Guest guest Posted January 16, 2004 Report Share Posted January 16, 2004 I have to say that I am finding this debate very interesting since my bedtime reading the last few nights has been from _Holy Mother_ by Swami Nikhilananda (Being the Life of Sri Sarada Devi Wife of Sri Ramakrishna and Helpmate in His Mission). And I kept thinking, hmm, that sounds like Mother... And that. And that. Or does Mother sound like Mother. And then the yatra pictures in Kanya Kumari made it even more interesting. Found an old retreat bracelet today that said: Fill your heart with divine love and then express it in all that you do. I feel so lucky to have Mother in this lifetime to show such a model of total love. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2004 Report Share Posted January 17, 2004 On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 23:13:48 -0600 (CST), Rachel Barrett Gallop <mart0167 wrote: > I have to say that I am finding this debate very interesting since my > bedtime reading the last few nights has been from _Holy Mother_ by Swami > Nikhilananda (Being the Life of Sri Sarada Devi Wife of Sri Ramakrishna > and Helpmate in His Mission). And I kept thinking, hmm, that sounds like > Mother... And that. And that. Or does Mother sound like Mother. Yes, Yes! Mother sounds like Mother! I like that. They are all aspects of the same Great Being, that's why they are in some sense the same, and yet they are also different. Love, Ramlal -- Om! Sthapakaya Ca Dharmasya Sarva-Dharma-Svarupine Avatara-Varishthaya Ramakrishnaya Te Namaha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2004 Report Share Posted January 17, 2004 I used to imagine that Ammachi was the current manifestation of energies that were Swami Paramahansa Yogananda, him being a great Shakta and my first familiar freind in Sanatan Dharma. Now I think that the energies I believed were the same ARE the same only it is Divine Mother I see emanating through both of them. So, i think now that Amma, Sarada Ma, Ramakrishna, Maharshi etc.those who have achieved liberation (or have come very close), are just displaying aspects of Mother and thus the similarities. There is no single future incarnation. Ammachi is Sarada Devi and Ammachi is Yogananda, invarying degrees of Divine Light like the phases of the moon. When Ramakrishna said he would come back was it Ramakrishna or Maha Kali Ma talking to us? No use looking for a new Yogananada or a new Ramakrishna, that's like studying the night sky through a reflection on water. Sorry if I've blabbed what's been blabbed already, i've come in late to this thread! Jai Ma > Message: 7 > Sat, 17 Jan 2004 08:42:24 -0600 > Ramlal <conte > Re: Re: Ramakrishna and Sri Sarada Devi > > On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 23:13:48 -0600 (CST), Rachel Barrett Gallop > <mart0167 wrote: > > > I have to say that I am finding this debate very interesting since my > > bedtime reading the last few nights has been from _Holy Mother_ by Swami > > Nikhilananda (Being the Life of Sri Sarada Devi Wife of Sri Ramakrishna > > and Helpmate in His Mission). And I kept thinking, hmm, that sounds like > > Mother... And that. And that. Or does Mother sound like Mother. > > Yes, Yes! Mother sounds like Mother! I like that. They are all aspects > of the same Great Being, that's why they are in some sense the same, and > yet they are also different. > > Love, > Ramlal > > -- > Om! Sthapakaya Ca Dharmasya > Sarva-Dharma-Svarupine > Avatara-Varishthaya > Ramakrishnaya Te Namaha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2004 Report Share Posted January 17, 2004 - diana Ammachi Saturday, January 17, 2004 12:35 PM Re: Re: Ramakrishna and Sri Sarada Devi Namaste, Diana and All, Having read a bit further in Ramakrishna as we saw Him, this question, as well as a side issue on this thread, were answered pretty distinctly by the Master Himself. He states that "I am Christ..(and another avatar but I don't have the book beside me now to name that one)." Which, of course, makes sense and also seems, to me at least, to support your suggestion that there will be no new incarnation of any of the avatars since they all are manifestations of That - just embodied a little differently and with temporary uniquenesses suited to their places and times. Sri Ramakrishna also states, in the same book, that one should "scrutinize" a guru before accepting Him/Her, which addresses another area that I was struggling with. Two clarities in one day - I am simply awestruck. Perhaps having just given up and asked Mother to let me understand this in Her own time and way was all I needed to do - now if the howling at Her feet for more of Her Truth just works as well.... Your sister in Ammachi, Snehalata I used to imagine that Ammachi was the current manifestation of energies that were Swami Paramahansa Yogananda, him being a great Shakta and my first familiar freind in Sanatan Dharma. Now I think that the energies I believed were the same ARE the same only it is Divine Mother I see emanating through both of them. So, i think now that Amma, Sarada Ma, Ramakrishna, Maharshi etc.those who have achieved liberation (or have come very close), are just displaying aspects of Mother and thus the similarities. There is no single future incarnation. Ammachi is Sarada Devi and Ammachi is Yogananda, invarying degrees of Divine Light like the phases of the moon. When Ramakrishna said he would come back was it Ramakrishna or Maha Kali Ma talking to us? No use looking for a new Yogananada or a new Ramakrishna, that's like studying the night sky through a reflection on water. Sorry if I've blabbed what's been blabbed already, i've come in late to this thread! Jai Ma > Message: 7 > Sat, 17 Jan 2004 08:42:24 -0600 > Ramlal <conte > Re: Re: Ramakrishna and Sri Sarada Devi > > On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 23:13:48 -0600 (CST), Rachel Barrett Gallop > <mart0167 wrote: > > > I have to say that I am finding this debate very interesting since my > > bedtime reading the last few nights has been from _Holy Mother_ by Swami > > Nikhilananda (Being the Life of Sri Sarada Devi Wife of Sri Ramakrishna > > and Helpmate in His Mission). And I kept thinking, hmm, that sounds like > > Mother... And that. And that. Or does Mother sound like Mother. > > Yes, Yes! Mother sounds like Mother! I like that. They are all aspects > of the same Great Being, that's why they are in some sense the same, and > yet they are also different. > > Love, > Ramlal > > -- > Om! Sthapakaya Ca Dharmasya > Sarva-Dharma-Svarupine > Avatara-Varishthaya > Ramakrishnaya Te Namaha! Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha! Links Ammachi/ b.. Ammachi c.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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