI GURU BYODH NAMAHA HARI OM
May all the beings in all the worlds be peaceful and
happy.


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