Guest guest Posted April 15, 2003 Report Share Posted April 15, 2003 Final Thoughts on Leaving India (written at the Trivandrum Airport) My final thoughts on leaving India are these: Life is a song and if you are a singer you must sing it. There are times when your throat is sore or your feet hurt, it's too hot and the perspiration streams down your face. There are times when the long, operatic passages are difficult to sing, and you can't honestly say you even like the music, but you are a singer and you sing. Even when it's a form of agony to be doing what you are doing, you still sing for the pure joy of singing and know when you're done that what you've done is really YOU. There is no separation between the song and the singer. As a child taken from her mother's breast, as a singer separated from her song, so do I feel about leaving my Mother and India. I am a child separated from her Mother, a singer separated from her Song. I do not know why it should be so, only that it is. As difficult as India is for westerners (tapas!), being here (at Amma's place) sings in my soul. My eyes fill spontaneously with tears at the thought of leaving. I have for comfort Amma's words, "Don't leave, come back," which I will certainly do at the first opportunity. Jai Ma! The New Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo http://search. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2003 Report Share Posted April 26, 2003 Thanks for writing these. I think I missed a bunch of them, but I really enjoyed the ones I read. on 4/15/03 11:39 PM, Ellen Lamb at jyotsna2 wrote: > Final Thoughts on Leaving India > (written at the Trivandrum Airport) > > My final thoughts on leaving India are these: Life > is a song and if you are a singer you must sing it. > There are times when your throat is sore or your > feet hurt, it's too hot and the perspiration streams > down your face. There are times when the long, > operatic passages are difficult to sing, and you > can't honestly say you even like the music, but > you are a singer and you sing. Even when it's a > form of agony to be doing what you are doing, you > still sing for the pure joy of singing and know > when you're done that what you've done is really > YOU. There is no separation between the song and > the singer. > > As a child taken from her mother's breast, as a > singer separated from her song, so do I feel about > leaving my Mother and India. I am a child separated > from her Mother, a singer separated from her Song. > I do not know why it should be so, only that it is. > As difficult as India is for westerners (tapas!), > being here (at Amma's place) sings in my soul. > My eyes fill spontaneously with tears at the > thought of leaving. I have for comfort Amma's > words, "Don't leave, come back," which I will > certainly do at the first opportunity. Jai Ma! > > > > > The New Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo > http://search. > > Sponsor > > var lrec_target="_top"; var lrec_URL = new Array(); lrec_URL[1] = > "http://rd./M=231971.3069354.4492417.1728375/D=egroupweb/S=1705075991 > :HM/A=1540635/R=0/id=flashurl/*http://shop.store./cgi-bin/clink?profl > owers2+shopping:dmad/M=231971.3069354.4492417.1728375/D=egroupweb/S=1705075991 > :HM/A=1540635/R=1/1050467992+http://us.rmi./rmi/http://www.proflowers > .com/rmi-unframed-url/http://www.proflowers.com/freechocolate/index.cfm%3FREF='>http://www.proflowers.com/freechocolate/index.cfm%3FREF= > FCHEgroupsEasterLRECgif"; var link="javascript:LRECopenWindow(1)"; var > lrec_flashfile = > 'http://us.yimg.com/a/pr/proflowers/proflowers_easter_300x250.swf?clickTAG='+l > ink+''; var lrec_altURL = > "http://rd./M=231971.3069354.4492417.1728375/D=egroupweb/S=1705075991 > :HM/A=1540635/R=2/id=altimgurl/*http://shop.store./cgi-bin/clink?prof > lowers2+shopping:dmad/M=231971.3069354.4492417.1728375/D=egroupweb/S=170507599 > 1:HM/A=1540635/R=3/1050467992+http://us.rmi./rmi/http://www.proflower > s.com/rmi-unframed-url/http://www.proflowers.com/freechocolate/index.cfm%3FREF > =FCHEgroupsEasterLRECgif"; var lrec_altimg = > " "; var > lrec_width = 300; var lrec_height = 250; > <http://rd./M=231971.3069354.4492417.1728375/D=egroupweb/S=1705075991 > :HM/A=1540635/R=4/id=noscript/*http://shop.store./cgi-bin/clink?profl > owers2+shopping:dmad/M=231971.3069354.4492417.1728375/D=egroupweb/S=1705075991 > :HM/A=1540635/R=5/1050> > > Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha! > > Ammachi > > > Terms of Service > <> . -- Rick Archer SearchSummit 1108 South B Street Fairfield, IA 52556 Phone: 641-472-9336 Fax: 305-425-2820 http://searchsummit.com rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2003 Report Share Posted April 26, 2003 Thanks Rick, that means a lot to me. Jyotsna --- Rick Archer <rick wrote: > Thanks for writing these. I think I missed a bunch > of them, but I really > enjoyed the ones I read. > > on 4/15/03 11:39 PM, Ellen Lamb at > jyotsna2 wrote: > > > Final Thoughts on Leaving India > > (written at the Trivandrum Airport) > > > > My final thoughts on leaving India are these: > Life > > is a song and if you are a singer you must sing > it. > > There are times when your throat is sore or your > > feet hurt, it's too hot and the perspiration > streams > > down your face. There are times when the long, > > operatic passages are difficult to sing, and you > > can't honestly say you even like the music, but > > you are a singer and you sing. Even when it's a > > form of agony to be doing what you are doing, you > > still sing for the pure joy of singing and know > > when you're done that what you've done is really > > YOU. There is no separation between the song and > > the singer. > > > > As a child taken from her mother's breast, as a > > singer separated from her song, so do I feel about > > leaving my Mother and India. I am a child > separated > > from her Mother, a singer separated from her Song. > > I do not know why it should be so, only that it > is. > > As difficult as India is for westerners (tapas!), > > being here (at Amma's place) sings in my soul. > > My eyes fill spontaneously with tears at the > > thought of leaving. I have for comfort Amma's > > words, "Don't leave, come back," which I will > > certainly do at the first opportunity. Jai Ma! > > > > > > > > > > The New Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo > > http://search. > > > > Sponsor > > > > var lrec_target="_top"; var lrec_URL = new > Array(); lrec_URL[1] = > > > "http://rd./M=231971.3069354.4492417.1728375/D=egroupweb/S=1705075991 > > > :HM/A=1540635/R=0/id=flashurl/*http://shop.store./cgi-bin/clink?profl > > > owers2+shopping:dmad/M=231971.3069354.4492417.1728375/D=egroupweb/S=1705075991 > > > :HM/A=1540635/R=1/1050467992+http://us.rmi./rmi/http://www.proflowers > > > ..com/rmi-unframed-url/http://www.proflowers.com/freechocolate/index.cfm%3FREF='>http://www.proflowers.com/freechocolate/index.cfm%3FREF= > > FCHEgroupsEasterLRECgif"; var > link="javascript:LRECopenWindow(1)"; var > > lrec_flashfile = > > > 'http://us.yimg.com/a/pr/proflowers/proflowers_easter_300x250.swf?clickTAG='+l > > ink+''; var lrec_altURL = > > > "http://rd./M=231971.3069354.4492417.1728375/D=egroupweb/S=1705075991 > > > :HM/A=1540635/R=2/id=altimgurl/*http://shop.store./cgi-bin/clink?prof > > > lowers2+shopping:dmad/M=231971.3069354.4492417.1728375/D=egroupweb/S=170507599 > > > 1:HM/A=1540635/R=3/1050467992+http://us.rmi./rmi/http://www.proflower > > > s.com/rmi-unframed-url/http://www.proflowers.com/freechocolate/index.cfm%3FREF > > =FCHEgroupsEasterLRECgif"; var lrec_altimg = > > > " "; > var > > lrec_width = 300; var lrec_height = 250; > > > <http://rd./M=231971.3069354.4492417.1728375/D=egroupweb/S=1705075991 > > > :HM/A=1540635/R=4/id=noscript/*http://shop.store./cgi-bin/clink?profl > > > owers2+shopping:dmad/M=231971.3069354.4492417.1728375/D=egroupweb/S=1705075991 > > :HM/A=1540635/R=5/1050> > > > > Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha! > > > > Ammachi > > > > > > > Terms of Service > > <> . > > > -- > Rick Archer > SearchSummit > 1108 South B Street > Fairfield, IA 52556 > Phone: 641-472-9336 > Fax: 305-425-2820 > > http://searchsummit.com > rick > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > The New Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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