Guest guest Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 Hello Group, My good friend just wrote to me from Amritapuri, I wanted to share with you. Aloha, Sarah << blessings i am sure most of you know about the earth changes occuring in asia recently. i really appreciate all the emails you have sent.. as many access to email is limited now, i am writing one letter to you all... on december 26 i woke up early and did my sadhana, after this i laid down in shivasana to meditate... after a bit i started feeling a very strage sensation, at first thinking i was coming from inside my body, but then i strted to hear a loud noise and realized that the ceiling fan was swaying so much it was crashing into the ceiling...at that point i realized we were in an earth quake... ( not everyone here felt the earth quake- but my room is at the very top of the tallest building in kerala - 16 stories- so it was quite strong for those of us up top) later in the day- about noon- amma was giving darshan in the temple when i heard people saying water was coming into the ashram...apprently amma had an hour before cancelled devi bhava which was scheduled for that night saying the sea was coming- but no one understood what she meant at the time) i went outside the temple and saw tht in many places the ground was wet, but it had not rained in days... so i decided to go to the top of the building i live in and see what was going on (there a a perfect view of the coast line that stretches for hundreds of miles there) when i got up i could see that there was small flooding in many places in the local biulding- maybe a foot or two deep) and the ocean had receeded ten feet, so the chiuldren from the village were playing on a beach that was not previously there hundreds of people had moved to the roofs and balconies of the ashram buildings to see what was going on... suddenly someone sys that a really big wave coming.. .. and the everyone was sying oh no- it's huge! at that point i witnessed a giant tsunami - not a wave but a wall of water- coming crashing into the village... many people were being swept away... soon the water was covering most of the peninsula and cars and trees were being swept- although there was much panic in the air and thousands were running to get in bigger buildings, i never felt any fear- i felt completely protected by amma's grace the whole time... a group of us began to chant the mahamritunjayi mantra and the lokaha prayer for peace... at the same time amma took off her sari and threw it in the water and told the ocean to stop- at that point the wave stopped, but the damage was done... amma was then wearing her underdress and put on the clothes she uses to initiate brahamstanam temples... by this pooint we are seeing houses full submerges in water, more and more people being washed away... trying to get to the ashram since it is the highest place.. a human chain being formed to grab people from the rushing water... the water has filled the entire first stroy of all the buidings i can see in the ashram as well.. slowly the water level then begins to go down and amma is quickly going around the ashram telling everyone to leave boat... somehow within 3 hours all ten thousand people who had come for devi bhava scheduled for that night were all evacuated in tiny boats to the mainland... that too seemed like a mircle... not a single person in the ashram died- i truly know it is only amma's grace that saved us as over 100 people in the local villages were killed and many lost their stores and houses completely... we are staying at the computer institiute with clean food and clean water- a luxury many people here do not have right now... this has been such a potent expereince... seeing amma responding so fast serving thousands and thousands of refugees all over south india with food, refugee camps, clothing and medical care... there is much seva to be done, including a major cleanup at the ashram.. > it seems there are still many bodies missing, but last night amma held a > creamation for over 50 people whoes families could not afford to burn them > or > bury them... > > it is still not know when we can return to stay the ashram, which is fine, since we blessed to be in in a safe palce and amma is taking perfect care of all her children... there is a major clean up effort to disinfect everything since so much sewage washed into the ashram during the flood. > > i am constanaly reminded of her words during this expereince.. amma is almost > > daily telling us to be like a bird on a dry twig which can break at any > moment- > always ready to take flight.. > > also, amma often says that for her devotees we only have to expereince one > percent of our karma- she takes 99% for those who are devoted to awakening > and > are serving selflessly... that means that we just expereinced only one > perecnt > of the potential!!! here in amritapuri we were very very far from the > epicenter- and other parts of inidia and asia had much worse devistation...it > > was so obvious that we were protected in the wings of love as the disaster > shook > our mother earth... claiming so many lives > > amma has spoken so much in the last year about the earth changes and > challenges > coming in the year 2005... from what i hear there is an espcially dark > period > astrogolically which is one month before and after the eclipse on april 8th... escecially > in > america... of course, this is simply an awareness- not a reason for fear!!!! > during the time of the flooding many people were watching from above with > great > fear- and it was more obvious than ever to me that it is crucial that we do not > have > fear at this time... instead in the face of changes, disasters... we must > have > FAITH!!! all these earth changes have been a long time coming... and are a > powerful reflection of what humans are doing to the earth... please trust > that > EVERYTHING IS IN PERFECTION > > this life is so fragile, so precious... at any moment it can all disappear.. > DONT > WASTE A SECOND IN DOUBT OR FEAR... > > PLEASE PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF ALL BEINGS AND > FOR THE END OF SUFFERING EVERY DAY! > > this is such powerful and blessed time on the earth... > > PLEASE PRAY FOR PEACE EVERY DAY! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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