Sorry, I didn't mean to post this twice

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Hi,

 

I didn't mean to post this twice, but one of them took 2 days (for

some reason) to post here, so I just re-sent it the next day.

 

Lisa

 

Ammachi, "lbrachlin" <lalita120@h...> wrote:

> Hello,

>

> I'd like to know about this:

>

> Ammachi, "ellwoodis" <ellwoodis> wrote:

> > I was in Amritapuri 5 years ago for several months.

> > It was not a good setting for beginning-intermediate meditators.

> > It's a great place for devotional practices, meeting great

people,

> > encountering ideas, learning about Mother.

> > Nevertheless, in the midst of the noise and illness, I felt very

> > distant from Amma.

>

> What is meditation like in Amritapuri? Can one go to a meditation

> hall any time of day...say during one's free time? Is there a place

> for this? Why is the setting not suitable for beginning-

intermediate

> meditation? Is it quite noisy all of the time? How does Amma's

> meditation instruction differ in India from the rest of the

world?

> I believe the mantra that Amma gives is the vehicle for meditation.

> Become absorbed in the mantra and meditation will follow.

>

> I'm considering a visit because I'd like to see Amma's ashram in in

> India and spend some time with her there, but I feel spiritual

> progress is possible anywhere. It isn't that one serves Amma only

> through ashram seva...if the entire world is her creation, then

> divine service is a matter of attitude.

>

> Frankly, I find myself going into deep meditation in my own home.

It

> is a matter of going deep within one's own being. Don't you think

so?

>

> Lisa