Guest guest Posted September 28, 2002 Report Share Posted September 28, 2002 Thank you for this message!! it was great to read. jai ma kalika Message: 1 Fri, 27 Sep 2002 10:32:11 -0700 (PDT) Mike Brooker <patria1818 Amma's birthday (From today's edition of The Times of India) Spiritual love [FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2002 12:15:55 AM ] Today is Mata Amritanandamayi's Birthday Spiritual love is so deep and expansive that it cannot be measured. It is limitless. Worldly love is superficial and shallow. It is also not constant, it comes and goes; the beginning is always beautiful and exciting, but slowly, it tapers off. In most cases, it ends in hatred and deep sorrow, causing great emotional upsets. Pure love has nothing to do with the body. It binds and unites the soul of the lover with the soul of the beloved. But pure love does involve a tremendous amount of self-sacrifice; it may cause great pain, but pure love always culminates in everlasting bliss. All impurities melt and disappear in the heat of the pain of separation and longing. This suffering is known as tapas. The gopis became totally identified with Krishna through this pain. Their pain was so excruciating and intense that their individuality disappeared completely and they merged with their beloved Krishna. Pure love removes all negative feelings. Destroying all selfishness, it expects nothing but gives everything. In order to gain the highest form of bliss one has to undergo purification. Purification is heating up the mind in order to remove all impurities, and this process inevitably involves pain. Mata Amritanandamayi ================================ SHUBH JANMA DIN, AMMA! Keval Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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