Diary of 16th February 2009

By Angie MacIntosh
Published 18 February 2009
Discussions and opinions on Swami Ji's diary
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Angie MacIntosh

Comment on the newspaper article

Hello

I hope you have arrived back at the Ashram safe and sound :o)

Reading your journal entry last night you asked for comments on this newspaper article and society. The reality is society is a direct reflection of how sick the human mind has become. We have placed so much "wealth" on our young, we have taken God out of our classrooms, our focus in the west is fame and material accumulation. What can I do to get more attention to fill the void? Is the unconscious question most young people are asking themselves. The Christian belief system which is the biggest religion of the west needed to come out of the classrooms, I agree, it segregated kids and made those of us who were not catholic feel that somehow we were inferior. I don't think any religion is the anwser but I have been talking more and more with people here across Canada about how fantastic it would be to have meditation (in particular) and even Yoga taught in our school system but there is so much fear surrounding the "unknown" and these "new age" modalities. This young girl in the article is getting what she thought she wanted...attention. How sick of a culture do we have that this is something that sells newspapers? And worse most people who read it will send their negitive opions and judgements to this girl, this child who is obviously lost and simply looking to find and be loved, which is our destiny no, is now having her story plastered all over the news. Sending her love and compassion will come from people like us but the average person will send anger, disgust, sympathy...all energies that will not help her to connect, it can infact push her further into her fear. People need to fill their hearts and their minds with love not stories about how "pathetic" others lives are, which in turn only feeds our ego not our soul.

Ok I've ranted, thats my two cents :o)
So much love to you all, see you in a few weeks!!!

Angie oxo

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Andrea Kleindienst Rating: ratingfull

said this on 19 Feb 2009 6:56:41 AM CDT

Dear Angie, I do easily approve to your point of view in this matter. By watching our children we can see which mind patterns we have established. Children learn by observing their parents’ - and the society’s – way of living. They integrate in their mind patterns, what people actually teach them by acting, by handling their lives. Children can very well discriminate between the theories they are told by parents and other teachers and the practical, actual living that is being demonstrated by the same people.
When young people are not satisfied, they start to rebel by trying different, new ways of acting. And they won’t be satisfied as long as their souls are not satisfied. The soul wants to install the “heaven on earth” kind of living, a lifetime filled with love, not pressure and fear, which has been created by the Christian Church as well as by other religions long enough to have these structures imprinted into the human body cells. Yes, for many generations we have been told that we were born as sinners -especially women – and that God punishes for not living by the rules created by manmade religion, which again builds the basics of our communities and laws. I don’t say religion is bad, but I encourage letting go the limits set by religious leaders and find in your heart who you really are and what you actually want to live. Then make it possible by bravely integrating your vision of happiness into daily actions, even against the society’s rules and expectations. Everybody has the basic wish to live a happy life, but this is only possible in self-respect and self-love: loving and living who you really are, stripped free from all fears of not being loved for refusing to fulfill the community’s expectations. This is what we have to learn and then teach our children by acting.
Society will heal by the healing of the individuals. Healing is the process of regaining unconditional love for yourself and as a result for all creation.

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Suann Polverari Rating: ratingfull

said this on 19 Feb 2009 8:53:54 PM CDT

Where are the role models? As i agree with the both of you, Andrea you hit the nail right on the head when you said the actions of our children are a direct reflection of the adults in their lives. When I read Swami's diary about these two young parents first i thought wow, this girl really needs support and love as well as the young men involved but my second thought was, where are their parents, teachers, role models, ect? What has happened to our children? Why are they behaving like this? What is going to happen to them when they become adults and are responsible for other lives? That night after I read the diary, i got on the internet and went onto my facebook page to connect with friends and i noticed something really upsetting. There is was, a picture of my two step sister's 16 and 18 in their underwear! They came into NYC for Valentine's day weekend and they went to a party that consisted of 13 to 18 year olds dressed in lingerie, full on bra's, g-strings, thigh highs, high heels and even garter belts! I was shocked and it takes a lot to shock me but i couldn't believe what i was seeing. I turned to my boyfriend and said, "do you think their mother knows about this". Anyway our kids are acting like crazy adults. The mainstream media has everyone behaving in a non civilized way. Our kids are watching too much t.v and spending too much time on the web. They are experimenting with drugs, alcohol and sex! They want to be adults, but guess what - News Flash to all adults we shouldn't be acting like this either. I went into a coffee shop today to get an herbal beverage and a mother and daughter were in front of me and they both ordered coffee's with a double shot of espresso. The problem with this picture was the daughter couldn't have been any older than 10. Why is a 10 year old drinking coffee with espresso, because she wants to be like her mother. As adults we need to look at our actions and be role models for our young children and young adults. We need to support and honor their independence but we need to also teach them the way. I invite all adults to be the role models they want to see in the world. Love, honor and protect our children!

Sending lots of love
su

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Ulrike Angerer Rating: ratingfull

said this on 21 Feb 2009 11:31:12 AM CDT

Wenn ich mir den Zeitungsartikel so anschaue, überkommt mich das Gefühl, dass diese jungen Menschen einfach nach Liebe und Aufmerksamkeit schreien. Offensichtlich ist nichts und niemand in ihrer Umgebung da, das oder der für sie irgend eine Bedeutung hat. Jemand, der sich um sie kümmert und ihnen zuhört. Sie haben keinen Weg, geschweige denn ein Ziel vor Augen. Die Eltern wissen nicht mehr was sie tun sollen und in diesem Alter lassen sich die jungen Leute dann auch kaum noch beeinflussen, wenn es vorher keiner getan hat. Vielleicht freut sich der eine wenn er der Vater wäre, weil er dann endlich eine Familie hätte wie er sie bisher nicht hatte, und der andere will nicht Vater sein, weil er keine Verantwortung übernehmen will. Und was will die junge Mutter und das Baby? Momentan hat sie große Aufmerksamkeit erregt und steht im Mittelpunkt, aber nach einer Weile steht sie vielleicht alleine da und dann?

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Diary of 16th February 2009

Angie MacIntosh

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