On the Lighter Side [Kali Mantra Initiation]

[Guest guest]

Somehow when Amma is in NYC , energy does spark up , I sat in park when bunch of

young people sad Hey Amma is in town . She is the real deal . It really does not

matter

what people say or do around Huge I mean Huge Mahatmas like Amma You will end up

seeing all kinds of people around Her some good some bad yet She instills a pure

Light

and ability for me to meditate even in the mist of complete chaos no more needs

to be

sad on this one for me. joanna

>

> This reminds me of a funny story a friend told me about in a letter.

> I will not reveal his/her identity but hope I will be forgiven for

> sharing this funny and sad observation:

>

> " [My friend] went to get darshan from Ammachi last Friday (I

> didn't). He was disappointed at how horribly crowded it was; they

> dispensed with having people remove their shoes, the 'Puja' was

> simplified to the point that it was just making gestures at the

> condiment container of Holy Water (no ghee lamps, no flower

> petals). Vendors were hawking their wares at any break in Ammachi's

> talk ('get yer pizza here! Veggie pizza for sale!') and both

> Westerners and Indians simply REFUSED to turn off their cell phones

> ('Oh, hi, I'm taking darshan from Ammachi of Kerala. You know, the

> Guru who hugs people. Wazzup? No, she's not in her cool Devi Bhava

> robes yet, she's wearing those drab, white renunciate clothes.') ...

> He was disgusted. I was depressed. "

>

> Again none of this speaks well or ill of Ammachi -- only of the

> would-be " receivers " of her wisdom and grace.

>

> DB

>

>

> , " cr_saba " <cr_saba@> wrote:

>

> > To make a long story short, I really didn't want to go, but in the

> end was dragged there. I decided that to make the situation

> bearable, I would just relax and be receptive while I was there.

>