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Namah                                    Your atmosphere is contagious





        by Covid-19 and the atmosphere must have  entirely of its own and the atmosphere it
        beggared belief. The whole community was  exhibits is a decisive social determinant.
        frozen into a habit of helpless inaction. For  Circumstances act as a catalyst and will only
        youths, the only solution to this enforced  heighten tendencies that lie inside. It is always
        inertia was to resort to alcohol and drug  the consciousness that proves decisive.
        abuse. Their peers, the elders facing the
        prospect of crippling debt and zero income,  In the same way, every interchange is a factor
        had no choice but to engage in smuggling and  of the consciousness that we hold inside and
        venting their suppressed outrage in domestic  reveal outside. If we are rife with lust and
        violence.                                desire, these vibrations will seek to spread
                                                 among everyone in our vicinity. Quite apart
        The point is, when an atmosphere is so  from anything else, it will undermine our
        hopeless, there is never any legitimate  own well-being. The Mother had noticed this.
        solution in sight. One reaches a dead-end  She once commented on how certain people
        zone and there seems no prospect of ever  in her midst were plagued with sexual desire
        coming out. In this particular situation,  and were  constantly exasperated by this haze
        some light was there and the community,  of toxic vibrations, which She compared to
        deep down, were open to solutions and  swarms of small fleas!
        consequently responded to these online
        sessions so dramatically that suddenly  The character of a particular culture and society
        the community has immediately starting  is made up of a proclivity of contagious
        building a constructive future once again.  vibrations. Whole communities carry a
                                                 predominant vibration and each of its people
        I was told that about 20 people took part in these  will tend to approximately determine and
        innovative and immensely skilful sessions.  reflect it. Entire countries can be swept away
        Meditation and games formed an important  by such vibrations if they are powerful
        part of the programme content. The organisers  enough and gain sufficient momentum. The
        stipulated that no distinction or caste would  vibration may start from a very small nucleus.
        be recognised in this programme. Like a true  It will then seek a suitable dwelling-place to
        community, they all had to sit together through  catch hold and join up with similar vibrations.
        these marathon sessions. Once their light of  The driving-force may sometimes deviate
        hope was truly ignited, there was no holding  and get countered by divergent vibrations
        them back. The atmosphere was immediately  and so lose energy and eventually peter
        lifted so that this positive contagion could be  away with relatively harmless results. Like
        brought back to the entire village.      a tired cyclone it may dwindle and settle
                                                 down to a gentle breeze.  In a few nations
        As can be observed then, the atmosphere we  however, such as Germany in the last century,
        all carry is truly contagious.  Its quality and  where the vibration fanned and caught fire
        characteristics are shaped by the consciousness  almost instantaneously; it united in a single
        that is carried inside and it is valid for  direction and moved into a collision course
        individuals and entire communities. Each  with anything that stood in its course.
        community naturally carries a consciousness


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