Smiling

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Members of Immortal Bliss

 

Amma instructs us to smile. Can we talk? This is group therapy is'nt it? Oh

wrong door sorry. Smiling goes counter to a sour puss. My face has

concretized.

 

Here is an excerpt from Annachi Satsang during Her 2000 North Indian Tour. I

found this on the Santa Fe Satsang website:

"Mother said that a smile is like a bridge that people can use to cross a river.

Nowadays, we smile when we see other peoples' weaknesses. This is not good. This

is a bad smile and it sets up many bad reactions. Good smiles set up many good

reactions.

 

The Rich Miser

 

There was a man that was a very rich miser but then he lost all of his money.

One day he was walking down the street and someone smiled at him. Because of

this smile he felt very good and he thought of a person that had done him a

favor but he had never thanked any one so he sent this person a letter thanking

him for what he had done. This man did not open the letter but he took it to a

restaurant with him and then he opened it. When he saw that it was a thank you

from the miser he felt so good that he gave the waiter a big tip. With this

money the waiter decided to buy a lottery ticket and he won the lottery.

 

He then saw a homeless man who was very sick. Feeling so happy, he decided to

pick up the homeless man and carry him to the hospital and pay for his care.

When this homeless man left the hospital he saw a sick dog and he thought that

he should pick up this dog in a similar fashion to how he had been treated. He

then saw a house and he slept in front of the house. When the house caught on

fire, the dog started barking and this woke the family in the house and they all

ran to safety. One of the boys in the house was actually a mahatma and because

he survived the fire he was able to lead thousands to liberation. This shows the

power of a simple smile. Sometimes we think that another person is wrong and

should change and only then will we change ourselves. This is the wrong

attitude. We should always work to change ourselves. If we change then maybe the

people around us will change."

 

Anyone in this group struggling with the Smile issue like this gloomy son?

 

Monday Salutations,

 

G3M

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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