Guest guest Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 Namah Shivaya, Dear Linda: Linda wrote "Amma is not a fortune teller. She gives us Her knowledge in the moment, but through Her encouragement of sadhana, and through other forces over which we have little control, like planetary conjunctions, some things She says may or may not come true. I like to think that having so many people praying for weeks and weeks, with the December 26 "dark clouds" on the prayer list, and probably many others praying as well" IT IS PERHAPS IMPRUDENT OF ME TO SPECULATE ON THE WAYS OF THE DIVINE. FROM A COSMIC VIEWPOINT THERE IS A THEORY OF COLLECTIVE KARMA. FOR EXAMPLE HOW WERE THE VICTIMS OF THE TSUNAMI LINKED KARMICALLY? WERE THE COAL MINERS SOULS LINKED FOR A SAME DAY DEPARTURE FROM THE BODY? GODS COSMIC DESIGN IS NOT EASILY KNOWABLE IN SUCH CASES. LINDA, YOU ARE ASTUTE IN MENTIONING THAT THE COLLECTIVE PRAYERS OF SPIRITUAL SEEKERS FROM ALL TRADITIONS MAY HAVE CAUSED 'THE HIGHER POWER' TO CHANGE THE FATE OF 12/26/05. (THOUGH I STILL CONTEND AMMA NEVER MADE THE RUMORED PREDICTION) I WILL PROCEED FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS DISCUSSION. GOD CAN CHANGE THE COURSE OF AN EVENT ON HER OWN WHIM. WHO TELLS DURGA SHE CANNOT? NEVERTHELESS I FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE IN YOUR PREMISE. THE TAPAS AND PRAYERS OF SPIRITUAL SEEKERS MAY AVERT CATASTROPHE. CAN I INSERT A QUOTE FROM AMMA WHICH GIVES YOUR THEORY CREEDENCE? Amma said on Page 129 OF "For My Children" "The fruit of any action can be countered by another action. If a stone is thrown upwards, can't it be caught before it falls to the ground? In the same way, the result of any action can be changed in its course. There is no need to grieve and brood over fate. A horoscope can be altered by God's resolve. One may havea strong probability of marriage in one's horoscope, but if one does sadhana and keeps satsang from an early age, the prospect in the horoscope will change. Even in the epics there are examples of this." SO LINDAJI, I AM TAKING SOME LICENCE HERE. THE CONTEXT OF THE QUOTE PORTRAYS THE ALTERATION OF KARMA FOR THE INDIVIDUAL SOUL. THE QUOTE ABOVE IS HEARTENING FOR THOSE WHO 'MADE MISTAKES IN PAST LIVES". I CONJECT THAT WHAT HAPPENS MICROSCOPICALLY CAN BE ENLARGED MACROSCOPICALLY. THE SOUL IS ONE. COLLECTIVE SOUL IS ONE. WE HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL MIND AND THERE IS A UNIVERSAL MIND TOO. IN PLAIN ENGLISH WITHOUT FANCY WORDS (YUCK ON ME) WE ARE ALL IN THIS DREAM TOGETHER SOMEHOW. OUR COLLECTIVE INTENTION (SANKALPA) CAN ALTER FATE. THANK YOU FOR KEEPING THE PRAYER LIST OPERATIONAL. With Love, George ________ DSL – Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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