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Swamiji's Class 6/25/05--per Sara's Request

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Hi,

 

In response to my sister Sara's request, here are the notes

I took on the last morning of the Los Angeles retreat:

 

Swamiji:

 

We can only go forward in time, not backward. It is said that when

Henry Ford made his first car he forgot to put a reverse gear in it.

People had to drive way out of their way instead of being able to

back up. When cars finally came out with a reverse gear, they

were more popular. God, too, forgot to put a reverse gear in life!

We can't go back.

 

Time is precious. There is no time to waste. Collect real

knowledge, not useless knowledge. Knowledge will never

transform us. Knowledge belongs to the dimension of

having and knowing belongs to the dimension of being.

 

Only in the Guru/shisya relationship we can go back--return

to a childlike state. We can do this only in the presence of

a master. People in the question line ask the same

questions over and over again. Amma keeps repeating the

answers. She is unbelievably patient. Her job is to help us

experience these divine qualities.

 

Knowing brings complete sincerity, even in anger. Amma

puts on a mask of anger, but never identifies with it.

We identify with the mask.

 

Love and knowing are playful, and knowledge is serious.

 

Amma can understand diametrically different standpoints.

Ask yourself every day: Am I sincere about what I'm doing?

 

Accumulation of knowledge creates a habit of accumulation

of knowledge. This is "having," not "being."

There's nothing wrong with getting knowledge one can use,

but don't think that's the goal.

 

If love and prayer aren't in our lives, we have fear. The

absence of love is fear.

 

In love the doors are wide open. Some people are afraid

to fall in love. Have the courage to take steps toward love.

If we knock on the door, and are rejected, that rejection

can become a wound.Without courage, love can never

happen. Fear can even keep us away from Amma.

 

Darkness is the absence of light.

Fear is the absence of love.

Fear is darkness and love is light.

We can't drive darkness out of a house by hitting it. We

have to turn on the light instead.

 

Through all changes love and innocence remain deep

within us. The whole process is to rediscover innocent

love. We will fail many times. The most important thing

has already happened; we have met Amma. It is time

to unburden. We just need to stay still in Her arms, and

she will take us to the goal.

 

Krishna says, "My devotee will never perish." Develop

this attitude of love and innocence.

 

In Amma's love,

Jyotsna

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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