Guest guest Posted June 8, 2004 Report Share Posted June 8, 2004 Back to Amma's arrival in Seattle... After Amma arrived at the airport and we watched her drive away (as recounted earlier), another devotee, C, and I walked back into the baggage claim area to collect the people we were transporting to Bipin's house. We were stopped by an older Indian man who asked, "Who is this who is coming?" Not sure why he was asking, I decided to assume that he wanted to know for "good" reasons, i.e. perhaps he would be interested in Amma. So I said it was Mata Amritanandamayi, and C. said "Ammachi." So he seemed interested and asked if she was from India, etc. Then he said, "Well, miracles happen, but She can't save you from your sins; only Jesus Christ can do that!" With recognition dawning in my eyes, I said, "Oh, you're a South Indian Christian!" "No," he said, and started going into how his family had been Muslim and Hindu, and then continuted, "but thank God my grandfather discovered Jesus Christ. You were raised here in that truth and have forsaken it for a false teaching," etc. C and I were polite, but then I said, "We don't see it that way." And C added gently, "Everyone has to follow their own path." And we went on to baggage claim. C and I assured each other that we consider ourselves Christian. It's my experience that hardly anyone is less respectful of our freedom of choice in religious matters and seems to feel more threatened by Amma's international following than Christians from India. Almost all the people I know from the west who have gone to Amma's ashram have been approached. Jyotsna Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Messenger. http://messenger./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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