Guest guest Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 OM NAMAH SIVAYA i am certainly no Ammachi though i do hold Her the dearest of the dear. maybe She means the mind, like the wound, is the source of our pain. Ego is in the mind and it seeks logically understand that which is beyond logic and can't be understood but can only be experienced. philosophy and rationalizing can only take one so far as it is of the mind. one must take residence a couple floors down in the heart. God is in the heart. God is Love and can only be felt not understood. Amma once said you can read about honey, even lick the word on the page but if you have never tasted honey you can't know it's sweetness. JAI MA , "NMadasamy" <nmadasamy wrote: > > Ive been trying to understand Ammachi's statement abt the mind being > wound. Hoping somebody from Ammachi group will be able to explain > but so far nobody comes along. Eventually I got this from a good > friend and I like to share it with all : > > How mind *could* be considered a wound. Our perception breaks up the > world into many pieces -- subjects and objects -- me and you -- us > and them, right? What is the source of this perception? the mind. > It limits the infinite so that we can live and move in the trealm of > time and experience so it is a wound in that it hacks unity into > pieces but it is a lifelife, in that it enables the infinite toi > experience the finite -- through us! > > that's why, in meditation, we try to still the thoughts; i.e. close > the wound. > > > > , Max Dashu <maxdashu@> > wrote: > > > > > how do you meditation on the wounds? You see yourself as the > > >wounds, or the wounds as something on your body : like the normal > > >wounds we see? or you see ourselves > > >actually dressings these wounds? > > > > Delving into the wounds that dominate the mind, that lead to > > compulsions and habitual fixations, and which give rise to bodily > > illness as they go on. They can and certainly do include emotional > > trauma, but what is the origin of that? It goes deep into that > which is invisible to us, at least to the mind. > > > > I don't see myself as the wound. Am looking for the source of the > > irritant, to relinquish the burdens of the past, the pain which is > > held in the body (especially when the mind wasn't able to handle > it at the time, and goes on behaving as if there is no issue, but > the body knows better that something is unresolved). > > > > Our nature is not the wound, but we need to reintegrate our > > impermanent self with all those deeper layers of Being. Entering > into our true nature and deepening consciousness of That is the way > that the wounds will be resolved. So diving deep, emptying out our > pain, releasing it, flushing the wounds and washing them with grace, > > through all the koshas. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 --- ecjensen_us <ecjensen_us > wrote: > OM NAMAH SIVAYA > > i am certainly no Ammachi though i do hold Her the > dearest of the > dear. maybe She means the mind, like the wound, is > the source of our > pain. Ego is in the mind and it seeks logically > understand that which > is beyond logic and can't be understood but can only > be experienced. > philosophy and rationalizing can only take one so > far as it is of the > mind. one must take residence a couple floors down > in the heart. God > is in the heart. God is Love and can only be felt > not understood. > > Amma once said you can read about honey, even lick > the word on the > page but if you have never tasted honey you can't > know it's sweetness. > > JAI MA > > , "NMadasamy" > <nmadasamy wrote: > > > > Ive been trying to understand Ammachi's statement > abt the mind being > > wound. Hoping somebody from Ammachi group will be > able to explain > > but so far nobody comes along. Eventually I got > this from a good > > friend and I like to share it with all : > > > > How mind *could* be considered a wound. Our > perception breaks up the > > world into many pieces -- subjects and objects -- > me and you -- us > > and them, right? What is the source of this > perception? the mind. > > It limits the infinite so that we can live and > move in the trealm of > > time and experience so it is a wound in that it > hacks unity into > > pieces but it is a lifelife, in that it enables > the infinite toi > > experience the finite -- through us! > > > > that's why, in meditation, we try to still the > thoughts; i.e. close > > the wound. > > > > > > > > , Max Dashu > <maxdashu@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > how do you meditation on the wounds? You see > yourself as the > > > >wounds, or the wounds as something on your body > : like the normal > > > >wounds we see? or you see ourselves > > > >actually dressings these wounds? > > > > > > Delving into the wounds that dominate the mind, > that lead to > > > compulsions and habitual fixations, and which > give rise to bodily > > > illness as they go on. They can and certainly do > include emotional > > > trauma, but what is the origin of that? It goes > deep into that > > which is invisible to us, at least to the mind. > > > > > > I don't see myself as the wound. Am looking for > the source of the > > > irritant, to relinquish the burdens of the past, > the pain which is > > > held in the body (especially when the mind > wasn't able to handle > > it at the time, and goes on behaving as if there > is no issue, but > > the body knows better that something is > unresolved). > > > > > > Our nature is not the wound, but we need to > reintegrate our > > > impermanent self with all those deeper layers of > Being. Entering > > into our true nature and deepening consciousness > of That is the way > > that the wounds will be resolved. So diving deep, > emptying out our > > pain, releasing it, flushing the wounds and > washing them with grace, > > > through all the koshas. > > > > > > > ________ India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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