Guest guest Posted August 6, 2002 Report Share Posted August 6, 2002 Dear Jon Thanks for the great prayer: "One who speakes ill of me is a hero to me; > he works without pay. > He is instrumental in enabling me to wash off my old sins. > He renders me service without reward. > He sinks and saves others. > He is such a beloved fellow, > O Rama, I pray for his long life. > Dadu says, The villifier is benefactor in disguise." I'm not any fonder than the next person of rude people. Gandhi was going a bit further than rude here. Any time anyone takes a stand as he did, as Ammachi has, they are sure to attract ill-wishers. It's the sign that you're doing something out of the ordinary. That guy at the campground woke you up in time to meditate or pray at the most sacred time of day, per some people. Aikya >We need rude, loud, selfish people for our spiritual evolution. They really are doing us a huge favor. I went camping this weekend at a very full camp ground, and around 4:30 in the morning this very, very drunk guy starts hootin' and hollerin' for everyone to wake up and party with him. At first I was pretty upset that he was interupting my precious sleep:o), but then I thought, probably in this life or another I had done the same thing to someone else and it was now paybeack time. Plus he was giving me an opportunity to give up my very serious attachement to sleep. > Anytime I run into very rude, mean people I try to remember a prayer > that is in Gandhi's Book of Prayers. > > "One who speakes ill of me is a hero to me; > he works without pay. > He is instrumental in enabling me to wash off my old sins. > He renders me service without reward. > He sinks and saves others. > He is such a beloved fellow, > O Rama, I pray for his long life. > Dadu says, The villifier is benefactor in disguise." > > Not the easiest advice to follow, but it does help to keep positve in > the face of mean people:~) > > In Amma's Love > Jon > Om Amriteswaryai Namaha > > > > > > Ammachi, Rick Archer <rick@s...> wrote: > > They say Yudisthira (head of the Pandavas and Arjuna¹s older > brother) had no > > enemies. Of course many people were trying to kill him, and > Duryodhana did > > all kinds of yucky things to him. But in his perception, everyone > was a > > friend; therefore he had no enemies. > > -- > > > > > > > I wanted to share a great experience I had with respect to my son > > > getting a name from Amma & the lesson in patience he received. > > > > > > He is 10 years old and in Chicago he decided he wanted to get a > > > name. He went through the process of singing up, asking again and > > > again when to do it, and was seated next to Amma to get his > name. He > > > waited there for about 2-3 hours & I watched him sit there. About > > > ever 10 minutes, he tugged on Dayamrita swami's robe asking 'is it > > > time yet'... My initial reaction was to want to get up and to > scold > > > him, because my ego was embarrassed by his behavior. I convinced > > > myself to just sit and watch as he got scolded time and > again...being > > > told 'not yet, just sit and wait'. By the time he got his name, > he > > > had mellowed quite a bit. The way I look at this is he must have > > > burned off many many vasanas during this experience... something I > > > never could have been able to do on my own with him. > > > > > > I have enjoyed watching this discussion because it has reinforced > > > that my experiences or reactions are not isolated. > > > > > > Just about ever day around Amma someone will do something that I > take > > > offense to in some way. I believe that it is 'my taking offense' > > > that is the root of the problem, or my reactions, and not that > > > person. > > > > > > When I was first coming to see Amma, I wanted everything to be > > > perfect, to have the perfectly blissful experience. I would > totally > > > cut myself off from work or my day to day life to try to preserve > > > this blissfulness as mush as possible. At that time, these ego- > > > resetting experiences always were uncomfortable. > > > > > > I have recently made a transition where I am trying to use my day > to > > > day stresses as opportunities to strip off vasanas, instead of > trying > > > to run away from them or avoid them. When I see the unpleasant > > > experiences I have around Amma's sevites in this way, I can > somehow > > > transform them into tools to help me kill of more and more of my > ego. > > > > > > - Vishvesh > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ammachi, Dianadevi@a... wrote: > > >> > But if you have a squirmy 8 and 10 year old, what a great > place for > > > them to > > >> > learn about patience, consideration, humility, and even human > > > behavior - > > >> > waiting in the Darshan line. > > > > > > > > > > > > Sponsor > > > > > > > > > Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha! > > > > > > Ammachi- > > > > > > > > > Terms of > Service > > > <> . > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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