Guest guest Posted August 26, 2000 Report Share Posted August 26, 2000 Peter, Usually i would expect a story like that- airlines fumbling and giving passengers a nightmare - to happen on the return journey here- that is in India - but i guess if Amma wants to try someone, She can effectively use any system... Similarly if Amma wants you there no airline can stop you- maybe your story was more about how Amma pulled you OUT of an impossible situation than how She put you IN one. bala >Ammachi >Ammachi >Ammachi > Digest Number 43 >26 Aug 2000 12:47:33 -0000 > > >Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha! > >Ammachi- > > >------ > >There is 1 message in this issue. > >Topics in this digest: > > 1. Trip to Ashram (a little long) > PeterWhite1 > > >______________________ >______________________ > >Message: 1 > Sat, 26 Aug 2000 01:44:28 EDT > PeterWhite1 >Trip to Ashram (a little long) > >Kenna wrote: > > > Seems to me that Amma is playing with us through this as She does >through > > everthing else! > >Play she does. > >Last January, I went to the Ashram in India for the first time. Well, first >time to Amma's Ashram, third trip to India. > >I flew out of Jacksonville on Delta to Atlanta to JFK in New York. There, I >had a nice little layover of 6 hours before catching a Kuwait Air flight to >Kuwait then on to Trivandrum. I was the first person in line when Kuwait >Air >opened their booth. I passed over my ticket, passport, etc., to the clerk. >After she flipped through it all, she look at me and said "Where's your >Kuwait ticket?" In there, I responded. "No, it isn't here" she replied. >The >Atlanta to JFK ticket was gone as was the JFK to Kuwait. The Jacksonville >to >Atlanta was still there. > >Instantly, I realized that some gate ticket taker pulled the wrong ticket. >I >felt the anger rise up inside of me as I saw my India trip evaporate in >front >of my eyes. > >But, I caught it. I felt Mother looking over my shoulder and watching my >reaction. OK, Amma, I said, you want to challenge me on my patience? I'll >give you a challenge! If you want me to go to India, produce a ticket! > >In the next second, I wondered about the wisdom of challenging Amma. But, I >dismissed the thought. She might enjoy it, I surmised, rather sheepishly. > >"You will have to go back to Delta" said the Kuwait clerk. > >So, out the door I went hoping to find a shuttle bus in the middle of a >snow >storm that was starting to blow. And me, from Florida going to South India, >without a coat. I was cold! Finally, a bus came and it took 45 minutes to >go >around the airport from Terminal 4 to get back to Delta in Terminal 3. >Fortunately, I found two very nice ladies in a Customer Service booth. Now, >these folks had good vibs! Years of experience so they know all the little >ins and outs plus human warmth that is so rare these days. > >"I have to call Jacksonville", she said. Horrors! That means they have to >find someone who is not busy in JAX (lotsa luck) to search all the flight >envelopes they created that day and find my flight, then search through the >hundred+ tickets to find mine. My India trip continued to dissolve before >my >eyes. After 20 minutes, she advised me to come back in a half an hour. "I >can't figure out how to call JAX on the company phone." was the next thing >I >heard. I found a place to eat and then returned. > >"We heard from JAX but don't understand the message" the clerk said when >she >saw me. I reminded Amma of my challenge. > >Another hour went by and it was getting close to the departure time of the >Kuwait flight. > >To shorten the story, I sat back and just watched all of this happening >just >like seeing a movie. My mood was quite joyful watching the events and >seeing >how Amma was going to work Her way out of this one. I was having a ball >while >being in a near state of panic. > >Finally, it was confirmed that Delta had made the mistake. At Jacksonville, >they had pulled the Atlanta/JFK ticket, at Atlanta, they pulled the Kuwait >ticket. TWO blunders if you will. The ticket for the original JAX to >Atlanta >leg was still in my packet. They had to confirm this from both JAX and >Atlanta. > >The lady rewrote my complete ticket while I smiled at Amma and expressed my >appreciation for Her meeting Her challenge so well. Then came the surprise. > >"You have been so PATIENT through all of this", said the clerk, "I am going >to give you a couple of vouchers". > >Sure enough, she did. I looked in my packet and found two vouchers for >either >(a) a glass of wine or (b) a hard liquor drink. > >Amma? You are giving me a free drink? > >Peter > > > > >______________________ >______________________ > > > ______________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 30, 2000 Report Share Posted August 30, 2000 Jai Bala: > maybe your > story was more about how Amma pulled you OUT of an impossible situation than > > how She put you IN one. Ha, ha! That may well be the case. Once I got out of my head, it was a fun experience. I reached the point where it really didn't matter whether I went or not. I had that sense of being free from having to worry, make decisions, etc. Whatever happened was perfect. Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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