To Rick about Amma's omniscience

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Rick Archer wrote:

 

It is

also clear, from many situations, that while she knows a heck of a lot,

often of things she couldn't have known through "normal" means, she is not

omniscient. So what?

 

 

 

Dear Rick ~ omniscience is one of the "trademarks," so to speak, of a guru,

avatar, or whatever word one wants to use. I have read many stories from

people who have experienced Amma's omniscience, including a devotee who, in a

sense, was testing Her, just to find out if Amma was a true guru. To me, this

is

not the most significant thing, but what Amma is and does. As the Keb Mo song

says, "actions speak louder than words." Jai Ma ~ Linda

 

 

 

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on 4/26/05 10:05 AM, nierika at nierika wrote:

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> Dear Rick ~ omniscience is one of the "trademarks," so to speak, of a guru,

> avatar, or whatever word one wants to use.

 

Is it? Seems to me Self-realization and the ability to awaken others to That

are the only meaningful criteria. Also, not all gurus are avatars and not

all avatars are gurus (as far as I know).

 

>I have read many stories from

> people who have experienced Amma's omniscience, including a devotee who, in a

> sense, was testing Her, just to find out if Amma was a true guru.

 

I agree, and restate, that Amma knows things that couldn't be known by an

ordinary person. This is a siddhi by which an enlightened person can know

pretty much anything, one thing at a time. But true omniscience means

knowing all things everywhere at all times, which is not possible in a human

body. If Amma had that sort of omniscience, she would be aware of my typing

this email. I very much doubt that she is. Nor do I need her to be in order

to love and revere her as perhaps the highest being on the planet.

 

>To me, this

> is

> not the most significant thing, but what Amma is and does. As the Keb Mo song

> says, "actions speak louder than words." Jai Ma ~ Linda

 

I agree, and thanks for the reminder to get some Keb Mo songs. I like him.