Guest guest Posted August 2, 2004 Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 thank you so much for typing out all of those lyrics to mahisura strotram... now i can practice at home...yet another exciting thing to wake up for, eventually theyll add up to enough that i will be inspired to wake up during brahma muhurta i hope... thanks keval for your canadian update- jai ma what were the darshan numbers for devi bhava? Just curious... Also, i know when Ive ever messed up giving prasad Amma will either drop what i gave her if its wrong and put out her hand again or just put out her hand and grab what she needs.she has never missed a beat and i know because ive missed many and shes caught every single one - even in india during Her birthday when she hugged fifty thousand-- she wouldnt let a single person go without their prasad candy- she would have someone run after them with their prasad if they didnt put out their hand to recieve it during their short darshan. This is one of the ways she constantly proves her omniscience to me- The Archetypal Hindu Goddess with four arms- able to totally tune in to the darshanee in front of her, the questioner or swami on the right of her and the performers behind her, the prasad givers spacing out on Her beauty to the left of her and everyone else meditating or doing seva around, what to speak of those devotees pining and praying in remote realms- The Goddess has a thousand arms. In Lalita sahsranama it reminds us that She has a thousand eyes -everything that shines is one of Her eyes, a thousand feet- everything that moves is one of Her feet. So personally I feel she meant for you to have no kiss. You ahve to become a zero to become a hero. One time after nightly darshan, our Sweet Mother was walking dwont he aisle giving kisses as She regularly does to all who did not go for darshan. She always knows who went and who did not but they also ask those who went to stand on one side to make it quicker. I was in full ego- proud of myself for not going for darshan but at least wanting my kiss.I mean enough is enough. I put out my hand like gimme what is rightfully mine for not going for darshan as if I di Her a favor and this is what small compensation I got. Her hand stopped above mine, palm closed over the little life-giving amritakiss and kept going. NO KISS>>>>>>! I was stunned, shocked, how could she? I earned that, I felt and then I realized I deserved nothing and was doing her no such favors and had the no humility with which to recieve Her boundless grace... only expectation and pride. And of course, when irealize this, my pride wants to even take pride in my realization about humility... And yet, this is the kiss she gives me, the Self-Realization, the awareness of faults and longing for virtue, the discernment, the GOAL. She gives realizations as freely as those Devi Bhava petals showering through our open crowns through our souls to the soles of our feet learning to tread righteously upon this earth... Jai Ma the Goddess is dancing me back to eternity through humility. And Im interrupting the dance with so much complaining of the pain that I dont know how to dance... NOTE TO SELF:Big deal, Learn to Be HUmble, IIII! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2004 Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 This is so beautiful... very much in the vein of my recent humiliating experiences. Have observed that the best parts of myself are ruined by words and actions and ideas. How the best parts, the little tiny bit of Her in me comes through in that space where I've forgotten the desires, expectations and even aspirations that usually fill my mind, and I've fallen into the state of an observer. What's interesting to me, is that those glimpses of detachment we get seem so blissful. The word "detached" makes me think of some cold, unfeeling state where it's impossible to relate or empathize. But really the opposite is true. Those rare peeks at the detached mind are also rare peeks at a vast love. There seems to be no way to get there without humility. But sometimes it is very painful, the process of breaking down the ego. Jai Ma, make us less than dust at Your feet. love, Prajna > And of course, when irealize this, my pride wants to > even take pride > in my realization about humility... > And yet, this is the kiss she gives me, the > Self-Realization, the > awareness of faults and longing for virtue, the > discernment, the GOAL. > She gives realizations as freely as those Devi Bhava > petals showering > through our open crowns through our souls to the > soles of our feet > learning to tread righteously upon this earth... > > Jai Ma the Goddess is dancing me back to eternity > through humility. > And Im interrupting the dance with so much > complaining of the pain > that I dont know how to dance... > NOTE TO SELF:Big deal, Learn to Be HUmble, IIII! > > > ===== sarvabhauma_yoga/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2004 Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 Ammachi, Brianna Mosteller <rubyrapunzel> wrote: > The word "detached" makes me think of > some cold, unfeeling state where it's impossible to > relate or empathize. But really the opposite is true. > Those rare peeks at the detached mind are also rare > peeks at a vast love. Someone actually asked about this at the Rhode Island retreat, and Amma spoke a bit on the contrast between detachment and indifference. I'm afraid I can't find my little notebook at the moment. Does any have her response written down? Or is anyone's memory better than mine?!? ;-) Blessings, Iswari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2004 Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 Namah Shivaya, My recollection is that the monks were rather "stumped" by trying to translate "indifference" into Malayalam, as there was no corresponding concept. If there was a clear answer to this, I didn't hear it. However, earlier in the retreat Amma had made a wonderful statement about detachment. It was to the effect that detachment meant being so much more attached to God that one was unattached to the things of the world! I, too, had been struggling with the difference between detachment and indifference, so this earlier explanation helped me sooo much. In Amma, Jyotsna ammasiswari <ammasiswari wrote: Ammachi, Brianna Mosteller <rubyrapunzel> wrote: > The word "detached" makes me think of > some cold, unfeeling state where it's impossible to > relate or empathize. But really the opposite is true. > Those rare peeks at the detached mind are also rare > peeks at a vast love. Someone actually asked about this at the Rhode Island retreat, and Amma spoke a bit on the contrast between detachment and indifference. I'm afraid I can't find my little notebook at the moment. Does any have her response written down? Or is anyone's memory better than mine?!? ;-) Blessings, Iswari Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha! Ammachi/ Ammachi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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