Guest guest Posted August 21, 2001 Report Share Posted August 21, 2001 Dear Divine Siblings, Lately I have been reading The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living by Eknath Easwaran. He was a professor of English at Berkeley and later founded the Blue Mountain Meditation Center. An interesting and a very humerous excerpt from volume 1 - Commentary on verse 58, ch. 2: Even as a tortoise draws its limbs, the wise can draw in their senses at will. "Sri Krishna uses this simile of the humble tortoise. In Kerala, it is very common for children to get excited when they see a tortoise. They gather around it and playfully hit it with their bamboo sticks. So as soon as a tortoise sees children coming, he issues an order immediately to all his limbs, his head, and his tail, "Return. Get inside." When the children come, the tortoise just waits patiently inside his bamboo-proof shell until they are tired of playing. I was reminded of this simile years ago when we went to the zoo. The lions and tigers, the panthers and leopards were all in cages, but a huge tortoise was wandering around unattended. On his back was written, 'Don't report me to the management - I am free.' If you have developed the capacity to withdraw your senses immediately when there is danger, then you are completely free. You can go anywhere and live in the midst of any agitation. When the situation is serious you just say, "Withdraw", and the gates are closed. Jai Ma! Chandrika Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 21, 2001 Report Share Posted August 21, 2001 Hi Chandrika, Thank you for your post. I am going through a situation which I consider terrible and for which there seems to be no answer. But perhaps what you have shared will be of some help to me. I usually don't sign on to check my e-mail at this time, and I was just lamenting the situation. I think Ammachi wanted me to consider this at just this time. Amazing how She does that. Thank you to you both!!! Amma's blessings and love to you, leslie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 12, 2001 Report Share Posted September 12, 2001 Namah Shivaya. As I finally catch up on my backlog of messages, this message sent almost a month ago by Chandrika seems appropriate in the face of the events yesterday. May we all know when it's time to draw in and when it's time to ramble freely about, always remembering our divine Mother. Aum Amriteshvaryai Namah premarupa > "Chandrika Sharma" <Chandrika_Sharma > Ammachi > Tue, 21 Aug 2001 12:27:30 -0400 > Amma Mail <amma-l , "Ammachi (AT) eGroups (DOT) com" > <Ammachi> > Non-attachment > > Dear Divine Siblings, > Lately I have been reading The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living by Eknath > Easwaran. He was a professor of English at Berkeley and later founded > the Blue Mountain Meditation Center. An interesting and a very humerous > excerpt from volume 1 - > Commentary on verse 58, ch. 2: > Even as a tortoise draws its limbs, the wise can draw in their senses at > will. > "Sri Krishna uses this simile of the humble tortoise. In Kerala, it is > very common for children to get excited when they see a tortoise. They > gather around it and playfully hit it with their bamboo sticks. So as > soon as a tortoise sees children coming, he issues an order immediately > to all his limbs, his head, and his tail, "Return. Get inside." When the > children come, the tortoise just waits patiently inside his bamboo-proof > shell until they are tired of playing. I was reminded of this simile > years ago when we went to the zoo. The lions and tigers, the panthers > and leopards were all in cages, but a huge tortoise was wandering around > unattended. On his back was written, 'Don't report me to the management > - I am free.' If you have developed the capacity to withdraw your senses > immediately when there is danger, then you are completely free. You can > go anywhere and live in the midst of any agitation. When the situation > is serious you just say, "Withdraw", and the gates are closed. > > Jai Ma! > Chandrika > > > Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha! > > Ammachi > > > Your use of is subject to > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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