Guest guest Posted November 21, 2004 Report Share Posted November 21, 2004 > > > Dear ganesh ~ yes, it is sad. I wonder if I should take a note from my > doctor : ) just to "prove" I really am sick. Whenever I have seen > Amma, I have > only had one darshan with her ... even though I knew some people were > going > back and back and back. Now we have tokens. There are so many who > want Amma's > darshan ... it is humbling, and yet, at the same time, I understand > the need > for the tokens. The people who would go through the line as much as > possible > might have been preventing others from getting there at all. In the > "early" > days, the crowds were smaller, and it was so much easier. But it has > been 6 > years since I have seen Amma, and I can imagine how the people wanting > to see > Her have grown exponentially. I just ask the group to pray for me that > I will > have the wellness and ability even to get to Santa Fe. Just to be in > the same > room with Amma would be darshan enough for me. Jai Ma ~ Linda Dear Linda - This is where it becomes very difficult for Mother's children like you and me. Just to get a token takes persistence - and energy. I don't know if it helps to get there early in the morning or not. But to keep returning to the token line means staying around a long time. If this makes you sick, and you have no place to go and rest and feel better, then you get sicker. Seriously, maybe a note from your doctor adding that physical exertion worsens your condition, and you need to rest all the time "might" help with the physical end of things. Years ago I took a mat and attempted to lie down upstairs in the loft at the San Ramon ashram, but it didn't help much. Rest to me is being in bed with the covers up under my chin. Just being in the same room with Her is wonderful, and the blessing of a zillion lifetimes. It is the only thing that I will wreck my body for. It's why I took this birth, I think. I think this is true of all who have met Mother. My sister said yesterday "so it is getting to be not worth it?" I said "NO" It will always be worth it - just more difficult! I figure that we are all getting older, our bodies will fall away, and so will Mothers, eventually. I think of what She is doing for us, and I think the tapas of being with Her is no worse than the torture she is inflicting on Her own body to do the wonderful thing She is doing. She can ignore the pain and discomfort of the body, it is much more difficult for us. I pray for you to be with Mother. It's funny, while I was there it occurred to me that I will just about kill myself to be in Her physical presence, but I don't very often look in my own heart, where She really is. Namah Shivaya prasadini > > > > > > Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha! > > > Sponsor > > <http://us.ard./SIG=129lusuli/M=298184.5584357.6650215.3001176/D=groups\ /S=1705075991:HM/EXP=1101133470/A=2434970/R=0/SIG=11edksnhv/*http://www.netflix.\ com/Default?mqso=60185402> > > > > ------ > Links > > * > Ammachi/ > > * > Ammachi > <Ammachi?subject=Un> > > * Terms of > Service <>. > > > . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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