Guest guest Posted July 17, 2002 Report Share Posted July 17, 2002 Q. Please tell us what is necessary for us to attain a higher state. Amma: There is nothing in particular that I give. THAT which has given you this life, gives everything. There is nothing like self- effort. I do not think that even _sadhana_ (spiritual endeavour) is in your hands. I think that even _sadhana_ must become possible (_sadhya_). You cannot practise a _sadhana_ which does not become possible. We have heard so many lectures and read so many texts-- are they telling us not to do _sadhana_? Our not doing _sadhana_ is certainly not due to any lack of advice to do so! Then why doesn't it become possible to do _sadhana_? Even those who know all these _dharmas_ and the methods to be followed cannot practise them! If it were possible for you to even sit with folded arms, it would be as if everything was in your hands. But even that is not possible. Because we do not cognize THAT which causes everything to be done, we think that we are doing, but we are doing only what has become possible. Until this is understood, we shall continue to think, " I am doing." My experience is that we cannot do anything, my child. But whether we attribte everything entirely to _Sakti_ or entirely to _svabhava_, the result is the same." (p. ll9-l23) -- Please forgive any and all typos..I am 'rushing' through these words to put them in, it seem there is a "time out" and the first time I attempted to put all this in (and more) it got "terminated" by and I lost everything that I typed. Kathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 17, 2002 Report Share Posted July 17, 2002 Namaste Kathy, I would like to express that I am happy to see you posting in our group again. It is nice to see you. And what a group of posts they are. Thank you so much for sharing. I agree with our dear SVCS. I too would love to read some of Amma's teachings and read quotes daily. SVCS is right; some people don't post but do read the daily messages that many of our members do share. May I request you share some of Amma's thoughts on marriage? I am interested in what she has to say on the topic. Again, thanks and I certainly look forward to more posts... With love, Erica Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 17, 2002 Report Share Posted July 17, 2002 - Dear Erica, Many thanks for your lovely post. I will have to do some checking on what Amma might have said about marriage, but I do remember that she was a common householder and I believe held that as important as going off to a cave and meditating. Am very happy to be posting here, where there is some interest in Amma Anasuya Devi. For years now, various "quotes" have at times "jumped out at me" and I took it that it was something to pay attention to, etc. The post which I made in 4 parts was taken from a book...which, someone on Usenet sent me a copy of a number of years back when I was seeking to get my hands on any and everything about Amma Anasuya Devi. My good friend Gordon also gifted me with many Matrusri Journals and I never cease to be in awe when I read Her words. It should probably be kept in mind that these words are English "interpretations" of what She said in another language (I am not sure which dialect She spoke). It was really amazing to me the things that happened after I read about her that first time in the book WOMEN OF POWER AND GRACE..how I was led to one person after another that could provide me information on/about her, and even how meeting someone at a darshan held in a home a few years back (Karunamayi), I "happened across" a devotee who actually LIVED in India and KNEW Amma Anasuya Devi personally before She left the body. This very same devotee was trying (unsuccessfuly) for some time to reach Gordon, whom he had lost contact with, but upon meeting me, was able to make, once again the connection (all the workings of Divine Mother, of course, nothing to do with me, personally) :-) Will try to check out specific things Amma Anasuya Devi might have said on/about marriage. She herself was married and had children, incidentally. Kathy -- In , "sugarandbrine" <sugarandbrine> wrote: > Namaste Kathy, > > I would like to express that I am happy to see you posting in our > group again. It is nice to see you. And what a group of posts they > are. Thank you so much for sharing. > > I agree with our dear SVCS. I too would love to read some of Amma's > teachings and read quotes daily. SVCS is right; some people don't > post but do read the daily messages that many of our members do > share. > > May I request you share some of Amma's thoughts on marriage? I am > interested in what she has to say on the topic. > > Again, thanks and I certainly look forward to more posts... > > With love, > Erica Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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