Guest guest Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 Nisargadatta , " fuzzie_wuz " <fuzzie_wuz> wrote: > Nisargadatta , " toombaru2004 " <cptc@w...> wrote: > > Nisargadatta , " tyrone " <arunachala_1008> > wrote: > > > ShrI gurubhyo namah., > > > ShrI lAbh shrI shubh shrI gan.eshAya namah.. > > > MahAlakshmyashtakam. stotram. > > > Aum Shrim lakshmyai namah ! > > > > > > Salutations to the Guru; salutations to Ganesha, the auspicious one > > > > > > > > > > > > I hope that the other members of this community may join me in this > > > prayer and contemplation. > > > > > > Oh Holy Mother > > > I pray not to you now for wealth of the material sense, but that you > > > may help me and your other children to restore the earth to a > > > stronger sense of beauty. I'm tired of seeing ecosystems being > > > destroyed by your children's distorted view of wealth. I find it > > > quite ironic that you are the Goddess of the earth and of wealth > > > because right now for the sake of wealth we are sacrificing the > > > earth in negative ways. It is the dynamic paradox i suppose. That to > > > truly know you we must find a balance between finding success on the > > > earth as well as keeping it clean. Even as the Mother Land is > > > becoming more industrialised it's becoming more at risk of > > > environmental decay. As people are becoming more aware of the great > > > power of Sri Arunachala, > > > (http://www.poonja.com/Crisis_Arunachala.htm) the sweet little town > > > of Thiruvannamalai is becoming polluted by the large number of > > > tourists. And even Mother Ganges is becoming extremely polluted > > > example: > > > " Pollution > > > > > > > > > > > > Pollution of the Ganges has become so serious that bathing in and > > > drinking its water has become very dangerous. The major polluting > > > industry along the Ganges is the leather industry especially near > > > Kanpur, from which Chromium and other chemicals leak into the > > > river. Another huge source of pollution is that of the nearly 1 > > > billion litres of mostly untreated raw sewage that enters the river > > > every day. Inadequate cremation procedures result in partially > > > burnt or unburnt corpses floating in the river. The Ganga Action > > > Plan (GAP) was set up in 1985 by the Indian government with British > > > and Dutch support to build a number of waste treatment facilities. > > > Under the GAP sewage is intercepted and water is diverted for > > > treatment and several electrical crematoria have been built. The > > > project is now in its second phase - GAP II. " > > > > > > care of http://www.thewaterpage.com/ganges.htm#Pollution > > > > > > > > > > > > I pray that the larger countries, namely the ones that create the > > > most pollution and make the most money at the same time, may take > > > larger steps to prevent a global crisis of pollution. Praises be to > > > you Dear Mother, for holding up the earth so far, and that you have > > > protected it so well from the ravages of pollution and ignorance. I > > > pray that you may influence their political leaders to acknowledge > > > the problems at hand and that they may take them seriously. That > > > keeping the earth clean should be higher on our priority list. > > > Because for God's sake it is You we are disrespecting when we are > > > careless in our waste management. I pray that you may bless the > > > engineers, scientists and all those who fund those fields of > > > knowledge so that to repeat something i saw on a political program > > > the other day, ' we should make the knowledge of energy conservation > > > as important as it was to put a man on the moon in the 1960's.' We > > > should start feeling a real urgency to this situation. > > > > > > From the SrI MahAlashmyasht.akam (Hymn to Mahalashmi) > > > > > > 2. Namaste garud.ArUd.he > > > > > > kolAsura-bhayan.kari, > > > > > > Sarva-pApa-hare devi > > > > > > mahAlakshmi namo'stute. > > > > > > > > > > > > " Salutations, O rider of Garuda, terror of the demon Kola, remover > > > of sins, beloved goddess, Mahalakshmi, obeisance to you. " > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear mother i pray that you may remove the ignorance of death and > > > birth, so that people may stop having the excuse to pollute when > > > they say, 'I don't care, I'll be dead and gone by the time the earth > > > is going to blow'. > > > > > > Supreme praises and exultations to you Sweet Mother. > > > > > > From the SrI MahAlashmyasht.akam (Hymn to Mahalashmi) > > > > > > > > > > > > 3. Sarvajne sarvavarade > > > > > > sarva-dushta-bhayan.kari, > > > > > > Sarava-duh.kha-hare devi > > > > > > mahAlakshmi namo'stute. > > > > > > > > > > > > Knower of all, giver of all boons, a terror to the wiked, remover of > > > all sorrows, beloved goddess, Mahalakshmi, obeisance to you. > > > > > > > > > > > > SADGURUNATH MAHARAJ KI JAY > > > > > > > > > > > > The wish for things to be different........and the hoped for > intervention of some power higher .....have absoultely no effect on > the flowing isness. > > > > > > Sorry. > > > > > > > > > > toombaru > > > Hi, toombaru: > > It seems to me that it is religion that has caused most of the damage > to the earth. For instance, the Church says " no birth control " . So, > people breed like rats and destroy their habitat. It's not rocket > science. First, their god tells them don't control the population > growth, then, they pray to the same god to save them from themselves. > It's quite pathetic, don't you think? > > Am I wrong? Can I get a witness? > > Yours, > > fuzzie>> AMEN! and again, I say, " Amen! " , brother fuzz. How pathetic the whole sordid story that can be found under the listing, 'Religion.' Not only is Mother Ganges polluted, as is the little town of Bethlehem, but so also must be the air-waves with all these prayers of intercession and the ignorant pleas for some kind of Deus ex Machina to swoop down and rescue people from self-inflicted (most of the time) wounds. Pathetic. Pathetic. Pathetic. BTW, please pray for me. The building inspector is coming out today to see if we can legally put in a screen porch. There's a bit of discrepancy as to where our septic tank is or something like that. Satan is coming against us b/c he just hates it when former Christians plan to have a little fun. Oh yes, and while you're at it, pray for me to win the lottery. THIS time on the Level I planet called 'Earth'. 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