To Jyotsna and All on Ammas' prediction for Dec. 26,2005

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Jyotsna wrote:

 

>> ...Yet, to be balanced, had something happened that day,

>> many would have jumped to the conclusion that Amma

>> had predicted that and been proclaiming such...

 

 

 

 

Dear Jyotsna and All ~ I distinctly remember a post to this digest by a

person (I can't remember who) who reported Amma having made a statement, during

Her winter tour, about "dark clouds" on December 26. I think we need to be

careful to go too far in either direction. Whether Amma said this or not, there

have certainly been enough significant calamities during 2005, to warrant

Amma's request that we pray, do sadhana, etc. Perhaps there were calamities

that

didn't happen just because enough people prayed, peformed puja, etc. We have

no way to know, one way or the other, when Amma has asked us to perform more

spiritual work, how much what we did helped or didn't help.

 

When I was doing my Tarot workshops many years ago, a significant number of

people came expecting and wanting me to tell their future. After having

studied the Tarot for a number of years, I had come to the conclusion that the

real

purpose of these cards was not for prediction but was a kind of spiritual

path, using imagery to guide the person. I always had a brief introduction (the

workshops were highly experiential) where I said, "I am not here to tell

fortunes." (groans from the attendees) Then I would go into a brief description

of the elements of the Tarot and my belief that it functioned in a variety of

ways: to provide guideposts to help our journeys, to be a mirror for

self-reflection, to indicate where we might be out of balance and where we might

need to focus (for example, a "spread" might show a need to be more loving

towards oneself or a need to put one's willpower to greater use), etc.

 

Then I would give everyone a deck of cards, and they would do their own

"reading." My goal was to empower people to work directly with the images and

not

rely on outside sources such as a "reader" or a book. The results were

always astonishing, not only to my students, but to me as well. Even with the

briefest discussion, people were able to very accurately see for themselves what

was in front of their faces, and their amazement was often due to the very

direct relationship they found between their "reading" and what was going on in

their own lives. Sometimes, predictive elements did show up. I did not

reinforce them, nor did I negate them. My attitude was one of "wait and see"

and to

compare that "prediction" with other elements the person saw in the cards. I

had many people write to me or tell me later that the "predictions" came

true. Perhaps the ones whose "predictions" didn't come true didn't bother to

tell me. But they were not "mypredictions." They were simply what was there

to be seen, which, as I always cued the participants, did not mean they were

set in stone.

 

I believe Amma speaks the truth that She sees, and She has a more

comprehensive view of Everything than any of us. Would I be disappointed if a

positive

and personal "prediction" didn't come true? I don't know. Maybe, maybe not.

In either case I would not hold Amma responsible, for it would be my own

actions in conjunction with other forces that would lean the outcome one way or

another. Jai Ma ~ Linda