To Aikya about Amma, Religious Harmony & CA Prison Chaplains

[Guest guest]

Dear Aikya,

 

I went to the file you posted (I didn't know you are a reverend) and read

the whole thing. What a gift to be part of such an experience. I can only

imagine what it must have felt like to the chaplains to sing together for the

first time ... and all the music treasures they were given. Oh, I am so glad

that

the M.A. Center (that's who sends them, isn't it?) is so forthcoming with

CDs and booklets for things like this. Also, I believe, it will make the

chaplains who attended more receptive if COLI letter writing starts to come to

their prisoners. I also went to Charlie Thweatt's site and listened to some of

his music. So beautiful, so any who'd like to listen (it's kind of an angel

thing), here is the link: _http://www.musicangel.com/_

(http://www.musicangel.com/) Thank you for telling us of this and sharing

Shannon's Letter, and for

doing what you do. Jai Ma ~ Linda

 

Aikya wrote:

 

>> I just posted a file here entitled CDs -4-CA-Chaplains[1].pdf

>> It is a beautiful thank you letter from Shannon Friediani of The

>> Voices of Angels Foundation in Freedom, California. At Shannon's

>> request, for an interfaith music workshop she was presenting at the

>> annual conference of the California prison chaplains, Circle of Love

>> Inside donated 75 Amma CDs and 75 copes of the booklet "Who Is Amma?" -

>> - a copy for each attending California prison chaplain...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Aikya wrote:

 

>> ...The whole thing was entirely engineering by Amma. I didn't know

>> ...Shannon Friediani from The Voices of Angels Foundation. I just thought

>> how cool it would be to send all the prison chaplains in California "Who

Is Amma?"

>> and a music CD. Shannon's intention and skill really made the gift, as

>> she said, an oasis for the chaplains...

 

Dear Aikya ~ Okay, you made me look : ) I had to check out The Voices of

Angels website, and it was well worth visit. I was somewhat astonished to see

that the underlying mission is the use of "Inspired Arts" (music, art, etc.)

for healing on all levels. Shannon has realized a dream I had many years ago

of starting a Center for Transformational Arts...

with essentially the same goals. I was also a bit surprised, though I'm not

sure why, to find out that the site was interfaith. It looks like the site,

and perhaps the program, is still in a formative stage, but the intentions

written are magnificent. Here is a little snippet that I especially liked from

the "Newsletter" (by Shannon).

 

 

 

"The way of peace is a choice available to anyone and is supported by all

faiths. Peace is implemented through daily practices of prayer (power of

intention), meditation (silence enhancing the ability to see things as they are)

and developing awareness of ultimate reality and ones true purpose. These reduce

ones reactivity and emotional indulgence and teach one how to meet a

disturbance without being a disturbance and how to redirect ones mental

faculties to

co-creating a world of peace." This really hit home with me, especially as I

had just been thinking along these lines this morning...amazing how

synchronicities work.

 

Thank you for sharing COLI's contribution to this wonderful gathering and

also for letting us know about Shannon and her work. Jai Ma ~ Linda

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I love that quote from Shannon's newsletter. To reduce one's

reactivity and emotional indulgence and teach one how to meet a

disturbance without being a disturbance. Wow! That sounds like Swami

Satyananda's teachings on prarabda karma. To meet the karma without

sending off another arrow.

 

 

On Feb 8, 2006, at 1:27 PM, nierika wrote:

 

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> Aikya wrote:

>

> >> ...The whole thing was entirely engineering by Amma.  I  didn't

> know

> >> ...Shannon Friediani from The Voices of Angels  Foundation. I just

> thought

> >> how cool it would be to send all the prison chaplains in 

> California "Who

> Is Amma?"

> >> and a music CD.  Shannon's intention and skill really made  the

> gift, as

> >> she said, an oasis for the chaplains...

>

> Dear Aikya ~ Okay, you made me look  :  )  I had to check  out The

> Voices of

> Angels website, and it was well worth visit. I was somewhat 

> astonished to see

> that the underlying mission is the use of "Inspired Arts"  (music,

> art, etc.)

> for healing on all levels. Shannon has realized a dream I had  many

> years ago

> of starting a Center for Transformational Arts...

> with essentially the same goals. I was also a bit surprised, though 

> I'm not

> sure why, to find out that the site was interfaith. It  looks like

> the site,

> and perhaps the program, is still in a formative  stage, but the

> intentions

> written are magnificent. Here is a little  snippet that I especially

> liked from

> the "Newsletter"  (by Shannon).

>

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>

> "The way of peace is a choice available to anyone and is supported by

> all 

> faiths. Peace is implemented through daily practices of prayer (power

> of 

> intention), meditation (silence enhancing the ability to see things

> as they are) 

> and developing awareness of ultimate reality and ones true purpose.

> These reduce

> ones reactivity and emotional indulgence and teach one how to meet a

> disturbance  without being a disturbance and how to redirect ones

> mental faculties to

> co-creating a world of peace." This really hit home with me,

> especially as I

> had  just been thinking along these lines this morning...amazing how

> synchronicities  work.

>

> Thank you for sharing COLI's contribution to this wonderful gathering

> and 

> also for letting us know about Shannon and her work. Jai Ma ~  Linda

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