Amma- Mother, Guru- Best Friend.

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Dear Rastanaga,

 

Your posts are most welcome.. but i regardless of

what people post/dont post or say or do , please do

not think that you are not an Amma devotee.

 

Amma is not confined to Her organization. Regardless

of whether you consider Her your Guru or not, or

regardless of whether you feel at home in Her

organization or not, if you love Amma, then you are an

Amma devotee.

 

You cant confine the Mother of the Universe in one

form, one name, one organization!

 

To Me Amma is my Guru. But more than a Guru She is

My Mother ... and best friend.. Who is a best friend-

one who loves us and in whom we can confide anything

right? then what better definition for Amma than that?

 

She is our best friend . In fact, in the Gita, Sri

Krishna goes on record calling Himself the world's

father, Mother and FRIEND.

 

 

So the fact that you feel Amma in everybody, and see

Her as a beloved friend perhaps makes you a better

Amma devotee than many others .

 

YOU BELONG TO AMMA, NOT TO AN ORGANIZATION.

 

Amma is a manifestation of Pure Love and accepts all

who come to Her . You dont have to belong to the

ashram in order to belong to Her .

 

you and i and every creature belongs to Her .. She

is Abrahma Kita Janani- the Mother of all from Brahma

down to a worm!

 

There are many stories of Amma's love towrads all

beings- Bipin in seattle will tell you how Amma kissed

and blessed an insect that was on Her sari and

prevented bipin from killing it - and actually gave

the worm darshan, put it in a cloth, put some flowers

on the cloth, made it in a bundle and asked bipin to

take it carefully outside and elease it.

 

There is the story of Amma and the dog that used to

bring Her food .. when She was young, rejected by Her

family, and used to spend Her time on the beach crying

for Devi, a dog used to bring Her food packets- when

the dog later got rabies, Amma actually went near the

rabid dog, fed the dog, ate from the same plate as the

rabid dog, and the dog died later- Amma later said

that the dog was reborn nearby and would come to Her

in the next life too.

 

There is the story of a goat that pianfully crawled

up to Her and died in Her lap looking at Her face.

 

The goat obviously got salvation- imagine dying in

the lap of the divine Mother!

 

Well, i have digressed ...

 

there is the story of a man from Bombay who came to

see Amma- She was in devi bhava- he saw Her , i think

for the first time- he was an old man- and he

collapsed in Her lap - Amma quickly told his relatives

to take him to his room because his time was up- he

died a few minutes later.

 

The last thing he saw was Amma in Devi bhava as e

collapsed in Her lap and died.

 

Amma later on said that he was a 'punya atma' a holy

soul and that he merged ino Her .

 

Swami Paramatmananda was saying that all the people

in the ashram were wishing that they too could have

such a blessed death as this man from bombay.

 

This man was not a member of Her ashram or

organization. But he was a 'holy soul', in Amma's

words- by that I take it that he was a loving

compassionate soul who yearned for God and therefore

merged in God.

 

so Amma is not confined to any place or organization.

regardless of whether you are physically near Her or

not, regardless of whether you consider yourself an

Amma devotee or not, if you are a compassionate, pure

soul you are close to Amma and will come to Her .

 

bala

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

bala

 

--- rastanaga <rastanaga wrote:

> Ammachi, "Connie Habash" <Connie@a...>

> wrote:

> > I also agree that it would be best to return to

> topic.

> > Not that all these other topics are unworthy of

> > interest (I find them interesting, too), but that

> this

> > group is for the discussion and sharing of Amma

> > experiences and learning about Amma.

>

> "sharing of Amma experiences and learning about

> Amma"

> is what I have been trying to do.

>

> However, it seems that for some Amma is just the

> Hindu

> woman that dresses in white, hugs people and some

> call GURU.

>

> I see Amma reflected in everything. good, bad, ugly,

> beautiful, saints and sinners.

>

> > I, for one, would like to keep it that way.

> > There are many other lists out there on

> > that discuss world problems, religions, ethical

> > issues, politics, etc.

>

> But they dont include Ammas devotees, and I wanted

> to see

> how they think

>

> It is clear that we all have different

> perspectives of what Amma is. Just like in the sages

> and

> the elephants story.

>

> > So if you'd like to discuss

> > those, you can also sign up to be on one of those

> > lists. Let's keep this space just for Amma.

>

> It looks like is best that I leave this group.

>

> It is clear that this is not a list to discuss

> openly

> ideas, fears, doubts, frustrations, or even ask

> for help. I do not need the feed back of a fanatic,

> i need the feedback of people that can use not only

> theirs hearts, but also their reasoning.

>

> Is this is what Amma creates? People that only

> wants to see their own ideas and not be challenge

> in their views. If this is so, then I am in the

> wrong place.

> Since I can not share what I have learned with her

> here.

>

> However, the experience that I have from 10 years

> of seeing Amma is the opposite. She is open, and

> ready to accept us all, the way we are.

>

> She herself, is very untraditional and questioned

> some of

> the most unfair traditions of India.

>

> Just for the record, I do not consider myself a

> devotee,

> since i do not form part of Amma's organization

> anymore.

> And to be honest, some of the reactions here had

> underlined

> to me that I have made the correct desicion.

>

> I only see myself as a lover of Amma. I do not claim

> that

> she is anything of mine (i.e. my GURU). When I go

> there,

> I go to see a loved friend. And we share precious

> moments

> together.

>

>

>

 

 

 

 

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