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Karma
Talk
by Swami
Beyondananda
Dear
Swami:
This
is sort of a troubling question, but I will ask it
anyway. Why is there so much violence these days by
children against children? I know there are a number of
theories attributing the increased violence to
vaccinations, food additives, environmental pollutants,
and even medications like Prozac. Swami, what do you
think?
Mahalia
Kabb,
Bronx, New York
Dear
Mahalia:
While
there has indeed been a rise in pre-medicated crime
among our youth, I’m afraid the roots of the problem
go way deeper. Our culture is suffering from a severe
B-9 deficiency, and unfortunately that deficiency
affects children first and foremost. Vitamin B-9, which
has yet to be discovered by modern medical science, is
an invisible substance that causes feelings of safety,
well-being, inner security, and happiness. For example,
kindness is high in B-9, as is open-hearted good humor.
Esteem is also rich in B-9, which is why four out of
five metaphysicians recommend a daily esteem bath for
young children.
Children
are particularly at risk when they lack nourishing B-9
energy in their lives. Because their skeptic systems are
still undeveloped, they are unable to process some of
the huge ironies of modern culture. For example, their
Sunday school teachers tell them the Bible says,
"thou shalt not kill," but they soon realize
that the fine print says, "unless done in extremely
large groups." Add to this parents too busy making
a living to have a life, and children exposed to too
much television and not enough tell-a-vision, and the
result is an alarming deficiency of B-9 in our children’s
daily diet.
Children
who are most susceptible are the ones who actually
"detonate", and this is simply our early
warning system going off. Of course, we’ve come a long
way since those barbaric days when thousands filled the
Coliseum to cheer as lions devoured Christians. Now that
we’re more civilized, we simply put a bunch of
contestants on a desert island and watch them devour one
another. To a child already deficient in B-9, it only
serves to reinforce the message that this is a
dog-eat-dog world where the lovable little Benjis, Totos,
and Snoopys are merely puppy chow for the pitbulls and
rottweilers out there.
Sadly,
with our children growing up so quickly, you hardly hear
about puppy love anymore. But did you know that puppies
are one of the richest sources of B-9 on the planet?
Over the centuries, well-meaning spiritual folks have
made a great error by instructing us to treat each other
like brothers and sisters. Everyone who came from a
family knows that brothers and sisters fight all the
time, even when they love each other. But who ever
fights with a puppy? Maybe if we taught children to
treat each other like puppies, we could raise the B-9
level enough for children to start feeling safe again.
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Dear
Swami:
I
read with interest that you participated in the
worldwide meditation for peace a few months ago. Do
those things actually work? If so, what is the proof?
Ann
Sadat,
Gary, Indiana
Dear
Ann:
Yes,
it works and the results were extraordinary. During the
entire duration of the meditation, there was not one act
of violence perpetrated by anyone taking part. This is
an amazing 100% success rate! The trick now is to get
everyone on the planet meditating all the time.
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Swami’s
Quiz Question for August: Perhaps you’ve noticed that
beautiful sunsets seem to go on and on, but ordinary
ones are over quickly. How would old-time baseball
manager Leo Durocher explain the phenomenon?
Answer
next month. Submit your answer at www.beyondananda.com.
You’ll have a chance to win a copy of Swami’s new
audio tape, Beyondananda and Beyond.
Answer
to July Quiz. Why can’t you do Gestalt therapy with
pigs? Because that would be casting Perls before swine.
Copyright
2000 by Steve Bhaerman. All rights reserved.
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