Guest guest Posted August 10, 2005 Report Share Posted August 10, 2005 In a message dated 8/10/2005 1:22:00 PM Mountain Standard Time, rick writes: > Oh, I would be so tickled if I went up for darshan and she whispered in my > ear, "Cabbages! > Cabbages! Cabbages!" Who knows?! With Amma, anything is possible! :-D Probably she'll use that word with me next time, just to remind me who's boss. Oh Amma, I started cracking up when I read that. I could just see Her get that mischevious smile as she whispers the names of veggies in your ear. *cackles* I'm sure She finds the thought amusing as well, since she has a way of knowing these things. Jai Ma! -Katie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 10, 2005 Report Share Posted August 10, 2005 This "what'd She call me?" whisper-down-the cosmic alley of interpretations had me recalling a few darshan moments. Once my husband thought Amma was whispering "my daughter" to him and then we realized (or maybe just decided) it was "my darling." Another time I travelled down to D.C. to see Her without him, and She very clearly said - my daughter my daughter my daughter my SON (and popped me up to look at her grinning, which I took as a reminder that she was remembering him as well), then pushed me back down for more. And another time when I was musing about whether I was pronouncing my mantra exactly correcly, and if the cadences I was using were too fast and not clear enough, darshan that day found Mother enunciating verrrrry clearly and slowly in my ear: "My... darling.... daughter," with what seemed like a very looooong emphasis on the "MY" part. In New York last month we were sitting by a group of young men who were mostly new to Amma, and as they would go up for darshan and come back, they were chatting out loud and speculating what she had been murmuring to them. We leaned forward and shared our sense of the "usual" darling son or Ma-Ma-Ma stuff, and also that Amma sometimes speaks to people in their native tongue. Immediately one of their friends came back, dropped into the conversation, and related: "Oh yes, Mother always speaks to me in Spanish." Then the next morning I was able to witness a little exchange during prasad seva where Mother was blessing a "new" person, and when he came up looking a little confused, she put her arm on his shoulder and explained a little in English (and had Gita translating also) that She was calling him "My Darling Son" in Malayalam. "Understand?" She asked, nodding Her head emphatically once his doubt was cleared. It was such a reflection of our conversation the night before that I marvelled again at how many situations are created around Her to make us more aware of our actions, what She knows about them, etc. Ah, our Mother is full of love and compassion! Prashanti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 10, 2005 Report Share Posted August 10, 2005 I don't think it matters what she says. There's a spiritual transmission taking place, and it would be taking place just as effectively if she were saying "cabbages" on 8/10/05 1:26 PM, Rachel Barrett Gallop at hipstorian wrote: > This "what'd She call me?" whisper-down-the cosmic alley of > interpretations had me recalling a few darshan moments. > > Once my husband thought Amma was whispering "my daughter" to him and > then we realized (or maybe just decided) it was "my darling." > Another time I travelled down to D.C. to see Her without him, and She > very clearly said - my daughter my daughter my daughter my SON (and > popped me up to look at her grinning, which I took as a reminder that > she was remembering him as well), then pushed me back down for more. > And another time when I was musing about whether I was pronouncing my > mantra exactly correcly, and if the cadences I was using were too fast > and not clear enough, darshan that day found Mother enunciating > verrrrry clearly and slowly in my ear: "My... darling.... daughter," > with what seemed like a very looooong emphasis on the "MY" part. > > In New York last month we were sitting by a group of young men who > were mostly new to Amma, and as they would go up for darshan and come > back, they were chatting out loud and speculating what she had been > murmuring to them. We leaned forward and shared our sense of the > "usual" darling son or Ma-Ma-Ma stuff, and also that Amma sometimes > speaks to people in their native tongue. Immediately one of their > friends came back, dropped into the conversation, and related: "Oh > yes, Mother always speaks to me in Spanish." Then the next morning I > was able to witness a little exchange during prasad seva where Mother > was blessing a "new" person, and when he came up looking a little > confused, she put her arm on his shoulder and explained a little in > English (and had Gita translating also) that She was calling him "My > Darling Son" in Malayalam. "Understand?" She asked, nodding Her head > emphatically once his doubt was cleared. It was such a reflection of > our conversation the night before that I marvelled again at how many > situations are created around Her to make us more aware of our > actions, what She knows about them, etc. > > Ah, our Mother is full of love and compassion! > Prashanti > > > > Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha! > Links > > > > > > > -- Rick Archer SearchSummit 1108 South B Street Fairfield, IA 52556 Phone: 641-472-9336 Fax: 815-572-5842 http://searchsummit.com rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 10, 2005 Report Share Posted August 10, 2005 -HOW TRUE!! I agree totally. She could be calling me Potato Head... please, no comments here. Since I could barely stand after my first Devi Bhava, She rocked my world with Her divinity for sure. -adriane -- In Ammachi, Rick Archer <rick@s...> wrote: > I don't think it matters what she says. There's a spiritual transmission > taking place, and it would be taking place just as effectively if she were > saying "cabbages" > > > on 8/10/05 1:26 PM, Rachel Barrett Gallop at hipstorian@g... wrote: > > > This "what'd She call me?" whisper-down-the cosmic alley of > > interpretations had me recalling a few darshan moments. > > > > Once my husband thought Amma was whispering "my daughter" to him and > > then we realized (or maybe just decided) it was "my darling." > > Another time I travelled down to D.C. to see Her without him, and She > > very clearly said - my daughter my daughter my daughter my SON (and > > popped me up to look at her grinning, which I took as a reminder that > > she was remembering him as well), then pushed me back down for more. > > And another time when I was musing about whether I was pronouncing my > > mantra exactly correcly, and if the cadences I was using were too fast > > and not clear enough, darshan that day found Mother enunciating > > verrrrry clearly and slowly in my ear: "My... darling.... daughter," > > with what seemed like a very looooong emphasis on the "MY" part. > > > > In New York last month we were sitting by a group of young men who > > were mostly new to Amma, and as they would go up for darshan and come > > back, they were chatting out loud and speculating what she had been > > murmuring to them. We leaned forward and shared our sense of the > > "usual" darling son or Ma-Ma-Ma stuff, and also that Amma sometimes > > speaks to people in their native tongue. Immediately one of their > > friends came back, dropped into the conversation, and related: "Oh > > yes, Mother always speaks to me in Spanish." Then the next morning I > > was able to witness a little exchange during prasad seva where Mother > > was blessing a "new" person, and when he came up looking a little > > confused, she put her arm on his shoulder and explained a little in > > English (and had Gita translating also) that She was calling him "My > > Darling Son" in Malayalam. "Understand?" She asked, nodding Her head > > emphatically once his doubt was cleared. It was such a reflection of > > our conversation the night before that I marvelled again at how many > > situations are created around Her to make us more aware of our > > actions, what She knows about them, etc. > > > > Ah, our Mother is full of love and compassion! > > Prashanti > > > > > > > > Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha! > > Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Rick Archer > SearchSummit > 1108 South B Street > Fairfield, IA 52556 > Phone: 641-472-9336 > Fax: 815-572-5842 > > http://searchsummit.com > rick@s... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 10, 2005 Report Share Posted August 10, 2005 Oh, I would be so tickled if I went up for darshan and she whispered in my ear, "Cabbages! Cabbages! Cabbages!" Who knows?! With Amma, anything is possible! :-D Bemused blessings, Iswari Ammachi, Rick Archer <rick@s...> wrote: > I don't think it matters what she says. There's a spiritual transmission > taking place, and it would be taking place just as effectively if she were > saying "cabbages" > > > on 8/10/05 1:26 PM, Rachel Barrett Gallop at hipstorian@g... wrote: > > > This "what'd She call me?" whisper-down-the cosmic alley of > > interpretations had me recalling a few darshan moments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 10, 2005 Report Share Posted August 10, 2005 on 8/10/05 2:09 PM, ammasiswari at ammasiswari wrote: > Oh, I would be so tickled if I went up for darshan and she whispered in my > ear, "Cabbages! > Cabbages! Cabbages!" Who knows?! With Amma, anything is possible! :-D Probably she'll use that word with me next time, just to remind me who's boss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 11, 2005 Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 Well, She is the Guru. And I try hard to listen to all of Amma's direct instructions -- download them, if you will. So when She says, "Please stand up," I do. And when She says "Later," I try to surrender my mind's fickle desires to the bigger cosmic plan. And if She's whispering something "different" than usual, you can be sure that I'm paying attention, wondering, wishing, reflecting, asking, absorbing. Every single word of the Guru has significance, isn't that what is said? And what is the malayalee word for cauliflower, anyway?? love, Prashanti > Ammachi, Rick Archer <rick@s...> wrote: > > I don't think it matters what she says. There's a spiritual transmission > > taking place, and it would be taking place just as effectively if she were > > saying "cabbages" > > > > > > on 8/10/05 1:26 PM, Rachel Barrett Gallop at hipstorian@g... wrote: > > > > > This "what'd She call me?" whisper-down-the cosmic alley of > > > interpretations had me recalling a few darshan moments. Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha! > Links > > > > > > > > -- R.B.M. Gallop Hipstorian-at-Large, Fresh Meadows, NY Ph.D. Candidate, University of Minnesota 917.676.1726 (cell) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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