Group Karma

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Hari Om _/\_

 

 

 

By Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami

 

>From the Hindu point of view, our soul is eternal and through its many lives on

Earth undergoes a variety of experiences, many joyful others sorrowful, but

benefits spiritually from all experience, whether seemingly good or bad.

Gurudeva, Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, boldly proclaimed that everything is as it

should be, including the occurrence of major disasters: "When a large group of

people pass on to the inner world, drop off their physical body unexpectedly

through a natural disaster, it is called a group karma. They were all born to

have this experience at the same time in togetherness."

 

It is natural when confronting such a disaster for those with strong faith to

step back from life's daily routine and look more deeply at themselves to see if

there are changes they could make to add deeper meaning to their life. The

physical and psychic power of this tsunami offers such thoughtful people an

opportunity to examine and change their own lives, for life-changing moments are

rare and are often provoked by something bigger than us.

 

Perhaps there are changes you have been considering for years but always end up

putting off. Now is the time to implement them. Perhaps there are new patterns

of life, new habits, new commitments that can take root at this rare moment in

our personal and global history. Perhaps our love for family members needs to be

verbalized more often. Now is the moment to begin. Perhaps we have plans to

improve our community. Now is the time to set these plans in motion. Perhaps we

always wanted to deepen our spiritual efforts and expand our charitable work.

Now is the time to make such ideals real. In all these ways, we can take the

energy surrounding this catastrophe and transmute it into something that

benefits our lives and our community, rather than diminishes them. As Gurudeva

would often say, "It matters less what happens to you in life than how you react

to all that happens."

 

Though small when compared to Tsunami 2004, our experience of hurricane Iniki in

1992 brought much devastation to our island community of Kauai. It was a

challenging and often life-changing experience for island residents. Many had to

endure the loss of their homes, and parts of the island were without electricity

for up to ten weeks. In the aftermath, one of the consequences was a closer

working together of island residents, a pulling together to meet an urgent

common need. Kauai has a wealth of ethnic diversities -- Japanese, Filipino,

Polynesian, Chinese, Portugese, newcomers from the mainland, Thais and, of

course, a small Hindu community. During normal life, members of these ethnic

groups keep to themselves a good deal. However, the need to rebuild the island

after the hurricane brought them closer together, had them shoulder to shoulder

as they rebuilt their lives and returned to normalcy. Fortunately, much of this

greater closeness and cooperation has remained in place in the

years since, even 12 years later.

 

Perhaps Tsunami 2004 will impact countries in Asia in a similar way, causing the

factions in the countries that have civil wars -- Sri Lanka and Indonesia -- to

soften their demands and seek greater compromise. For in times of major crisis,

and the consequent struggle for survival, naturally the oneness of humanity

comes to the forefront of consciousness and the differences caused by ethnic and

religious identity fade into the background. At such moments, the truth that

there is ultimately only one race, the human race, seems the right perspective

to hold.

 

 

 

Om Tat Sat

 

Padma

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michael Papas papas <padmanlotus wrote:

 

Hari Om To All _/\_

 

It Come to me Yestarday so i add this to the Groop

I'm stiil waiting to received more answers.

I thank Swami Yogani.

Below is also his website which is very interested, I like it _/\_

 

Om Tat Sat

 

Padma

 

 

Hello:

 

Thank you for writing and sharing.

 

There is karmic meaning in all events, for all events are based on cause and

effect. It is beneficial to delve into the physical causes and effects, so as to

provide measures to minimize the physical effects of future disasters. But I

don't think it is very productive to delve into the details of the human karma

involved.

 

The spiritual message of the Tsunami disaster is simple: Spiritual values are

more important than material ones. The material life (our physical life) can

disappear in an instant, and at any rate is destined to go sooner or later.

Spiritual progress does not disappear. Additionally, spiritual progress in this

life gives us the benefit of ongoing joy and equanimity, even as physical death

awaits us. That is life worth living, no matter how or when it ends. With daily

spiritual practices, we can change our perception and point of view in the here

and now, and live a life in fullness. Once we have cultivated that deep within

our nervous system, there is no disaster that can take it from us.

 

I wish you all success on your chosen spiritual path. Enjoy!

 

The guru is in you.

 

Yogani

 

http://www.geocities.com/advancedyogapractices

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

nama siva wrote:

 

Padma,

I have really misunderstood about group karma

Iam waiting for ur enlightening

namasivayam

--- Michael Papas papas

wrote:

 

>

> nama siva : I don't thing we are talking the same

> thing, maybe you have misunderstood what I wrote

> previously. and lets not play a game here with

> words.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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