To Linda: on problems with parents and the past

[Guest guest]

Dear Linda,

very sad to hear about your pain and troubles.

I have been in the same type of situation, growing up in a very

dysfunctional, and also improverished situation.

Also, like you , my body has a lot of physical pains and disabilities.

Very amazingly, over the years I have been with Amma, She has

magically brought about a healing in me with my relationships, first

with my father, and then with my mother. My parents divorced when I

was a teen.

I did not start out asking Amma for this ( I am usually complaining

and asking Her for help with my physical body).

What happened was that after more than 25 yrs. of not having any

contact with my father, his sister , in 1995,contacted me and told me

that my father wanted to meet me.

I did meet him, and we established a rough

(as he is a very rough type of man, but he had stopped drinking, and

that makes a big difference) loving father-daughter relationship.

What I really wanted was for him to come close to God; and I prayed

for that, and he even went once for Amma's darshan. He did pray every

night to Mother Mary. I was taking care of him when he died, in 2002,

and God was there, miracously so. I thank Amma big time for this one.

In 2001, I met my mother, after having no contact with her also.

That was a tougher go for me (for many years of my adult life I had

nightmares about my mother). Again, what I really wanted was for my

mother to come closer to God. My mother was sorry about the past, and

she wanted me to forget about it. It has all taken some time, but my

mother and I now leave the past in the past, and we can express loving

feelings for each other. Last summer, when I visited her in the

nursing home I got her to go to the chapel service there, and we sang

Amazing Grace together ( this was a first for us--mother and daughter

doing a spiritual activity together) and ,by Amma's Great Grace, she

now wants goes to chapel services in the nursing home she is in.

I could have never imagined that this all would come about in the way

it has.

I pray for my mother and my father, and in my case that is what has

worked for me, and Amma putting Her Healing Hands to work in my life.

 

Amma says ( in programs I have attended) that we need to RELAX, and

that a lot of our physical illnesses are caused by mental stress and

tensions. The IAM technique has helped me a lot with my mind, and with

relaxing. Often it is a struggle for me to do the IAM, and get through

it, but this daughter of Amma is managing, somehow.

In the latest( March, 2005) issue of Matruvani, Steve Schmidt

writes a fantastic article entitled "THE WAY TO PEACE". I recommend

for all to read it. Steve writes about how he dealt with the issue of

someone who was causing him to lose mental peace.

I do not understand how practicing IAM helps me to have more peace

and control of my mind, and to relax my mind,

BUT IT DOES,and IT WORKS.

And this is also true for Ása, in whose home I live.

So, this is what is working for me in my life. Each day is

tough, and a struglle to get through, but with Amma guiding me , I am

making it.Thank You, Amma.

 

Thank you Linda for you efforts with our list and prayer group.

In Amma's Love,

sarama

[Guest guest]

Dear Sarama and Linda:

 

I was moved by your posts. Amma has graced Linda and Sara with

strength coupled with Faith in the Guru.

 

Sarama said:

 

"Amma says ( in programs I have attended) that we need to RELAX, and

that a lot of our physical illnesses are caused by mental stress and

tensions."

 

Experience has shown me that doing Sadhana as instructed by a true

spiritual master results in relaxation.

 

Thanks for inspiring me today. Amma can be challenging. It is

blessed adversity.

 

With Love,

 

GeorgeSon

 

 

-- In Ammachi, "sara" <saramj33> wrote:

>

> Dear Linda,

> very sad to hear about your pain and troubles.

> I have been in the same type of situation, growing up in a very

> dysfunctional, and also improverished situation.

> Also, like you , my body has a lot of physical pains and

disabilities.

> Very amazingly, over the years I have been with Amma, She has

> magically brought about a healing in me with my relationships, first

> with my father, and then with my mother. My parents divorced when I

> was a teen.

> I did not start out asking Amma for this ( I am usually

complaining

> and asking Her for help with my physical body).

> What happened was that after more than 25 yrs. of not having any

> contact with my father, his sister , in 1995,contacted me and told

me

> that my father wanted to meet me.

> I did meet him, and we established a rough

> (as he is a very rough type of man, but he had stopped drinking,

and

> that makes a big difference) loving father-daughter relationship.

> What I really wanted was for him to come close to God; and I prayed

> for that, and he even went once for Amma's darshan. He did pray

every

> night to Mother Mary. I was taking care of him when he died, in

2002,

> and God was there, miracously so. I thank Amma big time for this

one.

> In 2001, I met my mother, after having no contact with her also.

> That was a tougher go for me (for many years of my adult life I had

> nightmares about my mother). Again, what I really wanted was for my

> mother to come closer to God. My mother was sorry about the past,

and

> she wanted me to forget about it. It has all taken some time, but my

> mother and I now leave the past in the past, and we can express

loving

> feelings for each other. Last summer, when I visited her in the

> nursing home I got her to go to the chapel service there, and we

sang

> Amazing Grace together ( this was a first for us--mother and

daughter

> doing a spiritual activity together) and ,by Amma's Great Grace, she

> now wants goes to chapel services in the nursing home she is in.

> I could have never imagined that this all would come about in the

way

> it has.

> I pray for my mother and my father, and in my case that is what

has

> worked for me, and Amma putting Her Healing Hands to work in my

life.

>

> Amma says ( in programs I have attended) that we need to RELAX,

and

> that a lot of our physical illnesses are caused by mental stress and

> tensions. The IAM technique has helped me a lot with my mind, and

with

> relaxing. Often it is a struggle for me to do the IAM, and get

through

> it, but this daughter of Amma is managing, somehow.

> In the latest( March, 2005) issue of Matruvani, Steve Schmidt

> writes a fantastic article entitled "THE WAY TO PEACE". I recommend

> for all to read it. Steve writes about how he dealt with the issue

of

> someone who was causing him to lose mental peace.

> I do not understand how practicing IAM helps me to have more

peace

> and control of my mind, and to relax my mind,

> BUT IT DOES,and IT WORKS.

> And this is also true for Ása, in whose home I live.

> So, this is what is working for me in my life. Each day is

> tough, and a struglle to get through, but with Amma guiding me , I

am

> making it.Thank You, Amma.

>

> Thank you Linda for you efforts with our list and prayer group.

> In Amma's Love,

> sarama