eye contact with Amma cured me

[Guest guest]

That was also the impression that I got, that somehow

each of us felt that way. No human could make eye

contact with everyone at once like that! That's what I

mean when I say "if there was any doubt" it was gone

in that moment. I was rational enough to realize that

no normal person could look at thousands people in the

eye in a matter of seconds. And it was the WAY she

looked, what the look felt like. It was wondeful and

devastating. Yes, like Superman! Super Amma

destroyed a little bit of "me" that day with that

loving, in-human, all-encompassing look.

 

Man, I don't know how Arjuna handled it! He got such a

glimpse of God. What little I saw rocked my world (in

the literal sense, not in the mid-90s MTV culture

Sandra Bernhardt sense). It occurred to me that I

couldn't live my life the way I had been anymore

knowing what I do now.

 

Since then, alcohol makes me sick. And I was a

drinker! I run a liquor store! Now, when a wine

salesman comes in with samples, I can only taste a sip

from the glass. I have absolutely NO desire to be

intoxicated anymore. Maybe that will fade over the

next several months, maybe I'll slip, but right now

"mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all" 'cause I get a

kick out of Amma! (Yea, I was listening to Sinatra

last night)

 

Also, the night of Devi Bhava, a wisdom tooth that was

nagging me for years suddenly popped out. I noticed

it that morning the first time I ate something. I

told one of my friends from Austin who said she thinks

lots of people experience growth like that and it

reminded me of Moses on the mountain who aged 30 years

in 3 days because of his proximity to God's raw power.

 

Gabriela

 

--- Christiane Gude <gudechristiane wrote:

> . . . i truly think that everybody in the hall has

> the

> feeling of SHE IS LOOKING AT ME. . . because amma IS

> LOOKING AT EVERYBODY. . . when i experienced this

> for

> the first time i literally drowned in my own tears.

> and it still 'kills' me everytime . . . it is for

> sure

> the most emotional circumstance i have ever

> experienced (and will experience as long as i'm

> blessed with the chance to see HER) it's more than

> magic . . .

>

> jai ma jai ma jai amma ma!

>

>

> --- Mike Brooker <patria1818 wrote:

> >

> > >

> > > Then she began to look at us, each one of us, I

> > > swear to this day it

> > > seemed she must've made eye contact with every

> > > single person in the

> > > room at once. She had an expression on Her face

> > > that was incredible,

> > > it just didn't seem human to me. I felt her

> eyes

> > > land on me and I

> > > was sobbing because she was LOOKING AT ME and I

> > > couldn't believe it!

> > > I felt her look IN me and that look shattered me

> > > apart and I felt

> > > myself expanding.

> >

> > I have also experienced this one-on-one eye

> contact,

> > even with thousands of people in the hall. Just

> > like

> > Superman turning on his x-ray vision. Indeeed,

> > sometimes I wonder if Amma wears red and blue

> tights

> > and a cape under her sari!

> >

> >

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> >

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[Guest guest]

Ammachi, Miranda Soliz <msoliz2000> wrote:

 

 

> That was also the impression that I got, that somehow

> each of us felt that way. No human could make eye

> contact with everyone at once like that! That's what I

> mean when I say "if there was any doubt" it was gone

> in that moment. I was rational enough to realize that

> no normal person could look at thousands people in the

> eye in a matter of seconds. And it was the WAY she

> looked, what the look felt like. It was wondeful and

> devastating. Yes, like Superman! Super Amma

> destroyed a little bit of "me" that day with that

> loving, in-human, all-encompassing look.

 

-In guru traditions, they say that the look or glance of an

enlightened being can enlighten you. Part of getting the maximum

appreciation from Amma is to move beyond the emotionalism that

many people experience around her. I'm not saying it is "bad",

of course it is beautiful, it is the heart, it is wonderful, what

I'm saying is that the heart chakra is a level of consciousness,

an opening of the subtle body, and the centers of the head are

not so emotional. To be a strong yogi or yogini, we have to move

beyond emotionalism.

 

>

> Man, I don't know how Arjuna handled it! He got such a

> glimpse of God. What little I saw rocked my world (in

> the literal sense, not in the mid-90s MTV culture

> Sandra Bernhardt sense). It occurred to me that I

> couldn't live my life the way I had been anymore

> knowing what I do now.

>

> Since then, alcohol makes me sick. And I was a

> drinker! I run a liquor store! Now, when a wine

> salesman comes in with samples, I can only taste a sip

> from the glass. I have absolutely NO desire to be

> intoxicated anymore. Maybe that will fade over the

> next several months, maybe I'll slip, but right now

> "mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all" 'cause I get a

> kick out of Amma! (Yea, I was listening to Sinatra

> last night)

>

> Also, the night of Devi Bhava, a wisdom tooth that was

> nagging me for years suddenly popped out. I noticed

> it that morning the first time I ate something. I

> told one of my friends from Austin who said she thinks

> lots of people experience growth like that and it

> reminded me of Moses on the mountain who aged 30 years

> in 3 days because of his proximity to God's raw power.

>

> Gabriela

[Guest guest]

> To be a strong yogi or yogini, we

> have to move

> beyond emotionalism.

 

Maybe someday I'll get there, but right now I'm still

taking it all in. That weekend was the very first time

I'd ever seen Amma in person, so it was pretty

emotional and still is.

 

Also, I remember reading over and over that Amma

encourages deep emotional longing and crying to be

close to God. Maybe she means that is the first

step...?

 

 

--- Don James <djames wrote:

> Ammachi, Miranda Soliz

> <msoliz2000> wrote:

>

> -In guru traditions, they say that the look or

> glance of an

> enlightened being can enlighten you. Part of getting

> the maximum

> appreciation from Amma is to move beyond the

> emotionalism that

> many people experience around her. I'm not saying it

> is "bad",

> of course it is beautiful, it is the heart, it is

> wonderful, what

> I'm saying is that the heart chakra is a level of

> consciousness,

> an opening of the subtle body, and the centers of

> the head are

> not so emotional. To be a strong yogi or yogini, we

> have to move

> beyond emotionalism.

>

> >

> > Man, I don't know how Arjuna handled it! He got

> such a

> > glimpse of God. What little I saw rocked my world

> (in

> > the literal sense, not in the mid-90s MTV culture

> > Sandra Bernhardt sense). It occurred to me that I

> > couldn't live my life the way I had been anymore

> > knowing what I do now.

> >

> > Since then, alcohol makes me sick. And I was a

> > drinker! I run a liquor store! Now, when a wine

> > salesman comes in with samples, I can only taste a

> sip

> > from the glass. I have absolutely NO desire to be

> > intoxicated anymore. Maybe that will fade over the

> > next several months, maybe I'll slip, but right

> now

> > "mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all" 'cause I

> get a

> > kick out of Amma! (Yea, I was listening to Sinatra

> > last night)

> >

> > Also, the night of Devi Bhava, a wisdom tooth that

> was

> > nagging me for years suddenly popped out. I

> noticed

> > it that morning the first time I ate something. I

> > told one of my friends from Austin who said she

> thinks

> > lots of people experience growth like that and it

> > reminded me of Moses on the mountain who aged 30

> years

> > in 3 days because of his proximity to God's raw

> power.

> >

> > Gabriela

>

>