Guest guest Posted July 27, 2004 Report Share Posted July 27, 2004 Namaste Ammaslotus: I understand where you are coming from, I am a massage therapist also and I focus on Amma and chant my mantra throughout my massages unless I am talking to the person. Einstein proved that "Energy follows thought, thought directs energy". Meditative Massage Therapists see this at work everyday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There is an Amma devotee in town here who is an Acupunturist and whenever she visits my place of business, I can feel Amma's presence even more. Often, I think of Jesus's words "when two or more are gathered in my name I am there". Also, its sad to say, just because someone is an Amma devotee doesnt really mean sweetness and bliss. And, I am sure you are aware that many people tell massage therapists that there is something "special" about them. We, as therapists always need to remind ourselves that it is the clients experience so that it doesnt boost our egos in thinking their own deep experiences were our doing. We are the instrument only. Amma probably inspired your thinking and this wonderful dialogue. In Loves Service malati In a message dated 7/27/04 4:58:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ammaslotus writes: << OM NAMAH SHIVAYA, Yes, I am serious-why- do you see something weird about this? I am a massage therapist in a busy tourist resort in Maui and I meet hundreds of people who feel something very special (AMMA) in my massage and want to experience more but live all over the country. i would love to be able to refer them to Amma devotees in other places so that they maycontinue to experience this. I also would like to look up Amma devotees for professional services that are not necessarily of a local nature- say astrology readings or travel agent or all kinds of things... and I prefer my business to go to Amma devotees as well as to receive Her grace more through those more open to her- even if it was my plumber- there would be a higher vibration, I believe. Thank you Ambujam ______________________ >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2004 Report Share Posted July 27, 2004 OM NAMAH SHIVAYA, Yes, I am serious-why- do you see something weird about this? I am a massage therapist in a busy tourist resort in Maui and I meet hundreds of people who feel something very special (AMMA) in my massage and want to experience more but live all over the country. i would love to be able to refer them to Amma devotees in other places so that they maycontinue to experience this. I also would like to look up Amma devotees for professional services that are not necessarily of a local nature- say astrology readings or travel agent or all kinds of things... and I prefer my business to go to Amma devotees as well as to receive Her grace more through those more open to her- even if it was my plumber- there would be a higher vibration, I believe. Thank you Ambujam ______________________ ______________________ Message: 8 Mon, 26 Jul 2004 17:27:16 -0700 (PDT) laksmi dasi Re: Digest Number 1252 Will Keval or Omenka Supriti or anyone seeing Mother in Toronto ask her if it is ok to make a Professional Resource Directory website categorized by-region so that we may do business with devotees and give the subscription fee to devi as well as a portion of our earnings based on referrals through the site? I havent heard back from anyone -is this not a good godly idea? May Amma bless this idea.. Ambujam ______________________ ______________________ Message: 9 Mon, 26 Jul 2004 20:36:01 -0400 "WayOfEagle2" Re: Digest Number 1252 Just a question with no judgement or comments but are you serious? Will Keval or Omenka Supriti or anyone seeing Mother in Toronto ask her if it is ok to make a Professional Resource Directory website categorized by-region so that we may do business with devotees and give the subscription fee to devi as well as a portion of our earnings based on referrals through the site? I havent heard back from anyone -is this not a good godly idea? ______________________ ______________________ Message: 10 Tue, 27 Jul 2004 00:55:38 -0000 "one_tiny_atom" Re: Oh my gosh, job offer? Namah Shivaya Sweta, Our prayers are with you! Amme Sharanam, ota Ammachi, wrote: > Dear everyone, > Namah Shivaya > > After my lay-off 2+ years ago, and sending out resumes for months, I couldn't get even one single face-to-face interview. The day after e-mailing just a few resumes, I received an e-mail with the subject "Job Offer." It would be a temp to permanent position, close to our relatively remote home, and would pay $7-$12 an hour over my current earnings. Wow, I think this is exactly what we need. Thank you so much for praying. If I get this job, we'll be staying in CA, and maybe, just maybe, I'll avoid filing for bankruptcy. This is so amazing. I'll keep you all posted. Whether or not I get this job, this shows how able Amma is to take good care of Her children. Thank you Mother! > > Gratefully stunned & holding back tears, > > Sweta ______________________ ______________________ Message: 11 Mon, 26 Jul 2004 18:09:03 -0700 (PDT) Gabriela Rios Re: Re: Thoughts and impressions Yes, I am going to try very hard! I've even started looking at airfare to Detroit. The problem is I work retail, so taking time off around Thanksgiving is a big no-no. Still, I'll pray that something works out so I can go. Thanks! "you might be able to use one of those as a day off work." ______________________ ______________________ Message: 12 Tue, 27 Jul 2004 01:09:23 -0000 "one_tiny_atom" Re: Thoughts and impressions Namah Shivaya Gabriela: Jyotsna has it right about the retreats. It usually also happens that one of the two locations (San Ramon/Detroit) has a public program on the weekend. So, you could attend the regular program/Devi bhava in just a few months! Amme Sharanam, ota Ammachi, "E. Lamb" wrote: > Hi Gabriela, > > Usually one of the retreats coincides with either Thanksgiving or Veterans Day. Depending on your family, you might be able to use one of those as a day off work. > I realize you have your own business and I work for a public agency, so our situations > are different. > > In Amma's love, > Jyotsna > > Gabriela Rios wrote: > > Namah Shivaya, > > Amma will be in San Ramon & Detroit in November, towards the end of a long europeran tour. > > Yes, though I've used all my vacation time, I'm praying there will be a way I can go see Her briefly. Perhaps a public program will be scheduled on one of my days off. Otherwise, it will not be possible. > > Gabriela> > Mail is new and improved - Check it out! > > ______________________ ______________________ Message: 13 Mon, 26 Jul 2004 19:26:53 -0700 (PDT) Re: Re: Mahisasuramardini Someone said Amma suggested we chant the Mahisasuramardini Stotrum every day. Another spiritual teacher said it purifies the atmosphere. My experience playing it at my work place, a homeless shelter primarily for people with addiction & psychiatric issues, reinforces this. I heard the women sing it in Amma's India ashram in the early morning, right after chanting the 1,000 names around 5AM. It's glorious. ammasiswari wrote: Namah Shivaya, at the East Coast programs, there was a CD simply called "Chants," which included the Guru Stotram, Dhyana Sloka, Amma's Archana (108 names), Mahisasuramardini Stotrum, and the closing prayers (called "Shanti Mantras" on the CD). It wasn't an "official" looking CD, just an inexpensive reproduction in a paper sleeve. It's not on the bookstore website now, though hopefully it will be later. If you email the bookstore after Toronto, they should be able to help you! It's definitely worth having... ______________________ ______________________ Message: 14 Tue, 27 Jul 2004 02:32:21 -0000 "Erica" Re: Thoughts and impressions This child's birth sister is doing the site research for the November programs... looks as if it may be later than usual...ending on December 2nd...but nothing is in stone yet...! Research research research... With love, Niseema Ammachi, "one_tiny_atom" wrote: > Namah Shivaya Gabriela: > Jyotsna has it right about the retreats. It usually also happens that > one of the two locations (San Ramon/Detroit) has a public program on > the weekend. So, you could attend the regular program/Devi bhava in > just a few months! > > Amme Sharanam, > ota ______________________ ______________________ Message: 15 Tue, 27 Jul 2004 02:33:36 -0000 "CTRC" Re: Anyone here from CT who would like to start a satsang? Ammachi, Rick Archer wrote: > I grew up in Fairfield, CT, went to college in Bridgeport, taught > Transcendental Meditation throughout Fairfield County in 1970-72, and now > live in Fairfield, Iowa where we have a lively satsang and Amma visits each > summer. Fairfield to Fairfield...that's pretty neat, Rick. ;-) Sorry I missed this post earlier, incidentally. Much love, Radha/Christine ______________________ ______________________ Message: 16 Tue, 27 Jul 2004 02:39:56 -0000 "CTRC" Ma turns up the heat, once again... Dear all, After the most blissful three days of my life, I richocheted back to earth with a resounding THUD as I lost my job today. Actually, it was a mutual decision, and I will receive unemployment benefits, but it was still rather sudden. I won't delve into circumstances right now, but it's sufficient to say that I had to make a decision rather quickly. I know that Ma is leading me in the right direction, though -- I trust Her and realize that my next job will be the right fit (as right as this one was wrong). Nevertheless, I am still somewhat stressed out and hope that many of you will hold me in the Light and say a prayer that everything unfolds as it should. Much love, Radha/Christine ______________________ ______________________ Message: 17 Mon, 26 Jul 2004 20:10:21 -0700 (PDT) Gabriela Rios Re: Re: Thoughts and impressions Thank you Niseema, OTA, Jyotsna, and everyone who is trying to reassure me I will have another chance to see Mother. Though it seems impossible given my work schedule (retailers have to work during the holidays, and I work on Saturdays), maybe Amma is trying to tell me it WILL be possible! Niseema, thank you for the heads-up about the lateness of the program. If you begin to get even a HINT about when they will be, do let me know. Thank you Amma! Gabriela Erica wrote: This child's birth sister is doing the site research for the November programs... looks as if it may be later than usual...ending on December 2nd...but nothing is in stone yet...! Research research research... ______________________ ______________________ Message: 18 Mon, 26 Jul 2004 20:11:41 -0700 (PDT) Re: Ma turns up the heat, once again... Namaha Shivaya, I want all of you to know that tonight I plan to go through the Ammachi posts, and start a prayer list. You'll all have one more person praying for you. I appreciate this group's valuable support & love. Love, Sweta CTRC wrote: I and hope that many of you will hold me in the Light and say a prayer that everything unfolds as it should. Much love, Radha/Christine Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha! Ammachi/ Ammachi ______________________ ______________________ Message: 19 Tue, 27 Jul 2004 04:48:52 -0000 "michellewalsh88" Boston program/ Strange marks on feet after darshan???? It's been several days since I attended the Boston program, but the day-to-day crowded in and I didn't have time to write my experience. Before I begin sharing my experience, I just want to say what a joy it has been reading all of the digests and hearing all of these wonderful stories! I haven't had a chance to respond to many of the posts, but I just wanted to express my gratitude that this mailing list exists. It really helps get my mornings started on the path of joy. I had seen Mother for the first time on Sunday the 18th in NYC. I wrote about my experience there, which was literally the happiest day of my life. Well, I prayed that I might be able to see her once more before she left America, and somehow through the grace of God I was allotted the time off of work to go to Boston this past Wednesday with a very dear friend of mine who had never met or heard of Amma before. When we entered the hall, I was asked if I had seen Mother on this tour and I answered yes and I was not given a token but my friend got her token because it was her first time. It was around 9pm and I was told to come back at 11pm to see if I could get a token. I was a nervous wreck. I didn't know that I might not have the opportunity to receive darshan because I had seen Amma so recently. My friend was nervous too, because although we wanted to receive individual darshan….we wanted badly to go up together. It was 11:15pm and the person who was handing out tokens was late. I was nervous and anxious….horrified that I might not get a token and be in Mothers arms again before she left America. I prayed to her to please let me get a token. After much pacing about, I was a bundle of nerves when I finally got up to the woman given tokens. She asked if I had seen Amma very recently, and I replied that I had indeed just seen her in New York….at which point I burst into tears. She gave me a token and I ran back to my friend, ecstatic. The 2 ½ hours I had to wait to try and get a token seemed like the longest hours of my life. But then….in an instant….I learned why Amma made me wait so long. Even though my friend got her token at 9pm and I didn't get mine until around 11:30, somehow we ended up within the same group of numbers! We received Mothers darshan together….first my friend and then I immediately after….just as we had wished for!! I never cease to be amazed at the way Amma can orchestrate such things. My darshan was much longer this time, and I realized that she was chanting "Om" in my ear…same as she did in New York. The emotions that welled up in me were even more intense than New York. I couldn't stop crying the whole night, and my friend, who had never heard of Mother before was touched beyond belief.. The end of the night was so difficult. It was so hard to leave. As we were driving home, we were both so filled with longing and separation and a blast of rose fragrance shot through the car. We looked at each other stunned…and then smiled, of course, knowing that it was Amma. We got VERY lost in downtown Boston and we were very nervous. Suddenly, out of nowhere, a white dove shot out and flew so close to the windshield we thought it was going to hit the car. A white dove in downtown Boston? It was truly a magical night all the way around. Yet now, I am going through a sad time knowing that it will be another year before I am able to see Mother again. Yet, she sends signs everyday that she is always nearby…even though the physical distance is miles and miles. I am curious about something odd that happened during my NYC darshan and then again in Boston. Maybe some people here can give me an opinion? Immediately after I walked away from Amma after my darshan in NY, the middle of my foot was burning and I looked down to see a perfectly red circle on the top of my foot. It hurt so badly that later, when I went to put my shoes on, I was wincing with pain. I cannot understand where the sore could have come from, as we were all obviously barefoot in the hall. It did not appear until immediately after my darshan. I thought this was strange, but didn't pay much attention to it until it happened AGAIN on the OTHER foot in the EXACT same spot immediately after my darshan in Boston. I felt the same stinging sensation and my foot was swelling up in a circle in the same spot that the New York one came up….just on the other foot. Now, my right foot is turning into a scar and the left one (the newer one) is still red and hurting so badly that I can only wear sandals that won't touch the sore. When I put my feet together, I now have two red circles on each foot in the same location. I can't quite wrap my head around this and I have wracked my brain searching for some kind of explanation. Last night, I saw a picture of Amma with a sandalwood and red circle on her feet in the same spot where I have mine…but I have no idea what that means. What could this be? I am obviously missing the point on something. I have included links to photos of the marks in question. If this has happened to anyone else after darshan with Amma, I am eager to hear about it! Thank you! In Amma Michelle http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-11/497652/footnewyork.JPG http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-11/497652/footboston.JPG http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-11/497652/feet.JPG ______________________ ______________________ Message: 20 Mon, 26 Jul 2004 22:52:28 -0700 (PDT) "E. Lamb" Re: Ma turns up the heat, once again... Dear Christine, Wow, Amma is giving you the advanced course! Love, Jyotsna CTRC wrote: Dear all, After the most blissful three days of my life, I richocheted back to earth with a resounding THUD as I lost my job today. Actually, it was a mutual decision, and I will receive unemployment benefits, but it was still rather sudden. I won't delve into circumstances right now, but it's sufficient to say that I had to make a decision rather quickly. I know that Ma is leading me in the right direction, though -- I trust Her and realize that my next job will be the right fit (as right as this one was wrong). Nevertheless, I am still somewhat stressed out and hope that many of you will hold me in the Light and say a prayer that everything unfolds as it should. Much love, Radha/Christine Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha! Ammachi/ Ammachi Mail - You care about security. So do we. ______________________ ______________________ Message: 21 Mon, 26 Jul 2004 23:40:19 -0700 (PDT) Re: Re: Fix the Mala Namaha Shivaya Neesima, Did Swamiji say that karmas were broken by this? Thank you, Sweta Erica wrote: Namah Shivaya all, Swamiji wrote back and said that I should restring the beads and use them for japa again; "Amma must have broken some of [my] karmas like this". I guess it is the act of breaking that causes this, rather than the by-standers (beads). AUM AMRITESWARYAI NAMAHA With love, Forever marveling at this electronic age we live in, Niseema Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha! Ammachi/ Ammachi Mail is new and improved - Check it out! ______________________ ______________________ Message: 22 Tue, 27 Jul 2004 06:54:48 -0000 "chembalacnair" AMMA SAYS - APHORISM OM AMRITESWARYAI NAMAH AMMA SAYS: "If we are ready to take less and give more, we can cut asunder the chains of karma." :: Amma Sharanam May all the beings in all the worlds be peaceful and happy. ______________________ ______________________ Message: 23 Tue, 27 Jul 2004 08:30:08 -0000 "ammasiswari" Re: Fix the Mala I would think it'd be a hard thing for Swamiji to know for certain! There are multiple reasons why a mala could break...although when these things happen multiple times in close proximity, I suppose we all wonder....what is our Amma up to now!?! ;-) Love, Iswari Ammachi, wrote: > Namaha Shivaya Neesima, > > Did Swamiji say that karmas were broken by this? > > Thank you, > > Sweta > > Erica wrote: > Namah Shivaya all, > > Swamiji wrote back and said that I should restring the beads and use > them for japa again; "Amma must have broken some of [my] karmas like > this". > > I guess it is the act of breaking that causes this, rather than the > by-standers (beads). > > AUM AMRITESWARYAI NAMAHA > > With love, > Forever marveling at this electronic age we live in, > Niseema > > > > Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha! > > > Sponsor > > > > Links > > > Ammachi/ > > > Ammachi > > > > > > > > Mail is new and improved - Check it out! > > ______________________ ______________________ Message: 24 Tue, 27 Jul 2004 07:31:12 EDT feelbetterocala Re: Ma turns up the heat, once again... In a message dated 7/27/04 1:53:24 AM Eastern Daylight Time, jyotsna2 writes: << know that Ma is leading me in the right direction, though -- I trust Her and realize that my next job will be the right fit (as right as this one was wrong). Nevertheless, I am still somewhat stressed out and hope that many of you will hold me in the Light and say a prayer that everything unfolds as it should. >> You Got It!! Much Love, Health, and Wealth your way!! Everything is happening to Your Advantage, In Loves Service malati ______________________ ______________________ Message: 25 Tue, 27 Jul 2004 12:16:17 -0000 "Erica" Re: Fix the Mala Swamiji did not say for CERTAIN that the malas broke because Amma broke karmas, but suggested it as a possibility. If only one had broken, I'd probably have shrugged it off to mechanics. Since two broke within a week, it really had me wondering... Who knows what our Amma's plan is? Only she knows... I feel better knowing that it is okay to restring the beads! With love, Wondering, Niseema Ammachi, "ammasiswari" wrote: > I would think it'd be a hard thing for Swamiji to know for certain! There are multiple > reasons why a mala could break...although when these things happen multiple times in > close proximity, I suppose we all wonder....what is our Amma up to now!?! ;-) > > Love, > Iswari > > Ammachi, wrote: > > Namaha Shivaya Neesima, > > > > Did Swamiji say that karmas were broken by this? > > > > Thank you, > > > > Sweta > > > > Erica wrote: > > Namah Shivaya all, > > > > Swamiji wrote back and said that I should restring the beads and use > > them for japa again; "Amma must have broken some of [my] karmas like > > this". > > > > I guess it is the act of breaking that causes this, rather than the > > by-standers (beads). > > > > AUM AMRITESWARYAI NAMAHA > > > > With love, > > Forever marveling at this electronic age we live in, > > Niseema > > > > > > > > Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha! > > > > > > Sponsor > > > > > > > > Links > > > > > > Ammachi/ > > > > > > Ammachi > > > > Terms of Service. > > > > > > > > > > > > Mail is new and improved - Check it out! > > > > ______________________ ______________________ Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha! ------ ------ Read only the mail you want - Mail SpamGuard. 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Guest guest Posted July 27, 2004 Report Share Posted July 27, 2004 Is not all of humanity and everythnig the essence of the Eternal? Why just pick on only those who know of AMMA? Everything in life is AMMA. To choose between this and that only reflects in our limited understanding. Be yourself and do not concern on whether one knows of AMMA or not for duty itself in one's life is of the upmost importance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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