Sayings of Amma Anasuya Devi

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Here is a little more on the sayings of Amma Anasuya Devi..for SVCS

and any others who might be interested..

 

These sayings are from the book, "WOMAN OF POWER AND GRACE, Nine

Astoninishing, Inspiring Luminaries of Our Time" by Timothy Conway,

Ph.D...

 

Here is something by the author, Timothy Conway about Amma:

 

"Anasuya Devi saw only the good in people and apparently had no

concept of "sin" whatsoever. Amma often declared that she had

no "disciples" (_sisyas_), only "children (_sisus_). She treated all

alike, even her own direct offspring, with the same ardent love. All-

forgiving, simple, and motherly, she transmuted her

numerous "children" into noble souls through the deep silence and

bliss that strongly made itself felt in her proximity. This is, of

course, one of the classic hallmarks of a Divinely-realized being.

In many cases, peole's chronic psychological problems, physical

diseases, financial difficulties, bad habits, addictions, and

negative attitudes (pride, envy, shame, pettiness and so on) would be

cleared upon and for all by a simple look or utterance from Amma.

 

She plainly knew the inner states of all who came to her, and even

fathomed the condition of people at a distance. Moreover, like a few

other genuine embodiments of the Divine, Amma could unlock the

innermost knots (_granthis_) of the Heart by her mere glance or

presence. As Bharadwaja, her long-time well-wisher, describes the

phenomenon, devotees would frequently experience "the sudden gushing

of a strange, indescribable emotion that brings a flow of tears from

one's eyes." Even when devotees such as Bharadwaja resisted, it was

impossible to stop this flow of tears from emerging at a glance from

Amma. The tears--a classic, cross-cultural sign of spiritual

deepening--seemed to involve a release from an ancient burden. They

were an expression of feeling finally at Home, feeling that God/dess

alone IS and that God/dess is nothing but Love. Such tears, often

quite explosive and long-lasting for some devotees, lent a deeply

poignant quality to the blissful scene played out around Amma day

after day." (p. l97-l98)

 

TEACHINGS OF ANASUYA DEVI

 

"Pure empathy for the suffering of others is the hallmark of

divinity." (p. 207)

 

"The Darkness which is the basis of light is the real Light." (p.

207)

 

Spiritual" is heads, and "worldly" is tails..According to your

standpoint, one side or the other appears real. One fellow thinks

that Reality is behind all THIS, whereas another thinks that THIS is

all there is. Both are the same to me. When they say there are two,

I unfold it and say there is only ONE." (p. 209)

 

"I say that we are not the doers, but that some _Sakti_ (Divine

Power) gets things done. THAT does all the mischief while all the

time making you think that you are the cause." (p. 2l0)

 

"All forms of _sakti_ [power] are manifestations of that one

_Sakti_...If you say that _Sakti_ is making you act, there must be

two, you and _Sakti_; but if you say that _Sakti_ acts _as_ you, you

speak [wisely] of the ONE alone." (p. 2ll)

 

 

Note: WOMEN OF POWER AND GRACE can be ordered from Blue Dove Press,

I believe.

 

 

Kathy

[Guest guest]

Thank you Kathy for those wonderful excerpts. I really enjoyed

reading them a lot. If possible, could you please post one or two

quotes everyday?

 

The reason I'm saying this is, many of us read the messages everyday.

And whenever we have any spiritual questions or agitations, The

Eternal Self - God Has His own way of answering our doubts, and when

we look at the message posted in that day, there'll be some message

that carries the answer that we are looking for.

 

Not only I, but a few other members too have experienced this. We

never know, what benefit people gain from the messages, though it may

not be everday. But whenever it is, it surely is of immense help.

 

I have personally benefitted a lot after joining this club.

 

Hope to see a few quotes of Annasuya Devi everyday.

 

Thanks,

Hari Aum !!!

svcs

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Dear SVCS,

 

Many thanks for your message. I will try to make more posts, and if

I slip up or forget, maybe you can send me an email reminder to me

(Celestial_Saraswati)

 

Yes, I do know what you mean about just "happening to" find something

that is helpful (whether it is in a post, or someone telling you

something, or even several people telling you the same thing within a

2-3 day period [that sometimes happens to me]).

 

Yesterday, again I saw and experienced the hand of Divine Mother on

me when I was taking film to the drugstore to be developed. There is

a lady there that works the counter that I have sort of gotten to

know. She has a number of very hard health problems, and through the

course of our conversation, I ended up mentioning Deepak Chopra and

then somehow we got onto a conversation about Ammachi, who she gone

to see a few years back (I had NO IDEA that she had had any contact

whatsoever with Ammachi, up to this point). Well, that of course

opened up to me then telling her how my beloved Amma Karunamayi will

be in my area in about 2 more weeks. So of course She knew nothing

about Karunamayi and wanted info, and may even drive with me to see

Her! I was so amazed about all this, but it is not the first time

such a thing has happened to me (starting conversations with store

people and then ultimately becoming friends and/or taking them to see

Ammachi).

 

About the sayings of Amma Anasuya Devi: I am SO GRATEFUL to my good

friend Gordon Westerlund, who is actually mentioned in WOMEN OF POWER

AND GRACE. I wrote to the author, Timothy Conway, one day, wanting

to get information on the Matrusri Journals that were mentioned in

there in connection with Gordon. Well, one thing led to another and

I ended up getting Gordon's address, who is a devotee of Amma Anasuya

Devi and that led to him gifting me with MANY books/materials on Amma

Anasuya Devi as well as him coming to visit me from way out in

California!

 

I do believe that currently one CAN to a quarterly

publication that comes out from India, if anyone wants info on this,

please either post or email me privately, and I will try to gather

the info up for you.

 

Blessings,

 

Kathy

-- In , s_v_c_s <no_reply> wrote:

> Thank you Kathy for those wonderful excerpts. I really enjoyed

> reading them a lot. If possible, could you please post one or two

> quotes everyday?

>

> The reason I'm saying this is, many of us read the messages

everyday.

> And whenever we have any spiritual questions or agitations, The

> Eternal Self - God Has His own way of answering our doubts, and

when

> we look at the message posted in that day, there'll be some message

> that carries the answer that we are looking for.

>

> Not only I, but a few other members too have experienced this. We

> never know, what benefit people gain from the messages, though it

may

> not be everday. But whenever it is, it surely is of immense help.

>

> I have personally benefitted a lot after joining this club.

>

> Hope to see a few quotes of Annasuya Devi everyday.

>

> Thanks,

> Hari Aum !!!

> svcs