Amma and Mammon: 'Shakti of Devi' sells 'blessed' jewelry for obscene profits

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Len Rosenberg <kalipadma108

Wed Aug 24, 2005 10:00 am

Amma and Mammon

 

Mary Ann <buttercookie61 wrote:

 

> Now maybe someone other than myself recognizes a

> connection between Amma and Deepak Chopra. BTW like

> anywhere else, it is necessary to pay attention when

> shopping. For example, you can buy a necklace for

> $5 and receive darshan and have Amma bless it for

> you, or you can receive darshan, and then go buy a

> necklace Amma has blessed that costs $65 or more.

> Hel-lo!!! And of course, you do not have to buy

> anything at all.

 

I gather that the " blessed " jewelry that is sold at

Amma's darshans was WORN by her during Devi Bhava. So

you have not only a blessing, but the vibrations of

her body, her DNA, and the Shakti of Devi imbuing the

jewelry... purportedly. :-)

 

My friend Karen always buys an expensive piece of

Amma's Devi Bhava jewelry when she goes for darshan,

and always is thrilled with the " vibes " it gives. May

she always have enough money to indulge this

obession... and may it be put to good use by Amma.

 

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" Mary Ann " <buttercookie61

Wed Aug 24, 2005 1:59 am

Re: Mata Amritanandamayi unhurt in attack

 

 

Now maybe someone other than myself recognizes a connection between

Amma and Deepak Chopra. BTW like anywhere else, it is necessary to

pay attention when shopping. For example, you can buy a necklace for

$5 and receive darshan and have Amma bless it for you, or you can

receive darshan, and then go buy a necklace Amma has blessed that

costs $65 or more. Hel-lo!!! And of course, you do not have to buy

anything at all.

 

At this year's visit by Amma to Los Angeles, I went to a public

weekday evening as a volunteer and I worked a flower table. I also

had the exact same feelings/thoughts as Nora is expressing when I

first learned that those flowers were going back and forth between

the stage and the table, purchased and given over and over again. I

learned of that in 2003 or 2004, and I felt sad and kind of ripped

off that my hard-earned cash and my care in purchasing and giving

weren't properly respected by the immediate taking of what I gave

and sending it back into that loop. The night I worked the flower

table this year, however, I truly felt like I experienced the flow

of money and the flow of love to be connected, and that to remove

the flowers or other items from that flow was to take them out of

circulation in a way that diminished their power/value to humanity.

 

I feel it is possible to move into that flow, to be in harmony with

it/not be apart from it; I feel abundance on all levels is the fruit

of this. This is essentially the crux of Deepak Chopra's teachings

about abundance - teachings which certainly did not originate with

Dr. Chopra; he quotes heavily from the Vedas and other sources.

 

This is not to say that everyone in Amma's or other charitable

organizations lives in that flow. I just wanted to share the

experience, though I think I might have posted this before.

 

Nora's post also brings to mind Jesus overturning the tables in the

temple, angry that greed was trading on his father's name. I don't

know what was being sold there and then, for what purpose; I'm not

sure that was ever specified.

 

 

 

, " NMadasamy " <nmadasamy@s...>

wrote:

> I remember posting this sometime back. During Amma's last visit

> to KL, Malaysia.

>

> " Did you go to see Amma? "

>

> " Yes I did "

>

> " What time did you go? "

>

> " almost 12 mn "

>

> " What time did you managed to see Amma and what is your number "

>

> " My number is 20000 ++ and we [ me and my friends ] see Amma at

> 4.30 am "

>

> " wow! Only 4 hrs. How did you do that? My friend and his mother

> from Ipoh waited for almost 10 hrs and their number is 11000 ++ and

> they managed only to get her blessings at 9.30 am the next morning "

>

> " you know what, listen ….. apparently numbers from 1000 till

> 4000, I heard have gone missing. They said taken by the

> volunteers. But the volunteers are being told that they will get

> the blessings from Amma herself at the end of it. So one of the

> volunteers gave me the numbers. "

>

> " I See "

>

> " But you know what I am not happy about. I gave her the garland,

> and immediately her " assistance " remove the garland , bring it to

> the other side of the stage and there I saw them selling the other

> garlands for RM50/-. Even in the temple they would never have done

> this. The flowers we offered to the deity are often given in

> return to others devotees as prasadam. " '

>

> [ Mind ] Mental Arithmetic triggered on.: hmmmmmm one garland

> Rm50/- . Sitting there for about 3 hrs, I observe out of every 10

> who comes to seek her blessings, 7-8 would offer her a garland.

> …….. "

>

> " You know I am told, the last token number issued is 55 000 ++ "

>

> [ Mind ] Really ………. 55 0000 people seeks her blessings.

> Hmmmmmmm okay make a round figure , lets say 70% of the 55 0000

> brings garland and being sold at Rm50/ ……. Ah! The Souvenior

> Magazine to commemorate Amma's visit to Malaysia, let take a look

> at it. How much does it cost ? Rm 25/- hmmmmmm look at the

> advertisers . Come on Calculate ! hmmmmm all are major companies.

> They should easily cover the production cost. …………. Suddenly

> an echo from somewhere:

>

> Ah! Never mind lah… for charity marked up the price people will

> definitely buy…. For charity! For charity! From personal

> experience, the actual production cost of this magazine would be

> Rm 2.00 per book. Well depend on the quantity you see. The more

> you print the lower the cost. Hmmmmmm 2.00 per book and sold at

> Rm25/- For charity! For charity ! people will definitely buy ….

> The echos continues. ……..Recall that night …. While you

> walk back home… what do you see …. Amma's Cup…. How

> much they sell? Don't know, I didn't check. …… hmmmmm Amma's

> T-Shirt…. How much? Not sure. Lets say standard market value

> about Rm 20- 30 per T-Shirt.

>

> Hmmmmm .. What else? The Autobiography of Amma. ….. hmmmmmm The

> LalithaSahasranama …. What else did you see ! A lot but I cant

> recall right now.

>

> For charity! For charity! Ah! Never mind lah… for charity marked

> up the price people will definitely buy…

>

> [ Mind ] Recalling a conversation with the friend from Ipoh. Did

> you get something to eat for your mother. They offered free food up

> there….. I did Akak and its not free. I have to pay. …. Well

> yes you pay for the drinks, because its from the hotel, hmmm Rm 2/-

 

> per small cup of coffee. But Food is free. Did you go to the

> counter which label : Free Food? I did Akak I went there and they

> told me I have to pay Rm2/ per packet of food. But the notice

> said : Free Food! Hmmmm

>

> [ Mind ] Recalling another conversation. Happy to be able to see

> her at last! Yes Akak! Even though 10 hrs? Yes! Mission Accomplish!

> Yes! I am happy for you then. Hmmmmm another scene flash back :

> But you know what I am not happy about…..' Ironic isn't it. One

> leave feeling happy after 10 hrs of waiting and another with a lot

> of unhappiness who waited for only 4 hrs. Both able to get her

> blessings.

>

> And what about me ? Nothing…. What am I trying to say

> here……. Nothingtoo. Just feel like writing and sharing what I

> see and hear. …. Infront of me right now a Picture of Her

> Holiness Mata Amritanandamayi Devi smiling back at me.

>

>

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> **

>

> Mary Ann comments then when I posted that message " Money makes

> the world go round / makes Amma go round the world. How else can

> she hug the multitudes, buy women and children out of prostitution,

> and educate them and others in her schools, as well as build homes

> for them?

>

> Mary Ann message no 17909 got my attention : For example, in 2003,

> when I first went to see Amma, I got a major leg cramp while

> watching Amma give darshan. I asked if there were any bodyworkers

> there to help me. " No, Amma is against that! " Last year and this

> year, they were calling for bodyworkers and massage therapists to

> donate their skills for the attendees in order to generate

> donations, and for the helpers (who were under stress during the

> tour).

>

>

> My private conversation with a senior member of this group, and I

> like to share with all:

>

> " My criticism is directly to the people who managing her

> organization that is all. As I personally feel, they are

> commercializing her to an extend, I see it as abuse not only to

> her but to the public. There is such thing as greed in charity "

>

> " Yes I agree on that "

>

> " I understand the need to raise fund but using at expense of the

> generosity of the public, that is greed "

>

> " Like Mary Ann pointed out before its not okay to massage the

> leg, but when they see money to be made on there, it becomes okay.

> The most dangerous is feeding greed via charity. I just feel the

> moral obligation to highlight this issue, Once I'm done, I will

> rest the issue. Is that okay? "

>

> " Yes it is OK if your mind says its OK "

>

> I have said what there is need to be said, and will close this

> topic here as promise.

 

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