Great to hear from you and that you and your loved ones are well. Take care, and stay in touch when you can. All the best to you.
--- In [email protected], "llundrub_mamo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A few months back I sought Dzogchen Protector practices for no > specific reason. Then unexpectedly one of my two tsawai lamas > Venerable Lho Ontul Rinpoche came to New Orleans and gave Protector > empowerments which were awesome. > > I practiced them and always felt a current of fear which I figured > was just my attachments and self cherishing coming to the surface. > > So it was quite amazing when I went to Vermont to see Kyabje Kunzang > Dechen Lingpa for the Green Mountain Dharma Festival and it > coincided with Hurricane Katrina. > > My wife and I had placed our beautiful parrots in the best possible > place for them for the duration of our trip, at the bird boarding > with the owners of the place from where we got them. A place that's > like summer camp for them once or twice a year. > > We have not been able to contact them since the storm, but right > before the storm we talked to them and they said they would die > before letting any harm come to the birds. So we feel they are > probably as OK as the pet shop owners. > > My wife's parents and brother skipped town the Friday before Katrina > and so were safe in Baton Rouge. > > Altogether, my wife and I have personally only had to be concerned > with whether our house still existed or not. It does, though we have > no idea of the extent of the damage. That and whether we still have > jobs or cars and all that basic stuff. > > Directly from Vermont we flew to my sister's in California and > watched New Orleans go down the tubes. > > We will move back ASAP. There's nowhere else we would really want > to live. Sorry Tom, we love New Orleans, blacks and all, and we're > especially sorry for you that you act like a jilted lover who then > thinks beautiful women should all be burned alive on stakes. > > The irony for me is that you pay blacks to do Vedic ceremonies for > your soul and you hate blacks. > > On to reality. We had no success whatsoever with FEMA. They only > come into play when your insurance doesn't, and so what do you do > when adjusters cannot even view your home for two months. > > Anyway, Erin and I are extremely lucky. I get time to play with my > nephew who is four, and basically just hang out. > > Oddly, Kunzang Dechen Lingpa is teaching at the end of the month > here in LA so I get even more of his supreme treasure teachings. I > am blessed, and protected through Dzogchen. > > Others have not been so lucky. > > I'll up a photo of a friends house for Tom to laugh at. Imagine > yourself there.Remember that the land of the KKK also bit the dust > along with their chosen food for lynching. (To imagine a 60 year old > nerd proclaiming to be Aryan Brother. They wouldn't have you Tom, > you old nut!) > > Erin and I aren't thrilled to be refugees. But we're thrilled to be > alive and basically sound, and with our families intact. I can only > imagine the true heart rending hell that thousands upon thousands > endured. > > What do we feel losing so much of New Orleans like this? We feel > lucky that we weren't there. We foresaw the Superdome turning into > hell from day one. We feel sorry for ignorance, and poor planing, > and superficial Federal response, and basic lack of sense of urgency > of disaster teams. We don't point fingures but if you were the CEO > in charge of Ford and their recall of 3.8 million autos through > deficient cruise control switches then I would suspect that your > shareholders would question your choices. I need not say more. > > What the hell was Bush smiling about when he was in Baton Rouge? I > don't get it. FEMA's director's online bio has false info in it. > He's a liar. Of course, who cares right? Just one more insubstancial > factoid in a huge disaster of epic proportions. > > For sheer numbers the exodus of Jews from Egypt probably amounted to > less bodies. Personally the glib politicising on TV and here at this > group shows a superficial connection with life. If any response > comes to mind when viewing the tragedy besides awe then one is just > afriad to feel. > > Frankly, I'm not really well. I haven't slept in my own bed for > going on a month and see no end in sight. I feel like Odesseus > coming back from Troy. All the music on the radio is about not being > able to find the way home. I feel sorry for the blacks and the poor, > and I feel most sorry for those who use this to their political > advantage. > > Because this isn't the last disaster to confront the US by any > means. It's just the first. If people aren't studying this and > trying to learn then history will merely repeat itself. > > Those of you who think it's funny. I guarentee to you that you will > get yours, and you won't laugh then. Karma is a bitch. If you don't > have compassion right now then you have nothing. > > I really can't bare to read the messages here right now. They are > too glib. See you guys some other day. To the kind amongst you, be > easy and take good care. To the unkind, you are already in the hell > of your own making. Either way, enjoy it. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. 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