Guest guest Posted January 10, 2004 Report Share Posted January 10, 2004 Ammachi, "Dixie Thacker" <dixielou@s...> wrote: > > - > "Ramlal" <conte@i...> > <Ammachi> > Saturday, January 10, 2004 12:41 PM > Re: Ramakrishna > Namah Shivaya, Dixie, I wanted to comment on this because over the Xmas holiday a man I know from Calcutta told me that in the Bengali version (original) of the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, the Master says something to the effect that he will be born northwest of India (I thought he had said in 200 years, but maybe it was 100). I believe some have speculated on this, and I have seen somewhere on the internet speculation that the place may be Russia. Since Amma is born in Kerala, I don't think she qualifies...but it's difficult for any of us to really know. Also, when a great being makes a prediction like this, I don't think we need to take the "100" years too literally. It can be "100", more or less. Lisa > WHat interested me, tho, > was that the 100 years have still passed - and when I read His prediction, > my first thought was "Amma was born right after that!" Now, with the > corrected date, She does not fall after the 100 years but I truly wonder if > She could be the physical reincarnation. Either way, we are truly blessed, > aren't we? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2004 Report Share Posted January 17, 2004 Funny how this same question has popped up almost simultaneously on another list. Here's what this person has to say about the matter: ~*~*~*~ Namaskar! ~*~*~*~ The recorded words of Sri Ramakrishna were that the "birth would take place in the northwestern direction part of India"... in India itself. Sri Ramakrishna said that he would appear as an ecstatic renunciate Brahman~Realized wandering singer as a 'Baul'. The type of ecstatic devotional bhajans of the wandering Hindu mystic minstrel Bauls of India. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2004 Report Share Posted January 17, 2004 Dear Snehalata, It's my experience that the same grace and love and power emanates from G-d, whether G-d is a mystery or known to me -- it's more about my capacity to receive it. Perhaps it's different for you, but I feel like struggling to "get past" mystery creates more obstacles in my path to knowing G-d. For me, embracing mystery is a way of moving into deeper understanding of the Divine, revealed in the human heart. Love, Iswari Ammachi, "Dixie Thacker" <dixielou@s...> wrote: > I agree completely that God is what God is, and I suspect, for me at least, > that there will always be mystery because I seem unable to get past it, so > to speak... I desperately wanted to > know God as He did: not as a mystery, not as an intellectual construct but > as a live, knowable, active part of my life... I want to know God as He did and as all > the avatars say is possible for any of us. I really don't want the mystery > any more; I want to to feel the grace, the love, and the power of That > rushing through my veins, flooding my cells, leaking from my pours and > standing my hair on end... Bowing > before the mystery, though, is wearing my knees out: I may still keep > nagging Mother to let me stand tall in the Truth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 18, 2004 Report Share Posted January 18, 2004 Swami Amritanandaswaroopanandaji has said that after 25 years association with Amma, she is still a mystery to him! Lisa Ammachi, "ammasiswari" <ammasiswari> wrote: > Dear Snehalata, > > It's my experience that the same grace and love and power emanates from G-d, > whether G-d is a mystery or known to me -- it's more about my capacity to receive it. > > Perhaps it's different for you, but I feel like struggling to "get past" mystery creates > more obstacles in my path to knowing G-d. For me, embracing mystery is a way of > moving into deeper understanding of the Divine, revealed in the human heart. > > Love, > Iswari > > > Ammachi, "Dixie Thacker" <dixielou@s...> wrote: > > > I agree completely that God is what God is, and I suspect, for me at least, > > that there will always be mystery because I seem unable to get past it, so > > to speak... I desperately wanted to > > know God as He did: not as a mystery, not as an intellectual construct but > > as a live, knowable, active part of my life... I want to know God as He did and as all > > the avatars say is possible for any of us. I really don't want the mystery > > any more; I want to to feel the grace, the love, and the power of That > > rushing through my veins, flooding my cells, leaking from my pours and > > standing my hair on end... Bowing > > before the mystery, though, is wearing my knees out: I may still keep > > nagging Mother to let me stand tall in the Truth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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