To Temba on Bush, Arjuna and God

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temba wrote:

 

....like it or not,we are one with GEORGE BUSH,he is our

brother.not as an ameirican but as a fellow human being.if AMMA SAW HIM,HER

HUG FOR HIM WOULD BE JUST AS WARM AS HER HUGS ARE FOR US.!SO YES LOVE IS ALL

WE NEED and through AMMAs grace we do experience it in our hearts but how

expanded is our awareness of it? love you.

 

 

 

Dear temba and All,

 

Now that is a truly scary thought, though I agree with it ~ yes we are one

with George, and he is our brother, and surely Amma would hug him just as

warmly. I'm not sure I can go so far as to compare what he is doing with

Arjuna's

dilemma in the Bhagavad Gita. After all, Arjuna was agonizing over the

prospect of killing, and had to be persuaded by Krishna that this, at that

moment,

was his dharma. (And, as you mentioned, to an extent this story was symbolic

of the battlefield of Life, just as the Chandi is, with its horrific and

gruesomely described battle, to some extent symbolic of our turning to the

Goddess for help in overcoming negative thoughts.)

 

I am not sure George agonized about all the killing that would and has

resulted as an outcome of the invasion of Afganistan and Iraq. My feeling, and

it

is not mine alone, was that he was just waiting for an excuse, and 9/11 gave

it to him. Also, it is still troubling that a leader, any leader, or a group,

any group, would use the word of God as a justification for killing. Believe

me, in most, if not all cases, these people, be they leaders or groups, are

not thinking about Arjuna's dilemma. And now over 3 times more Iraqis have

died than those who were killed in the Trade Center attack (and please know I

am not in any way minimizing that), not to mention thousands of Americans.

 

On the other hand, I do recall Amma expressing sorrow for the terrorist

attack in Bagdhad that occurred on a bridge and resulted in many deaths.

 

At one point, I added to the prayer list the following: For all the leaders

in the world at all levels that their hearts be opened to God's Love,

Compassion & Guidance. Perhaps we could just consider George to be part of this

group, which, of course, he is, and not single him out. What do you folks in

the

group think? Blessings all ~ Linda