Guest guest Posted April 6, 2004 Report Share Posted April 6, 2004 ---------- Bless you, chembalacnair for posting Immoral Light each day.... Feel free to add this reminder of Amma as well. ... On Tuesday, April 6, 2004, at 09:25 PM, chembalacnair wrote: > OM AMRITESWARYAI NAMAH > > IMMORTAL LIGHT - Spiritual Life > > The value of sadhana > > What meaning do our lives have if we cannot set aside at least one > hour a day out of twenty-four for thinking about God? Think how many > hours we spend reading the newspaper, gossiping and doing various > useless acts! > > Children, we can definitely set aside an hour for sadhana if we > really want it. That is our real wealth. If we cannot spare a whole > hour at a stretch, keep apart half an hour in the morning and again > in the evening. > > Meditation increases our vitality and strengthens our intelligence. > Our beauty is enhanced and our mental accuracy and health are > improved. We gain the mental fortitude and patience to face life's > problems. Meditate! Only through meditation can we find the treasure > we're looking for. > > :: > > From the book of Immortal Light - Advice to Householders > (english translation of the original Malayalam "Amrita Jyoti") > Amma Sharanam > > > > Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha! > Links > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 2004 Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 Did you mean ImmorTal Light ? ;-)) -Girish On Tue, 6 Apr 2004, Barbara Edmonds wrote: > > > Bless you, chembalacnair for posting Immoral Light each day.... > Feel free to add this reminder of Amma as well. ... > > On Tuesday, April 6, 2004, at 09:25 PM, chembalacnair wrote: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 2004 Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 Yep...what a hoot.... On Wednesday, April 7, 2004, at 03:18 PM, Girish wrote: > Did you mean ImmorTal Light ? > ;-)) > > -Girish > > On Tue, 6 Apr 2004, Barbara Edmonds wrote: > >> >> >> Bless you, chembalacnair for posting Immoral Light each day.... >> Feel free to add this reminder of Amma as well. ... >> >> On Tuesday, April 6, 2004, at 09:25 PM, chembalacnair wrote: > > > > ------------------------ Sponsor > ---------------------~--> > Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark > Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & > Canada. > http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 > http://us.click./mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/XUWolB/TM > --- > ~-> > > Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha! > Links > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 > if we can get somewhere in time on foot, always walk instead of > taking a vehicle. It is a good exercise. Only if we have to go far > should we depend on vehicles. Use a bicycle, whenever possible. Namah Shivaya. I think this statement has more relevance in the Indian context than in the context of the US because of the lifestyle.... not sure how this fits in with Europe, Canada, or the rest of the world. I think this is a good example of a master customising a teaching in the context of the situation. The only thing I am taking from what Amma has said is this: Do whatever you can to maintain a good health, because that is your medium for spiritual sadhana too.... 'How' I can achieve it may differ from place to place and time to time (and I mean no disrespect to Amma or Her suggestions when I make that statement). The reason I write so is that I believe Amma was merely providing an example of how one can think of ways and means to maintain one's health; not necessarily imposing the walk or the bicycle as a rule. The fine line between the general principle and the means is not immeditely visibile in this example, and hence this comment.... I would go so far as to say that treating the example as a general principle is mis-interpreting the teaching. With that said and going to a much broader context, I wonder if all (or a major part of) religious violence is a result of (extreme) mis- interpretation of contextual teachings. Oh! how Maya Devi works in our lives! Jai Ma! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 On Thu, 8 Apr 2004, manoj_menon wrote: > > if we can get somewhere in time on foot, always walk instead of > > taking a vehicle. It is a good exercise. Only if we have to go far > > should we depend on vehicles. Use a bicycle, whenever possible. > > Namah Shivaya. > > I think this statement has more relevance in the Indian context than > in the context of the US because of the lifestyle.... not sure how > this fits in with Europe, Canada, or the rest of the world. > > I think this is a good example of a master customising a teaching in > the context of the situation. Namashivaya, If you read Amma's words again - She has said "Use a bicycle, whenever possible" and "if we can get somewhere in time on foot, always walk". So this should apply everywhere - it's up to us to use our discrimination to identify where it is applicable. I'm sure that even in Europe and Canada there are places where you could walk instead of driving/taking an elevator or cycle instead of driving. -Girish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 Ammachi, Girish <girishv@e...> wrote: > > > On Thu, 8 Apr 2004, manoj_menon wrote: > > > > if we can get somewhere in time on foot, always walk instead of > > > taking a vehicle. It is a good exercise. Only if we have to go far > > > should we depend on vehicles. Use a bicycle, whenever possible. > > > > Namah Shivaya. > > > > I think this statement has more relevance in the Indian context than > > in the context of the US because of the lifestyle.... not sure how > > this fits in with Europe, Canada, or the rest of the world. > > > > I think this is a good example of a master customising a teaching in > > the context of the situation. > > Namashivaya, > If you read Amma's words again - She has said "Use a bicycle, whenever possible" > and "if we can get somewhere in time on foot, always walk". So this should > apply everywhere - it's up to us to use our discrimination to identify where > it is applicable. I'm sure that even in Europe and Canada there are places where > you could walk instead of driving/taking an elevator or cycle instead of driving. > > -Girish True. true. that is my point too... use 'discernment' when applying any master's teachings (i don't like the word 'discrimination'; it's a personal thing). Girish, I am not disagreeing with you; i think we are talking the same thing.... if you see my choice of words, I said "more" relevance, not "total" relevance.... which implies a degree, not an absolute-ness (for lack of knowledge of the correct noun for 'absolute'; I am not convinced that 'absolution' is the right word here) All I am saying is that specifics sometimes get mistaken for the "rule"... in this case the "rule" is to maintain good health, and Amma gave an example of using 'more bicycle' to do the same in the context of teaching (most probably) to Indians at the time She made that statement. I was only attempting to initiate a discussion on that theme that most of us may have experienced (or will defintely experience), not oppose or debunk what Amma is saying. Jai Ma! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 With gas prices around $2.30-#2.60/gal here in Los Angeles, that bicycle is lookin' pretty good..... Jai Ma! Brianna --- Girish <girishv wrote: > > > On Thu, 8 Apr 2004, manoj_menon wrote: > > > > if we can get somewhere in time on foot, always > walk instead of > > > taking a vehicle. It is a good exercise. Only if > we have to go far > > > should we depend on vehicles. Use a bicycle, > whenever possible. > > > > Namah Shivaya. > > > > I think this statement has more relevance in the > Indian context than > > in the context of the US because of the > lifestyle.... not sure how > > this fits in with Europe, Canada, or the rest of > the world. > > > > I think this is a good example of a master > customising a teaching in > > the context of the situation. > > Namashivaya, > If you read Amma's words again - She has said "Use a > bicycle, whenever possible" > and "if we can get somewhere in time on foot, always > walk". So this should > apply everywhere - it's up to us to use our > discrimination to identify where > it is applicable. I'm sure that even in Europe and > Canada there are places where > you could walk instead of driving/taking an elevator > or cycle instead of driving. > > -Girish > > Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions./design_giveaway/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 IMMORTAL LIGHT - Spiritual Life The value of celibacy Children, those who are unmarried, should conserve their vital energy by maintaining celibacy. To turn what we gain by this into ojas (vitality), we also need to do sadhana. With increase in ojas, our intelligence, memory, health and beauty will also increase. We will gain lasting mental quietude. :: >From the book of Immortal Light - Advice to Householders (english translation of the original Malayalam "Amrita Jyoti") Amma Sharanam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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