03 Sep 2009 New York, United States of America
Category: Superstition
Today during dinner we had to laugh because we remembered an email that we received last month. The email came from a woman saying that she herself had received an email from a very important enlightened person with a very important message. It was written there in capital letters: ‘Our economy is in a crisis and precisely in three months the system will fully crash. Prepare for this time! No supermarket will be open to sell anything anymore. So buy as many food cans and tins as you can and store water in your basement.’
Of course we never forward this kind of message and we also don’t expect that people forward mass mails to us. We were about to delete that message when Ramona scrolled down and saw that it had been forwarded not only once but altogether about 25 times. When she looked further down she started laughing: that day was July and the date that the email was sent out for the first time was in December 2008!
According to that email we had missed the collapse of all supermarkets but we were still warned to buy as much as we could. We laughed today again about it. There are many people who nowadays start growing their own vegetables again and I love it. But not because of fear that they would not be able anymore if the supermarkets stopped selling food but simply because it brings them back to nature.
It makes you aware again that everything has a process of growing and that you can be thankful for what you eat because nature provides you with it. I don’t like it if people spread fear. I want to spread trust and love. Love nature and nature will love you.
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Fear gets us nowhere except for into a tiny little hole that we dig for ourselves. If only people realized that the end of the world wouldn't be that bad! The spiritual realm is a much more delightful place anyway. Earth is where we struggle and suffer as humans. But I do think people should grow their own vegetables anyway!
Reply By Emily on October 14, 2011 03:20
Have you heard that the world is ending in 2012? This is a fun one. Many Christians in the US believe that this will be the rapture-the day that god comes down from heaven and judges all of mankind-and the beginning of a new order. This idea is believed to be based on the Mayan calender which has nothing to do with Christianity. It is not however based on anything but the words of a Mexican villager who was considered a profit in his small community. Even more interestingly the Mayan calender ends in 2012 to represent a significant date in the advancement of human consciousness...a enlightenment of all human beings.
Reply By Samantha Jones on November 09, 2010 01:55
twenty twelve, watch em burn!
By Harry on January 27, 2011
It seems that every generation has their doomsday theory or a dozen of them. Swami Ji this made my friend and I giggle. We love your journal and read it every Sunday. Thank you for sharing your heart with us.
Reply By Susie and Eliza on November 09, 2010 01:49
Om shanti may peace and love in the world around us,thanks
Reply By Yanita Yantie on July 22, 2010 08:53
Hurt people, hurt people,, and that is when they need love the most.. big loving hugs.. thank you Swami Balendu.. wonderful..
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