The net and reality

[Guest guest]

Beautiful post Nora. Perhaps what msbauju meant

to say is that what we know of each other is

filtered through the net, without ever seeing or

hearing each other, and in some cases as we have

seen, people misrepresenting themselves. But i

agree with you that the connections we forge in

this way are very real, and i have made friends

with people online that i later met in person,

and who have helped me in various ways, and vice

versa.

 

The net is amazing not least because of its

international reach and the ability to connect

with like-minded people we would have never met

any other way, to learn and to broaden our

experience and even to break down our

preconceived " realities. "

 

Max

 

>I like to relate to you all a very short story : The Last Abishegam

>Once a upon a time theres, a little shrine,

>locate in the heart of an oil palm estate. From

>a shrine it grew to become a small temple, we

>named Sri Shaktimigudurgaiamman. It became very

>popular and more people came to the temple. As

>the devotee numbers grew and people flocking in

>to the temple, so does jealousy, pride and ego

>....Now what is left is a barren piece of land,

>with no trees or grass ever grow in a once

>fertile place filled with fruits and beautiful

>flowers.

>

>...... but every year, August 31st, a small

>group of devotees still feels connected to the

>Divine Mother, will gather at Sri Mariamman

>Temple. Located about 2km from where the once

>grand temple lies. On that day we do a Maha

>Abishegam and pooja in the name of Sri

>Shaktimigudurgaiamman. The Mother we once have

>fallen in love with and still feel the love

>inside our heart. What is left is only the piece

>of barren land to remind us and pictures to keep

>the memory alive.

>

>People use to glorify about temples…….and their

>sacredness. I often wondered what makes the

>temple great? The structure…..or the people that

>comes there?

>

>What makes the temple a sacred or special is

>because it's a meeting point of spiritualist? A

>place where all come and meet. The greatness of

>a temple lies when it is no more. Weather the

>people who once congregate at that particular

>point able to maintain the bond and the

>togetherness. Just like the people who once go

>to Sri Shaktimigudurgaiamman. They have all gone

>their separate ways but they still maintain

>contact with each other. Their children become

>friends. And because of the close bond they have

>for the mother and with each other, they make

>the effort to come and meet every year. Don't

>have to be at the same place where the temple

>lies, but as long as there are the meetings and

>the congregation, the temple of the divine

>mother is still alive. She is alive in the heart

>and mind of the people.

>

>What can we say then about this virtual group

>.Why are we all here….by chance….by accident? No

>it's meant to be. Yes! The cyberspace is

>limitless…..beyond boundaries, but we all meet

>at this particular point in the cyberspace…a

>place we all call Shakti Sadhana. That is the

>reality of it. And its from this space... that

>we all become friends… our children too become

>friends….we follow up with phone calls….visiting

>each other physically. When we all have gone,

>our children or grandchildren will perhaps too

>meet and ask: how do our family meet each other?

>And when they trace back : we all meet via the

>cyberspace: the virtual group everybody knows as

>Shakti Sadhana. So how can we say the net is

>nothing but an illusion?

 

--

Max Dashu

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