Bryant dorm

[Guest guest]

--- MSoliz <msoliz2000 wrote:

>

> I was in for a surprise when I reached my dorm. It

> was small, filthy

> and hot. There was no air conditioning and there was

> debris all over

> the mattress, floor and furniture. There was no

> overhead light. I

> thought, "Amma must be testing me." So, determined

> not to let it

> influence my experience, I put it all out of my mind

> and just cleaned

> up, unpacked, opened a window and let it go. By the

> evening, my

> roommate hadn't shown up and the air outside was

> cool enough to sleep

> so it was nearly as bad as I'd originally imagined.

>

 

I was also in for a surprise, when I found my room in

Hall #8. No a/c, the bathroom was a smelly dump, and

there weren't even screens on the windows. The room

looked like some Bryant students had been using it for

an all-night keg party. But I wasn't going to let

Amma test me. I immediately ran over to the

troubleshooting desk, and told them that I had been

coming to this retreat for 7 years, had registered

online very early (my confirmation number was 065,

meaning I presume, that only 64 others had registered

ahead of me), and would not even put up with such

filthy accommodations in India. The sevite at the

troubleshooting desk, who was known to me from the

Toronto satsang, did not take long to find me another

room in Hall #15, with a/c and the standards of

cleanliness that I had been expecting.

 

Keval

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

well, my dorm and bathroom wasn't filthy at all! i

wouldn't have eaten from the floor but that wasn't

what i came for in the first place.

imagine all these different people coming to see

mother every year, with different motivations, varying

from true devotion to simply killing time.

now think of how all these different people behave

while they are in mothers presence. they talk to their

neighbor, yawn with a wide open mouth straight into

mothers lovely face, analyze her behaviour, stretch

their feet at her, etc. etc

 

now, know if some people are tired and even if the

program is held in a public hotel people (adults!)

walk around barefeet, hang out and sleep on the sofas

in the lobby. they make the hotel staff (or amma

staff) walk up to them and ask them to put on shoes or

not to sleep on the couch, etc. etc. do you know that

mother got 'kicked out' of various hotels across the

state for that reason?

 

it's Y O U who makes the place a better place! if you

don't like it then do something for it to make it

likeable. grab the yellow pages find a better space

with the appropraite infrastructure and to accomodate

all the people! offer your service to make the stay as

pleasant to everybody the way you'd love it. or get

yourself a seva job next year to make sure the rooms

will be neat and clean!

 

however, nice to read mother made your frustration go

away.

 

i do understand your and others frustration though,

but there's always more to it, no?

 

aum amriteshwaryai namah.

 

-c

 

--- ons20022001 <ons20022001 wrote:

> Yes, I too think that Amma should not have her

> retreats at Bryant

> college. The dorms were f-i-l-t-h-y and when I

> called to complain, I

> was told (by campus staff, not Amma's sevites)that

> it would be

> cleaned immediately. It wasn't done. So I called on

> Friday and was

> told that that the cleaning crew worked only half

> days on Friday and

> were gone for the rest of the day Friday, saturday

> and sunday - this

> when they had a major spiritual meet with over 5000

> people expected

> for Devi Bhava alone, leave alone the retreat

> participants.

>

> Even so, I had a wonderful time at the retreat.

> Amma's purity made

> me forget it all.

>

>

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