Katrina ! A different point of view

[Guest guest]

This message obviously came from someone from Self Realization

Fellowship in New Orleans --

 

 

FW: An authentic message facing those in the gulf coast.

 

Hello friends,

 

My famiy evacuated prior to the hurricane and is safe, Alex, my son,

and I stayed to care for pets that owners could not or would not

evacuate with them. The conditions have been primitive and

challenging, and then they turned very dangerous.

 

Alex and I stayed and cared for the animals (we could handle no water,

electricity, & water in the steamy summer heat) until we felt our

lives were at risk, and we were able to escape the city out the back

door as security in the Big Easy deteriorated. Physically we are both

in excellent shape as I prepared for the worst before the arrival of

Katrina.

 

As far as emotionally, I have RARELY felt so peaceful, serene, and in

in a place of unconditional love since the hurricane started bearing

down on the city. A surreal sense of calm, oneness, and caring has

overwhelmed me since this challenge has arrived in my small microcosm

of the universe. I realize that this is a sign for me that I need to

look at. My heart feels more open than it ever has!

 

This challenge is happening for a reason, and even though it may not

be apparent at this point to most the world, I KNOW that the lessons

that we are to learn from this very low vibration that has been and is

continuing to be CREATED by OUR collective consciousness will help our

evolution on this planet.

 

Don't only meditate and pray for peace in my home in New Orleans, but

BE peace and love at every moment with everyone you encounter, be

thankful for all of our blessings...especially the simple ones we

take for granted. This is one way we can raise our vibration and that

of our planet, and the ripple effects will reach New Orleans and the

gulf coast.

 

If I can be in this place of acceptance, love, and peace after losing

my home, my businesses, and and a city that I love so dearly, so can

overyone else. More than ever, this is what needed on our planet.

Total acceptance. And the knowing that we have a responsability to

change what doesn't work anymore, to change the things that were in

place that WE created that led to the currunt unrest in New Orleans,

long after Katrina was gone.

 

To me, THIS is the real issue we should be addressing. If we had not

created a situation where almost one fourth of my city's residents

live BELOW the poverty level, I know that the instability in the city

would not exist in the aftermath of a storm that only lasted a matter

of hours.

 

Until mankind addresses this deeper core issue, and until we correct

this inequity worldwide, there will be many more "cries for help",

however unacceptable, by the lower socio-economic groups of souls that

WE have created, much like we are now seeing in New Orleans. I feel

their pain, their fear, their feelings of loss and despair, and I

understand their unconscious actions for basic survival. They are not

crying out for just supplies, they are crying out for love and

acceptance from mankind.

 

How shall we respond?

 

This is a another opportunity for mankind to demonstrate and express

WHO WE REALLY ARE and to change what WE have created on this planet.

 

I am excited about this opportunity to accept what is, embrace it, and

decide WHO AM I IN RELATION TO THIS?

 

Life is full of challenges, and the universe will never fail to give

us opportunities to evolve. This is mine and I am blessed to have this

spiritual slap on the side of my head. I will make the most of this

opportunity. I hope that anyone who has been affected by the ongoing

events in my beloved hometown does the same. The consciousness of our

planet needs the compassionate, heartfelt love and light from all

souls touched by the ongoing events.

 

Please stop for 5 minutes RIGHT NOW and close your eyes, breathe

deeply, and passionately envision our leaders making choices and

decisions that will be for the highest good for all involved on the

gulf coast. We can let go and let God empower our leaders to hasten a

rapid recovery of this devastated area and pray for a major healing.

Nothing is more important at THIS moment RIGHT NOW.

 

Please forward this letter to as many people as you can, as time is

critical !

 

Take this challenge and use it to help us remember that we are all

connected on a soul level, and that love, compassion, and

understanding are the common threads that make human "kind".

 

Namaste' !

 

Scott