Guest guest Posted July 19, 2003 Report Share Posted July 19, 2003 this is exactly the net effect of noticing my negativity :-) Jai Ma! --Aravind --- childofdevi <childofdevi wrote: > > hmmm... when I am around Amma what is usually notice > is that I am a > totally rotten person compared to everyone else > around:-). There are > some truly wonderful people who spend day in and day > out doing the > most mundane things, without sleep sometimes and who > are perpetually > in good humour. I guess there are different lessons > for each of us to > learn. > > yogaman > > > > My 2 cents: being with Amma I notice how the > people > > around push my buttons. It's very intense. But I > > think it's part of the work Mother wants us to do. > We > > get to see the workings of our minds in > excruciating > > detail in Her presence. But ultimately I don't > think > > we're seeing anything new. Those irritations with > > people occur in the work-a-day world all the time. > We > > just notice it big-time when we are with Mother. > And > > invariably the person who is most getting on my > nerves > > will be the person I do seva with or who sits in > my > > group of four during atma-puja. Amma loves doing > > this. > > > > As for being "Hindu," I'm a white-guy Hindu > myself. > > My experience is that I don't have a "choice" in > the > > matter. I didn't choose to be a Hindu or a > follower > > of Sanatana Dharma or whatever. I just noticed > one > > day that it was the most accurate description. > Not a > > very good Hindu at all, at all. But a bad Hindu > more > > than anything else. It's all just labels anyway, > like > > others have more eloquently said. > > > > Jai Maa! > > --Aravind Jami > > > > > > > > > > SBC DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! > > http://sbc. > > SBC DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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