Guest guest Posted November 5, 2006 Report Share Posted November 5, 2006 Namah Shivaya, I wanted to share with you all that I was in a car accident yesterday morning. I am okay, except that my back and neck are a bit messed up, and my hands are bruised from the airbag because I was holding on to the bottom of the steering wheel. Also my right ankle and knee are hurting a little because I was bracing my body with my foot on the brake. The other driver is just fine. I am sure it was Amma's grace and love that protected us. It was raining and I just couldn't stop the car. The unfortunate (or fortunate) thing is that, while the other driver's car, thankfully, is fine... mine was totalled. I lived in LA for eight years with no car, and am pretty comfortable taking public transportation, but because of my back problems, it is now really hard for me to do a lot of walking, and bus rides are very bumpy and hard on the spine, as I'm sure many of you know. Anaghan (Jaire) and I are not exactly in a position to run out and buy another car, so I wanted to put the word out to my spiritual family if anyone is able or willing to sell me a car cheaply, or let me make payments on one, or knows of someone or something helpful. It would be a big help, because I am travelling a lot teaching yoga, going to school, picking up Sammy (Jaire's daughter), etc. If any of you know of any such posibility I would be so grateful for your assistance. I would also deeply appreciate your prayers. I'm pretty shaken up about the accident, it was scary, confusing and painful, but I am ultimately just very grateful that everyone is okay. I still feel like hiding in bed with my Amma doll because truthfully I feel very much like a scared little girl. It was a very humbling experience, and in that fraction of a second that I have relived in my mind over and over, there was a massive shift in my perception of reality. Another precious teaching in this truly strange journey towards oneness... nothing is as it seems. It only takes a split second to change everything. Thank you everyone for your warmth and gentle love, which I can already feel even though I haven't pushed the send button yet. love, Prajna "Children, all of spirituality is contained in that one word: Awareness." - Amma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 5, 2006 Report Share Posted November 5, 2006 Beloved Prajna, I am so sorry to hear about your car accident. You are such a sweet and gentle soul sister, and I pray that Our Mother showers you with deep healing and comfort. Car accidents truly jar one's being for quite a while, and it takes time to recover, and come back to your center. My son and I were in a terrible car accident a few years ago, and he was only four years old. We had gone to visit my grandmother on a cold evening in November, and it began to rain just as the sun was setting. By the time I left my grandmother's house, the sun had been down for over an hour, but I was unaware of the icy conditions on the highway. I strapped my son into his car seat, and turned on a bajan tape, as was my usual routine. As I got on the road, I felt a kind of weird anxiety, and I began to chant my mantra just as I always do while driving. The roads seemed fine until I exited off of one highway and got on to an elevated entrance ramp to another highway. The ramp went up a hill, and as the car started to descend down onto the highway on the other side of the hill, my car began to slide and then to spin violently. i had absolutely no control over the car ( a truly sickening feeling). It spun towards one guard rail, hit it with amazing force, and then got thrown to the other side of the ramp, where we were flung onto that rail and then went spinning towards the other side again, as the car continued to accelerate. I saw the guard rail we were once again heading towards, and realized that we were going to go right through it and then go crashing down onto the highway below. I screamed out loud, and what came out of my mouth was "Maaaaaaaa!" Then the car for no apparent reason slowed down and ended up in the middle of the road, at a full stop. I was shaking so badly that I could not move. I turned to look at my son, and he had slept through the whole thing! I was stunned. A man named Gabriel came runnning over to the car, and broke the glass on my door so that he could get us out. He said that he had been driving behind me, and that as he watched the whole thing, he had closed his eyes because he thought for sure that we would go flying off that ramp and onto the highway below. He said it was as if some unseen force had tapped the car, and forced it back onto the road, where it finally came to a stop. This all happened in the middle of rush hour traffic, and other than Gabriel in back of us, I had not seen one car on that normally heavily congested ramp. Jai Ma!! My son escaped unhurt, without ever knowing what hit us. I had the worst pain in my neck and shoulders that I have ever had in my life. I was treated for almost three months before I finally started to feel better, but consider myself to be so very fortunate. The man named Gabriel took us to the hospital, waited for us there, and then drove us home later that night. I never saw him again, and although he gave me a card with his name on it, no one ever anwered at the phone number he gave me. The car was totalled. We had little money, and were in a similar situation that you are in now. But it all worked out, beloved sister, and I know it will work out for you as well. You have the Mother of the Universe, and you are so very precious to Her. She will provide. I have had direct experience of that, and you will too. For a long time after that, I would get spinning sensations in my head and in my solar plexus. Sometimes I would feel like I was partially out of my body, especially at night. I started doing excercises that are similar to the I Am chakra visualizations (this happened before I Am was being taught), the ones that I have used with the clients in my healing practice, and this is what gradually assisted my subtle body in calming down and integrating into the physical again. It certainly helped me to really experience my subtle body in a way that I had not, prior to the accident. I find it much easier to be conscious of my subtle body now, and how the subtle body and the physical body coexist, but do not always integrate well. However, i don't want to repeat that lesson anytime soon. Please make sure to get what you need in order to heal. There are some really wonderful people who do various healing modalities near the M. A. Center, and I'm sure if you made them aware of your financial situation, they would be happy to work with you. The right chiropractor is really improtant after an accident as well. In addition to that, I would suggest really working on releasing the emotional trauma as you do your I Am meditation. Otherwise, the trauma becomes stuck in both the subtle and physical bodies, and it becomes harder to clear. Bach Flower remedies are excellent in assisting with the release of trauma. Our beloved Amma will support you every step of the way, even if we don't understand why something happened. Most of the time, it is not necessary to understand why...we must simply surrender and allow Her to do Her thing! Trust is not always easy. Dear Prajna, if you should need help with the cost of treatment, please let us know so that we can help you get what you need. Don't make the mistake of going without just because you do not have the money. You are precious, and deserve all the support and healing that you need. I will put you on the prayer list, and send you lots of healing energy. If you'd like, we can do a lakshmi puja in your name so that a new car will manifest quickly as well. Please ask for what you need, and let all of us who love you, assist you. Hold onto Her Lotus Feet, Beloved Sister! With Blessings and Love, In Her Service, Sanatani XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO Prajna - Brianna <prajnaji > wrote: Namah Shivaya, I wanted to share with you all that I was in a car accident yesterday morning. I am okay, except that my back and neck are a bit messed up, and my hands are bruised from the airbag because I was holding on to the bottom of the steering wheel. Also my right ankle and knee are hurting a little because I was bracing my body with my foot on the brake. The other driver is just fine. I am sure it was Amma's grace and love that protected us. It was raining and I just couldn't stop the car. The unfortunate (or fortunate) thing is that, while the other driver's car, thankfully, is fine... mine was totalled. I lived in LA for eight years with no car, and am pretty comfortable taking public transportation, but because of my back problems, it is now really hard for me to do a lot of walking, and bus rides are very bumpy and hard on the spine, as I'm sure many of you know. Anaghan (Jaire) and I are not exactly in a position to run out and buy another car, so I wanted to put the word out to my spiritual family if anyone is able or willing to sell me a car cheaply, or let me make payments on one, or knows of someone or something helpful. It would be a big help, because I am travelling a lot teaching yoga, going to school, picking up Sammy (Jaire's daughter), etc. If any of you know of any such posibility I would be so grateful for your assistance. I would also deeply appreciate your prayers. I'm pretty shaken up about the accident, it was scary, confusing and painful, but I am ultimately just very grateful that everyone is okay. I still feel like hiding in bed with my Amma doll because truthfully I feel very much like a scared little girl. It was a very humbling experience, and in that fraction of a second that I have relived in my mind over and over, there was a massive shift in my perception of reality. Another precious teaching in this truly strange journey towards oneness... nothing is as it seems. It only takes a split second to change everything. Thank you everyone for your warmth and gentle love, which I can already feel even though I haven't pushed the send button yet. love, Prajna "Children, all of spirituality is contained in that one word: Awareness." - Amma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 5, 2006 Report Share Posted November 5, 2006 sorry to hear about your accident......quick advice on used cars if you are low on money..used toyota sentra or corollas...i bought mine for $900 and its drives like a new car..it may have a few bumps..but who cares? Best wishes Chris Ammachi, Prajna - Brianna <prajnaji wrote: > > Namah Shivaya, > > I wanted to share with you all that I was in a car accident yesterday morning. I am okay, except that my back and neck are a bit messed up, and my hands are bruised from the airbag because I was holding on to the bottom of the steering wheel. Also my right ankle and knee are hurting a little because I was bracing my body with my foot on the brake. The other driver is just fine. I am sure it was Amma's grace and love that protected us. It was raining and I just couldn't stop the car. > > The unfortunate (or fortunate) thing is that, while the other driver's car, thankfully, is fine... mine was totalled. I lived in LA for eight years with no car, and am pretty comfortable taking public transportation, but because of my back problems, it is now really hard for me to do a lot of walking, and bus rides are very bumpy and hard on the spine, as I'm sure many of you know. > > Anaghan (Jaire) and I are not exactly in a position to run out and buy another car, so I wanted to put the word out to my spiritual family if anyone is able or willing to sell me a car cheaply, or let me make payments on one, or knows of someone or something helpful. It would be a big help, because I am travelling a lot teaching yoga, going to school, picking up Sammy (Jaire's daughter), etc. If any of you know of any such posibility I would be so grateful for your assistance. I would also deeply appreciate your prayers. > > I'm pretty shaken up about the accident, it was scary, confusing and painful, but I am ultimately just very grateful that everyone is okay. I still feel like hiding in bed with my Amma doll because truthfully I feel very much like a scared little girl. It was a very humbling experience, and in that fraction of a second that I have relived in my mind over and over, there was a massive shift in my perception of reality. Another precious teaching in this truly strange journey towards oneness... nothing is as it seems. It only takes a split second to change everything. > > Thank you everyone for your warmth and gentle love, which I can already feel even though I haven't pushed the send button yet. > > love, > Prajna > "Children, all of spirituality is contained in that one word: Awareness." - Amma > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 So sorry this happened to you. Glad Amma kept you in her arms. Do not be afraid, she is protecting you. I will keep you in my prayers as well. Om Namashivaya - In Amma's service, Supriti Omenka Nnadi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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