to Linda on Crying for God

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Ammachi , nierika wrote:

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> .... This body is wracked with pain, and I feel too often that I am

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> prisoner. Thank you for the poems ~ Linda

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Om Namah Sivaya Linda,

 

 

 

Can you use your pain to cry for God?

 

 

 

When Swami Paramatmananda( Neal Rossner at the time ) met Amma, Amma

recommended crying for God. Neal said there has to be a reason to cry.

Amma said " is not your pain enough reason? " Neal, was

experiencing a lot of pain, couldn't eat, was chronically ill, etc

at the time.

 

 

 

One thing that helps me to cry for God, is to think of all the suffering

in the world, or see it on news etc.

 

 

 

Here are some Amma Quotes on crying for God:

 

 

 

 

Crying to God

 

" Children, pray and shed tears as you think of God. That is the

greatest sadhana. No other sadhana will give you the bliss of divine

love as effectively as sincere prayer. "

 

 

 

 

" If you can't cry at first, say the words again and again and

make yourself cry. A child will pester his mother to make her buy what

he wants. He'll keep following her around and he won't stop

crying until he has the desired object in his hand. We have to pester

the Divine Mother like that. We have to sit there and cry. Don't

give Her a moment of peace! We should cry out, `Show yourself to me!

Show yourself!' When you say that you can't cry, it means that

you have no real yearning. Anyone will cry when that longing comes to

them. If you can't cry, make yourself cry, even if it takes some

effort. "

 

 

 

 

" Say that you are hungry but you don't have any food or money.

You will go somewhere or do something to get food, won't you? Cry

out to the Divine Mother and say, `Why aren't you giving me

tears?' Ask Her, `Why don't you make me cry? Does it mean

that you don't love me? How can I live if you don't love

me?' Then She will give you strength, and you will be able to cry.

Children, that is what Amma used to do. You can do the same. "

 

 

 

 

" Such tears are not tears of sorrow. They are a form of inner bliss.

Those tears will flow when the jivatman (individual soul) merges with

the Paramatman (Supreme Self). Our tears mark a moment of oneness with

God. Those who are watching us may interpret it as sorrow. For us,

however, it is bliss. "

 

 

 

 

Crying to God is the Best Meditation

 

 

 

 

" Children, crying has the power to make the mind completely

one-pointed. Why do we meditate? To get concentration, isn't that

why? Yes. So, the best way to get concentration is by crying to the

Lord. That is a very powerful way of remembering God, and that, in fact,

is meditation. That is what great devotees like the gopis and Mirabai

did. See how selflessly Mirabai prayed, `O Mira's Giridhari

(Krishna), it does not matter if You don't love me. But, O Lord,

please do not take away my right to love You.' They prayed and cried

until their whole being was transformed into a state of constant prayer.

They kept on worshipping the Lord until they were totally consumed by

the flames of divine love. They themselves became the offering. Once you

become the offering, once your whole being is in a state of constant

prayer, then what is left is not you but Him. What is left is love.

Prayer can perform this miracle. Crying can accomplish this feat. What

is the purpose of meditation? It is to become love. It is to attain

oneness. Thus there is no better meditation technique than praying and

crying to the Lord.

 

 

 

 

" Let the heart melt in prayer. Unfortunate indeed are those who

think that crying to God is a weakness. As the wax melts, the flame of a

candle only burns brighter. Through crying to God, one gains strength.

These tears wash away the impurities of the mind. If one cries for God

for five minutes, it is equal to one hour of meditation. Such crying

makes the mind easily absorbed in the remembrance of God.

 

 

 

 

" Those who meditate only according to a timetable, as if it were a

duty, will never see God. You have to cry for God, day and night, with

no thought of food or sleep. You have to develop that kind of

detachment. If someone smeared chili paste all over your body, think of

how you would struggle to escape the burning! You should pine to see God

with the same intensity. You should cry for that vision, without wasting

even an instant. Only then, will all other thoughts disappear, as in

deep sleep, and you will reach the plane of divine experience. "

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Excellent advice, Anatol! it would have to be, coming from Amma,

Ramakrishna and so many other paramahamsas. But i've found that deep

crying from the heart has also caused surcease from pain, and helped

healing.

 

http://www.maxdashu.net/deasophy/guanyin.html

 

Max

[Ammasuntemba]

greetings beloved linda.love,temba