Re:Manoj Post

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Thanks for that great post, Manoj. One of my

all time favorite Amma quotes happened at a

question and answer session when a devotee asked

if Amma thought there would be war between

India and Pakistan. The reply from the swami

was duly given: "Amma does not think."

I LOVED it!

 

Jyotsna

 

 

--- manoj_menon <manoj_menon wrote:

> Chris, and others,

>

> Namah Shivaya.

>

> Think about it.

>

> Easy or bumpy, enlightenment is enlightenment.

>

> If it is gotten easy, all the better! who wants to

> be bumped up?

>

> and who is to say who will get it easy? only God

> can! only Grace can!

>

> and who can judge on the behavior of one who got it

> 'easy'? only He

> again!

>

> Reminds me of the cat's child vs the monkey's child

> story Amma

> mentions frequently.... I would like to recount it

> verbatim to offer

> another viewpoint on this, but I am very bad at

> remembering details

> or in my observation of animals, so my narrative

> will be slightly

> compromised on details, but I will make my point

> anyways.

>

> One animal's child clings on to the mother for

> everything while the

> other expects the mother to take care of it for

> everything. So,

> accordingly, the mothers of the animals behave.

>

> She went on to say that the animal child who clings

> on to the mother

> is like a person who likes to do a lot of effort to

> reach

> enlightenment, whereas the other child who expects

> the mother to do

> everything is like a person who has a childlike

> faith in God's

> ability to take care of him.

>

> The former likes to think he has 'worked' his way

> into God (a sign

> of ego), while the latter has just demanded it as

> his right (a

> natural state).

>

> Now, coming to easy vs bumpy, if we consciously or

> unconsciously

> choose 'bumpy', then that could very well be our ego

> saying, "I

> don't think it is so easy; it had better be hard.

> else why am I not

> expeiencing it? So, it is hard, i.e. I can expect a

> bumpy ride!"

>

> Just another viewpoint on the same thought.

>

> This is NOT to say that all should think 'easy', not

> 'bumpy'.

>

> All I am saying is that THINKING is the first evil.

> Thinking easy or

> Thinking bumpy maybe the real cause, rather than the

> 'easy'

> or 'bumpy' which sound more like the symptom.

>

> Stop thinking. Start surrendering... to your karma,

> to your life

> situation, to everything.

>

> Just another viewpoint.... may not mean anything to

> anyone, but

> thought I will offer it anyways.

>

> Jai Ma!

> Manoj (a.k.a. one of the biggest, bloated egos

> floating around in

> the universe)

>

>

 

 

 

 

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