Michigan Q&A session ~ Most Profound Q&A

[Guest guest]

Namaste Brothers and Sisters,

These are the most profound q's one can ask and Amma gave the most

profound answers verbally possible.

One of Amma's Swamis when first coming to Amma switched his Self-

Inquiry( "who am i?" ) practice to Devotion on Amma. This was very

good for him since his heart was very dry at the time. But after some

time and his heart so open to Amma, She asked him to go back to Self-

Inquiry( "Who Am I?" ) as it was best suited for him. And She told

him to do it continously without letting up.

 

My understanding is: Asking "Who Am I?" with all sincerity and

longing for the Supreme Non-Verbal Answer from the Lord does silence

the mind gradually and eventually will produce the desired result.

 

What is the goal of all spiritual practices?

Is it not to make the mind more and more silent?

 

Om Amtriteswaryai Namaha,

amarnath

 

Ammachi, "manoj_menon" <ammademon@g...> wrote:

>

> Ammachi, Rachel Barrett Gallop

> <hipstorian@g...> wrote:

> >

> > > > Q. Amma, I, too, have four questions.

> >

> > > > (Laughter.)

> >

> >

> > The key here is "I too..." because in San Ramon, a devotee

> > pronounced very officially sounding and (lots of other adjectives

> > come to mind, that are surely a reflection of my own state of

mind)

> > that "I am a sadhak and I am here to ask these four questions,"

in a

> > sort of testing tone of voice.

> >

> > Who am I?

> > Where did I come from?

> > Why am I here?

> > Where am I going from here?

> >

>

> His name is Raghu, and he is indeed a very sincere sadhak. And as he

> said, he was trying to speak for all sincere sadhaks to extract

Amma's

> wisdom on these central questions of Vedanta.

>

> > There was some collective intake of breath and Amma made a big

show

> > of writing some of them down, play-acting, it was very

humourous. I

> > thought perhaps there would be some huge revelation.

>

> May I be forgiven for writing this as Raghu wanted to keep it

private,

> but I could not resist sharing this with you all...... The next day,

> when he showed up for darshan, Swamiji took the paper out of his

> pocket and gave it to Raghu telling him that Amma wanted to give the

> piece of paper to him, in which she had written the 4 questions in

> malayalam. I had the good fortune of being shown the paper by Raghu.

>

> He intends to frame it, as per advice from senior devotees and

disciples.

>

> Jai Ma!

>