( To George from premarupa: Holy Company t)

[Guest guest]

> Mahamuni wrote:

 

> Better to dig one deep hole and form one relationship and be committed. Most

> of us in the West shy away from this concept--unfortunately for us. We in the

> West, (and now even growing in the East thanks to our export of our ideas and

> ways of doing things), are always looking for the "highest" or "best" Path

> instead of just surrendering to One Path, One Guru, One Form, One Tradition.

> This has been the tradition in India for thousands of years.

>

> This thread had me thinking of the western habit of shopping around for the

> best deal, of the restless, ravanous colonial mentality which looks for the

> banana or the coffee or the chocolate or the exotic spiritual practice (in the

> 80¹s it was the First People¹s culture and practices now it¹s kirtan), imports

> it for profit from the culture that nurtured it, destroying the original

> product in the process and leaving the nurturing source damaged beyond

> recognition. Recognizing this habit in myself, I am praying that it all ends

> up under Her Divine Foot, the sooner the better.

>

> I also remembered that sweet story someone told awhile back about the woman

> who reached enlightenment by worshiping a rock in which she saw Krishna. Fine

> example of commitment.

>

> And then there are these words from Amma, sent to us by GeorgeSon himself on

> 3/18/05:

>

> Children, know that the mind is the greatest mystery there is. But Pure

> Consciousness, or the Self is not a mystery. Once you know the Self, you will

> realize that it is not a mystery at all - it is you - your own real nature. It

> is closer than the closest. The mind makes it a mystery. The mind is a

> complication which makes everything very complicated.

>

> You are not the mind. You are the Self (Atman, Infinite Consciousness). You

> are born within that consciousness. You grow within it. You live in it. And

> you die within that consciousness. But you are never conscious of this great

> truth. Why? Because of the mind and the world which is created by the mind.

> The mind makes it impossible to know the Self. The mind kills you; it

> dissipates all your energy and vitality. The mind is a thing of great

> weakness. Therefore, try to escape from that unreality. Get out of that great

> liar, the mind, the ego.

>

> So what if Amma¹s form is elsewhere. IT is closer than the closest.

>

> pranams to all,

> premarupa

> Aum Amriteshvaryai Namah

>