Digest Number 586

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Amma heard the fears and prayers of her school bound children, and thank you

Amma's Kenna, for being the transmitter of this timely message! The grace of

our Devi Mata is mindblowing!

 

In a message dated 9/3/02 1:13:51 PM EST, Ammachi writes:

 

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Message: 4

Mon, 02 Sep 2002 15:06:19 +0000

Kenna <kenna

The mind

 

 

Namah Shivaya,

 

How interesting that Amma spoke of the mind (body and intellect) on the

celebration of Krishna's birthday even as it was under discussion on our

list:

 

 

"Only through relaxed study can knowledge be retained. A study undertaken

with stress and strain, without any relaxed, restful moments for the body,

mind, or intellect, cannot be successful. In fact, it is relaxation that

provides the clarity of vision and the energy necessary to learn and retain

any real knowledge. The knowledge gathered in this way remains fresh

forever, irrespective of your age. Whatever learning one does mechanically,

under stressful and strenuous circumstances without any relaxation, will not

help in the overall development of a person. Only someone who has gathered

knowledge with a peaceful mind can really put that knowledge into practice

and become a master in his field. Others will simply carry around the weight

of their knowledge in their heads. They are carrying around a load of

information, which they think is an embellishment to their personality,

when, in fact, it has the opposite effect, for it disfigures their

personality to a certain extent.

 

"There are hundreds of thousands of people all over the world who study the

different sciences and myriad other subjects. You can see Ph.D. holders

springing up like mushrooms everywhere. There are also millions of engineers

and medical doctors around the globe. But how many of them really benefit

the world with their knowledge and their studies? How many among them become

truly great in their fields? Only a few. Countless people also learn

painting and music, but how many become soul-capturing artists or musicians?

Only a handful. There are people who may have studied in the same college

and with the same teacher; their circumstances may have been identical. Why,

then, is it that only a few become true, renowned masters?

 

"It is because only a few of them have ever learned the art of relaxation.

Only a few were at ease during their studies. The rest were just stuffed

with information. They wanted to score high marks, get a decent job with a

good salary, a nice house, a wife and children—and that was the end of it,

the end of their studies. They put a full stop right there and began to

worry about other things. Such people cannot stop worrying and are never at

ease. They will always be under a lot of pressure and feel stressful,

because they have never learned the art of relaxation.

 

"But a person who knows how to relax continues to learn new things.

Throughout his life, his thirst for knowledge will remain ever fresh. He

feels no tension; he is relaxed, and he therefore keeps on gathering

knowledge, which he actually puts into practice. He not only studies about

space, he invents new methods, new techniques and equipment with which to

explore the subject. He not only learns about the undersea world, he dives

deep into the water to discover what is there. His curiosity is

inexhaustible. Even though he has an unquenchable thirst to learn and to

know, he is always relaxed, and this relaxed mood gives him the strength and

vitality to absorb more knowledge and to put it into practice through his

experiments. Such people can dive deep into their own Self, the Source of

all knowledge, if they have the faith and determination. This will

eventually help them to realize their true existence in the Self.

 

Aum Amriteshvaryai Namah >>