To Georgeson: Karunamayi Question to Swami Ramakrishnananda

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Dear Georgeson,

 

When the pangs of Amma's departure have been fresh,

hoping to soften the pain, I've planned to visit other

enlightened teachers. It had the opposite effect. In

Awaken Children I, Amma says it's good to be attached

to the Guru's form, but to simultaneously realize the

Guru's omnicient nature. If we're overly attached to

the Guru's form, then it can lead to problems. (Very

paraphrased.) Amma also says to have faith that our

True Self & Her True Self are one. This seems to

suggest that once we've found our Guru, it's for our

own good to look for Her within ourselves, rather than

outside of ourselves.

 

Today I wondered how I can keep going on without being

in Amma's physical presence. Then I remembered that

Amma says to see everything as coming from God or

Guru. Could this mean that this physical separation

is what I now need, since a good Parent wouldn't give

anything less than the best to Her children? Missing

Amma so much seems like an impetus to seeking Amma,

apart from Her body.

 

Sweta

 

 

--- balakrishnan Shankar <balakrishnan_sh

wrote:

 

> Georgeson,

>

> If your mother is travelling for a few months every

> year, can someone else just "be" your mother in the

> interim?

>

> did the gopis say " oh Krishna has left us for

> mathura.. lets find a substitute"?

>

> bala

>

> leokomor <leokomor wrote:

> Dear Jyotsna:

>

> I seriously appreciate your comprehensive answer.

>

> My question was faulty. Indeed you were not the

> person who asked

> Swami RK about Sri Karunamayi.

>

> Is there something to the notion that another "guru"

> can be a

> surrogate for Amma?

>

> For example, let us face it, we have a traveling

> Guru. There are

> often six month gaps in seeing Amma. Holy Company

> is recommended by

> all religions. Can one not benefit by another

> Spiritual Teacher to

> fill those gaps?

>

> Please Groupsters don't sue me for blasphemy. Just

> kidding.

>

> With Wonder,

>

> GeorgeSon

>

> Ammachi, GeorgeSon

> <leokomor> wrote:

> > Dear Jyotsna:

> >

> > I am currently wrestling with the idea of seeing

> other Saints when

> they tour Northern California. Am not interested in

> finding another

> Guru. Amma is the one for me and I do not want any

> other. However I

> would like to enjoy other Mahatma's to imbibe in

> their spiritual

> teachings. I make a firm distinction,

> >

> > Amma is Guru. (In my view Guru is God)

> > Other Saints (Mahatmas currently alive on this

> planet) can be

> Spiritual Teachers they being not in my lineage, yet

> they have

> something to offer to the Path.

> >

> > Jyotsna wrote:

> >

> > "Later that year Swami Ramakrishna was in town for

> a retreat.

> > Someone asked him if Amma had sent Karunamayi. He

> said

> > no, that Amma was here for us Herself, and that

> when She

> > sent someone it was one of her monks like

> himself."

> >

> > Jyotsna please help me understand your quesion to

> Swami

> Ramakrishnanandaji. What did you mean by Amma may

> have "sent" Sri

> Karunamayi? Did you mean as one of Amma's many

> faces?

> >

> > Please enlarge on this.

> >

> > Thank you.

> >

> > GeorgeSon