Will Amma be there for us?

[Guest guest]

from Kasturi:

 

Avram, you ask how we can know that Amma is really going to be there for us

when we need her - referring it would seem to issues about 'saving our lives'

- my experience has been that many of us who come to Amma have many fears in

the arena of life - and small wonder, when the world is such a scary place,

full of bombings, car accidents, drug-pushers, homeless poverty, plagues and

illnesses, beatings, rapes, abandonment by family, police states, and so many

other disasters. Meeting Amma, for many of us, is an initiation into very

unfamiliar feelings: feeling of safety, protection, being loved. In my

experience and observation, this experience of learning how it feels to be

loved, safe, etc goes on for quite a long time, but eventually we come to a

place where we know that no matter what happens to us, we are always safe in

Amma - and the kinds of things that happen in this world are often not very

pretty. Death, in particular, always involves the shedding of the body, an

event we are rarely ready for - perhaps, if we live to an extreme old age, we

might have a more gradual time of sloughing it off - but quite often it's

basically sudden, unexpected and traumatic. This is something we all have to

look forward to. Asking the question, 'will Amma be there for me?' simply

reflects that we still have the potential to grow closer to Amma, until we

know, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that she will always be there for us, no

matter what may happen to us in life.

[Guest guest]

Death may be sudden. For survivors, the suddenness of it may be

traumatic.

 

We do not know whether, even if death is sudden, it is traumatic for

the one making the transition. Dr. Raymond Moody, author of LIFE

AFTER LIFE, was being interviewed this morning on a local radio show

in the San Francisco Bay Area about his recent book about grieving.

Those who have read his book LIFE AFTER LIFE may remember that "near

death" experiences described by the people in his study were anything

but traumatic.

 

It is seriously not helpful to say that death will be traumatic. We

don't know that. Those working with the dying in hospice often help

them meditate, to keep the mind steady and calm so that when the

transition comes, it will be peaceful.

 

Aikya

 

 

Ammachi, adarl52357@a... wrote:

> from Kasturi:

>

> Avram, you ask how we can know that Amma is really going to be

there for us

> when we need her - referring it would seem to issues about 'saving

our lives'

> - my experience has been that many of us who come to Amma have

many fears in

> the arena of life - and small wonder, when the world is such a

scary place,

> full of bombings, car accidents, drug-pushers, homeless poverty,

plagues and

> illnesses, beatings, rapes, abandonment by family, police states,

and so many

> other disasters. Meeting Amma, for many of us, is an initiation

into very

> unfamiliar feelings: feeling of safety, protection, being loved.

In my

> experience and observation, this experience of learning how it

feels to be

> loved, safe, etc goes on for quite a long time, but eventually we

come to a

> place where we know that no matter what happens to us, we are

always safe in

> Amma - and the kinds of things that happen in this world are often

not very

> pretty. Death, in particular, always involves the shedding of the

body, an

> event we are rarely ready for - perhaps, if we live to an extreme

old age, we

> might have a more gradual time of sloughing it off - but quite

often it's

> basically sudden, unexpected and traumatic. This is something we

all have to

> look forward to. Asking the question, 'will Amma be there for me?'

simply

> reflects that we still have the potential to grow closer to Amma,

until we

> know, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that she will always be there

for us, no

> matter what may happen to us in life.

[Guest guest]

Ammachi, "aikya" <aikya> wrote:

> Death may be sudden. For survivors, the suddenness of it may be

> traumatic.

 

Let the dead bury their own dead; but as for you, go and proclaim the

kingdom of God.

 

Jesus (someware in the Bible)

 

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I think we should worry, about the millions that would suffer

if we close our eyes to what the US rulers and corporate

magnates are doing today.

 

Spiritual practices are necessary, also needed are medicines and

education.

 

Do Amma has a hospital in India where the doctors are priests

that sing mantramas to heal people with cancer. or are

they scientist that have given their life, to help others?