Guest guest Posted December 24, 2001 Report Share Posted December 24, 2001 Thanks so much for sharing the Amma doll story...it was so dear! I've wanted one too, and haven't got it 'cause I was afraid of somehow accidentally doing it an irreverance (rather like how I feel when I am forced to put the old mailers from MA Center with Amma's face on it in the recycling...does anyone else feel this way?) But now maybe I'll screw myself up to get one too this summer... Are the Amma dolls wearing bits of saris worn by Amma herself? By the way, thanks also to Amalia(?) for forwarding those great posts from Calicut of Amma's recent trip there. Merry Christmas, In Christ and Amma, Om Namah Shivaya, Usha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 24, 2001 Report Share Posted December 24, 2001 In a message dated 12/24/01 8:19:26 PM Pacific Standard Time, DJUM writes: << By the way, thanks also to Amalia(?) for forwarding those great posts from Calicut of Amma's recent trip there. >> Just to be clear...I forwarded them but they were written by my friend, Amritanand:>) Merry Christmas and to all a good night. In Amma's Love, Amalia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 27, 2001 Report Share Posted December 27, 2001 Namah Shivaya dear siblings in Amma. Usha wrote: > I've wanted one too, and haven't got it 'cause I was afraid of somehow > accidentally doing it an irreverance (rather like how I feel when I am forced > to put the old mailers from MA Center with Amma's face on it in the > recycling...does anyone else feel this way?) yes, yes! When I was at the Ashram several times I was drawn to the dumping area where trash was sorted and burned and rescued several discarded pictures of Amma on old publications. One of Her feet I put in my prayer book. Another I put in our medicine cabinet (by the way, did you know that it is very common for guests to look in your bathroom cabinets?). this is not to make any judgements about recycling materials with Amma's picture. suppose it's a matter of attitude. and hope you get your Amma doll soon! Aum Amriteshvaryai Namah. premarupa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 28, 2001 Report Share Posted December 28, 2001 Thank you so much for sharing your story. I had the most warm feeling come over me as I read it and could picture you surounded by love. I am sorry to hear of the way society treat men towards dolls and sewing and the likes. I am greatful my husband was taught to sew and cook and has had no trouble with our boys (I have 3 boys and 2 girls) playing with dolls. Each boy has his own baby doll to "father". I figure they are learning to be fathers early the way girls pretend to be mothers. And I hope this will also help teach them compassion and love. As well as keep a softness to thier heart. Each of my boys will learn to sew. My two older ones actually know how to knit..not well but they are doing good. :0) -- Shelly Happily married 13 years, soul mates for life times untold. Proud Homeschool mom to 5 NIM- Mother Kalima Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 28, 2001 Report Share Posted December 28, 2001 --- kalima <kalima wrote: > Thank you so much for sharing your story. I had the > most warm feeling > come over me as I read it and could picture you > surounded by love. I've got the doll sitting on my lap as I type!! Even without the doll, Amma is never far from my computer. I have the Lalita Sahashranama CD ROM and the Amma screen savers (right now "Amma Amma Taye" is my default screen saver - always reminds me of Devi bhava!). > > I am sorry to hear of the way society treat men > towards dolls and sewing > and the likes. I am greatful my husband was taught > to sew and cook and > has had no trouble with our boys (I have 3 boys and > 2 girls) playing > with dolls. Each boy has his own baby doll to > "father". I figure they > are learning to be fathers early the way girls > pretend to be mothers. > And I hope this will also help teach them compassion > and love. As well > as keep a softness to thier heart. Each of my boys > will learn to sew. > My two older ones actually know how to knit..not > well but they are doing > good. :0) I feel a softness in my heart when I hold the Amma doll. Boys just can't learn compassion and nurturing from toy trucks or guns. When I was young, any boy who admitted to playing with dolls or who wanted to learn to knit would be labelled "queer" or "faggot". This was the worst thing a kid could call you. Far worse than any ethnic or racial slur. In 8th grade, the boys took Shop while the girls took Home Ec. This wasn't back in the 40s, but as recently as 1972-73. In retrospect, almost 30 years later, I think it would have been more valuable for me to learn to use a sewing machine than a welder's torch. At least I have some basic cooking skills, though if not for care packages from my mother and temple prasaad I would starve to death Jai Ma! Keval Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 28, 2001 Report Share Posted December 28, 2001 Dear Keval Children use these words "queer" and "faggot" without knowing what they mean. If the tenderness of baby boys could be preserved and accepted as a strength in boys and men, besides promoting peacefulness in general, would homophobia continue? I have noticed gay and lesbian couples in Amma's family with great relief. It's another sign of profound normalcy in our household, an indicator that yet another manifestation of human ignorance and insanity isn't there. As I am working on the sculptures inpsired by the hymns, I wish I'd had a shop course. I didn't have the cooking and sewing in school either but from my grandmother. I love wood but I am scared of the tools to make things out of it bacause I'm not used to them. Most of us wish men, at least men who are doctors, would have learned sewing--embroidery even. Everyone with a ghastly scar knows what I mean. Aikya > When I was young, any boy who admitted to playing with > dolls or who wanted to learn to knit would be labelled > "queer" or "faggot". This was the worst thing a kid > could call you. Far worse than any ethnic or racial > slur. > > In 8th grade, the boys took Shop while the girls took > Home Ec. This wasn't back in the 40s, but as recently > as 1972-73. In retrospect, almost 30 years later, I > think it would have been more valuable for me to learn > to use a sewing machine than a welder's torch. At > least I have some basic cooking skills, though if not > for care packages from my mother and temple prasaad I > would starve to death > > Jai Ma! > > Keval > > > > Send your FREE holiday greetings online! > http://greetings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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