Digest Number 1000

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>> Finally, I think acceptance is the healing <<

I agree wholeheartedly. Those moments when I can finally

accept...whatever it is I am rejecting, hating, judging,

fearing...etc...those are the moments of At-one-ment. We are,

finally, bliss. Shanti ~ Linda ...P.S. I remembered : )

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>> The soul who presented itself as my daughter has been my greatest

teacher this lifetime so much so that often I feel an entire book

could be written. <<

Oh, Linda...perhaps you will one day write it, or if not a book, then

an article. Just from the eloquence of feeling I receive from your

few words about your experience with your daughter, I know that so

many would benefit from your journey together. I say this with deep

feeling because I have struggled with mental illness most of my life

(which was never diagnosed until I "came down with" the panic

disorder in my stress laden job). I know that not only would parents,

families and caregivers benefit from your story, but so would all the

other "daughters," sisters, brothers, mothers, etc. who have been on

the other side of the outstretched hand. If it is to be, it will...

just want you to know I will be first in line if it is ever in print.

Blessings ~ Linda

P.S. I would very much like to know about your spiritual name, Deva Anju.

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>> "When a part of the One discovers it is not apart from the One is that the

same as being the Whole?" <<

This reminded me of one of my favorite Sanskrit prayers/mantras. I

don't even know where it comes from, only that it is part of the

arati (closing prayers) that are done as a part of puja as via the

example of Ammachi. Whether this prayer is always part of any arati,

I don't know, but I love it so much, even the way it sounds. (I will

give the sanskrit transliteration first ~ as taken from "Light of

Consciousness" magazine; then their translation, then the translation

that is used by Ammachi's devotees, which you will see relates to your

comment above. Also, whenever I read the Ammachi translation, it makes

me smile everywhere.) Okay...here goes.

Om Purnamadah purnamidam

Purnat purnamudachyate

Purnasya purnamadaya

Purnameva vashisyate

Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti

"Light of Consciousness" translation:

That (invisible) is Perfect

This (visible) is Perfect

Perfect has come out of Perfect

Although Perfect has come

out of Perfect, still it is

Perfect

Peace, Peace, Peace

Ammachi Translation*:

That is the Whole, this is the Whole;

>From the Whole, the Whole arises;

Taking away the Whole from the Whole,

The Whole remains.

Peace, Peace, Peace

*I say "Ammachi Translation" not to mean it is her own personal one,

but that it is the one said during pujas where she is present.

Shanti ~ Linda