Post 911 weirdness

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I'm having more hassles shipping into Canada than before 9/11

 

In a message dated 11/25/2002 1:14:28 PM Central Standard Time,

karisprowl writes:

 

 

> I just got a package from India. The postal carrier knocked on the

> door, and asked me to sign for it.

>

> "Is this package from Japan?" he asked.

>

> (Right! New Delhi, Japan. Why is it more disconcerting when USPS

> doesn't know geography?)

>

> "No, the package is from India."

>

> "Well, I have to take the mailing label, so I can prove it isn't from

> terrorists," he said.

>

> "Terrorists? The folks who sent me the package don't even eat meat!"

>

> I hope we aren't going to do the paranoia thing with ALL foreigners.

> BRRRH!

>

>

 

 

 

 

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I was at a bar playing pool and some drunk guy kept on bumping into me, as he

left he ran into me again and wispered, later Osama Bin Laden. I just laughed at

him as he walked away though. He probably expected me to try and smack him. Some

people still seem to have the "they all look alike" attitude.

karisprowl <karisprowl wrote: I just got a package from India.

The postal carrier knocked on the

door, and asked me to sign for it.

 

"Is this package from Japan?" he asked.

 

(Right! New Delhi, Japan. Why is it more disconcerting when USPS

doesn't know geography?)

 

"No, the package is from India."

 

"Well, I have to take the mailing label, so I can prove it isn't from

terrorists," he said.

 

"Terrorists? The folks who sent me the package don't even eat meat!"

 

I hope we aren't going to do the paranoia thing with ALL foreigners.

BRRRH!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Wow, what a drag..Kamalji.

It never occured to me that Indo - Americans would be getting the same

repercussions from ignorant prejudice..but yes "they all look alike

syndrome".

 

Good for you for not playing into that darkness. Just saw a news headline

that violence to Muslim people living in USA was up 1600% ..That's not a

typo.

 

Mr. Kirk..you were saying about Kali Yuga??

 

There is much that we can do to help alleviate this madness, simply by doing

our individual spiritual practices and wearing rudraksha and trying to

maintatin the attitiude of being in a sacred space where ever we are.

 

Mentioned something the other day how the rudrakshas are like tuning forks

for us to come into harmony with the Divine. The more we inter into that

alignment so we can become "tuning forks" for others who are..how shall we

say singing a few sour notes ? :-)

 

Glad there were no physical threats, Kamalji :-)

 

Namaste

Kanti

 

 

 

In a message dated 11/25/2002 5:59:17 PM Central Standard Time,

one_kamal writes:

 

 

> I was at a bar playing pool and some drunk guy kept on bumping into me, as

> he left he ran into me again and wispered, later Osama Bin Laden. I just

> laughed at him as he walked away though. He probably expected me to try and

> smack him. Some people still seem to have the "they all look alike"

> attitude.

>

 

 

 

 

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Dear Kamalji

 

yes Ignorance is rampant in this age and you did exactly the right thing

 

Although sometimes we are not in a position to walk away it is always best to

try and walk away as a first choice

 

By decideing to walk away from a set up confrontation that you were presented

with......... you are the one who maintained control of the situation so that it

did not escalate........... you deliberately prevented others from controlling

or manipulateing you for their personal gain

 

Commendable action My Friend

 

Thanks for shareing this with us

 

DharmaDev

kamal patel <one_kamal

<>

Monday, November 25, 2002 3:57 PM

Re: Post 911 weirdness

 

 

 

I was at a bar playing pool and some drunk guy kept on bumping into me, as

he left he ran into me again and wispered, later Osama Bin Laden. I just laughed

at him as he walked away though. He probably expected me to try and smack him.

Some people still seem to have the "they all look alike" attitude.

karisprowl <karisprowl wrote: I just got a package from

India. The postal carrier knocked on the

door, and asked me to sign for it.

 

"Is this package from Japan?" he asked.

 

(Right! New Delhi, Japan. Why is it more disconcerting when USPS

doesn't know geography?)

 

"No, the package is from India."

 

"Well, I have to take the mailing label, so I can prove it isn't from

terrorists," he said.

 

"Terrorists? The folks who sent me the package don't even eat meat!"

 

I hope we aren't going to do the paranoia thing with ALL foreigners.

BRRRH!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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It's taking about twice as long to get a package FROM Canada.

 

Some stuff from Kuwait didn't get to me, at ALL-- and it was sent by

Americans.

 

 

, thunderheals@a... wrote:

> I'm having more hassles shipping into Canada than before 9/11

>

> In a message dated 11/25/2002 1:14:28 PM Central Standard Time,

> karisprowl@e... writes:

>

>

> > I just got a package from India. The postal carrier knocked on the

> > door, and asked me to sign for it.

> >

> > "Is this package from Japan?" he asked.

> >

> > (Right! New Delhi, Japan. Why is it more disconcerting when USPS

> > doesn't know geography?)

> >

> > "No, the package is from India."

> >

> > "Well, I have to take the mailing label, so I can prove it isn't

from

> > terrorists," he said.

> >

> > "Terrorists? The folks who sent me the package don't even eat

meat!"

> >

> > I hope we aren't going to do the paranoia thing with ALL

foreigners.

> > BRRRH!

> >

> >

>

>

>

> [Non-text portions of this message have been remo

[Guest guest]

... and in walking away, Kamalji also completely invalidated the stupid

red necks.

 

Not much one can do about "cranio-rectal inversion syndrome," except

refuse to be drawn into it.

 

 

 

 

, "ShiningLotus"

<shininglotus@c...> wrote:

> Dear Kamalji

>

> yes Ignorance is rampant in this age and you did exactly the right

thing

>

> Although sometimes we are not in a position to walk away it is

always best to try and walk away as a first choice

>

> By decideing to walk away from a set up confrontation that you were

presented with......... you are the one who maintained control of the

situation so that it did not escalate........... you deliberately

prevented others from controlling or manipulateing you for their

personal gain

>

> Commendable action My Friend

>

> Thanks for shareing this with us

>

> DharmaDev

>

> kamal patel <one_kamal>

>

 

> Monday, November 25, 2002 3:57 PM

> Re: Post 911 weirdness

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> I was at a bar playing pool and some drunk guy kept on bumping

into me, as he left he ran into me again and wispered, later Osama Bin

Laden. I just laughed at him as he walked away though. He probably

expected me to try and smack him. Some people still seem to have the

"they all look alike" attitude.

> karisprowl <karisprowl@e...> wrote: I just got a package from

India. The postal carrier knocked on the

> door, and asked me to sign for it.

>

> "Is this package from Japan?" he asked.

>

> (Right! New Delhi, Japan. Why is it more disconcerting when USPS

> doesn't know geography?)

>

> "No, the package is from India."

>

> "Well, I have to take the mailing label, so I can prove it isn't

from

> terrorists," he said.

>

> "Terrorists? The folks who sent me the package don't even eat

meat!"

>

> I hope we aren't going to do the paranoia thing with ALL

foreigners.

> BRRRH!

>

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[Guest guest]

Some friends of mine recently spent a week-end in Las Vegas at a

rodeo (no, I do not do rodeos).

 

There were some ladies in hijab, sitting in a hotel lobby. They were

getting some mean looks and nasty comments.

 

So, my friends asked if they could sit with them, for awhile. The

looks and nasty comments went away, and the whole group had a fun

conversation about cowboys. But, it's a shame that the ladies had to

be "protected" by sitting with "American-looking" folks.

 

, thunderheals@a... wrote:

> Wow, what a drag..Kamalji.

> It never occured to me that Indo - Americans would be getting the

same

> repercussions from ignorant prejudice..but yes "they all look alike

> syndrome".

>

> Good for you for not playing into that darkness. Just saw a news

headline

> that violence to Muslim people living in USA was up 1600% ..That's

not a

> typo.

>

> Mr. Kirk..you were saying about Kali Yuga??

>

> There is much that we can do to help alleviate this madness, simply

by doing

> our individual spiritual practices and wearing rudraksha and trying

to

> maintatin the attitiude of being in a sacred space where ever we

are.

>

> Mentioned something the other day how the rudrakshas are like

tuning forks

> for us to come into harmony with the Divine. The more we inter into

that

> alignment so we can become "tuning forks" for others who are..how

shall we

> say singing a few sour notes ? :-)

>

> Glad there were no physical threats, Kamalji :-)

>

> Namaste

> Kanti

>

>

>

> In a message dated 11/25/2002 5:59:17 PM Central Standard Time,

> one_kamal writes:

>

>

> > I was at a bar playing pool and some drunk guy kept on bumping

into me, as

> > he left he ran into me again and wispered, later Osama Bin Laden.

I just

> > laughed at him as he walked away though. He probably expected me

to try and

> > smack him. Some people still seem to have the "they all look

alike"

> > attitude.

> >

>

>

>

>

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11/26/2002 9:01:26 AM, "Kirk" <kirk_bernhardt wrote:

 

>The real shame is that America had never grown out of this small town way of

looking at anyone different before our hick president blew things up to the

extreme. The small town prejudices are now here to stay and becoming

institutionalized in homeland security. Read a quote from hitler recently that

could

have come from bushes' mealy mouth itself. I would like to ask people to join

this

site if they would, just for the joy of it http://www.councilofpeace.net/ They

will

include your websites in their links page too. It's just to help a friend -

Mark Landau

- a long time spiritual aspirant - and to make a small devotional to peace.

 

Namaste Kirkji,

 

Don't be fooled by Bush's hick act.

 

Bush is no hick: he's an ultra-slick oil tycoon preppy pretty-boy Yale man. How

many hicks do you know who've gone to Yale?

 

I'm a hick, married to a hick, I have hick kids, and I live among hicks. Salt

of the

earth, fair-minded level headed good-hearted people, these hicks.

 

Pranaams,

Shivaram Das

 

 

 

 

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A sadhu taught, 'God is in all things. Reverence all

as God.' One day a disciple went out and met a mad

elephant on the road. The driver on top shouted, 'Move

away!' The man did not do it, instead offering prayers

and reverences to the elephant as God. The elephant took

him up with his trunk and dashed him aside. The man was

severely hurt. His guru told him: 'God was also in the

form of the driver. Why did you not listen to the God

on top?'"

-Sri Ramakrishna

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