Guest guest Posted August 17, 2005 Report Share Posted August 17, 2005 what is the 'ammachi free speech zone?' ckeniley2003 wrote: >I just finished an online back and forth in the Ammachi Free speech >zone for a long time Amma devotee who is struggling because he feels >that Amma is not giving him enough personal meditation instruction. >He admires the writings of Ramana Maharshi and Nisragadatta, as I >do. He really loves non-dualism, as do many "intellectuals." > > -- Be Love, Egyirba (Berijoy) http://www.egyirba.net -=-=- .... "Don't Compromise Yourself -- It's All You Got!" ~Janis Joplin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 17, 2005 Report Share Posted August 17, 2005 namah shivaya If your friend wants personal instruction, my suggestion is , get into the question line and ask for personal instructions. ask him to try at various places on the tour. better yet , go to amritapuri and stay there for sometime and ask for instructions. Sri Ramana didnt go on tour- people had to come to tiruvannamalai ( arunachala) to meet Him. Also, in a conversation with Amma i had 2 years ago, Amma referred to Sri Ramana. She said "He( Sri Ramana) had advanced disciples who asked him vedantic questions. But thats not the case with Amma. people come by the thousands, ask whether they can marry this person or that, whether they can change their jobs, location etc.. theives come to see Her , prostitutes come to see Her .. how can She talk vedanta to all? ...." namah shivaya ckeniley2003 <ckeniley2003 wrote: I just finished an online back and forth in the Ammachi Free speech zone for a long time Amma devotee who is struggling because he feels that Amma is not giving him enough personal meditation instruction. He admires the writings of Ramana Maharshi and Nisragadatta, as I do. He really loves non-dualism, as do many "intellectuals." This may be one of the slight problems with having too many gurus and not being focused on Amma's teachings: he is expecting Amma to become his idea of Ramana Maharshi. he doesn't understand it when Amma doesn't give him personal instruction and instead has huge bhakti satsangs which he considers to be "kindergarden." After reading these Amazing quotes from Amma below, it made all my responses to him seem kind of silly. I posted them over there, Thanks! Also, I read extensively in spiritual topics...especially hunduism. I really love it, and seems to broaden my understanding. But I have to say we have the most unique guru. I am so so proud of Amma. Isn't that sort of dopey? When I see her or hear about the things she does, I'm like o! go Amma! When I look at her pictures they are alive..literally, they don't seem like just pictures to me. Im so glad someone is speaking doing and acting the truth! To me Amma is actually Krishna, returned to help us. I mean that literally. Can we second guess Krishna? I mean isn't that funny? My prayer is may there be millions of Ammas! Maybe that is all of you. > from dearamma : > > 0337."When there is real love, there is silence. There cannot be any > words. There is only stillness. Just like a perfectly calm lake, > there cannot be any ripples or waves when real love is experienced. > Ripples and waves are a distortion, a distraction, a disturbance in > the mental lake. Love ensues from stillness of the mind. In that > stillness one can experience silence. The talking of the mind stops > completely. Real love is felt in that silence. Silence, silence > alone, is the language of love." - Vol.5, p7 > > 0338."Real love exists in the heart. The love that exists in the > heart cannot be spoken; it cannot be put in words. The heart is not > the place for words. Words are in the intellect. The intellect can > speak, but it is nothing more than a tape recorder. It records and > spits out words and words and words - words that don't have any > feeling in them. The intellect cannot feel compassion; it cannot > feel love or kindness." - Vol.5, p7 > > 0339."The intellect cannot feel compassion; it cannot feel love or > kindness. It can only reason. It will even try to reason out love > and compassion. Son, where there is too much talking, there is no > love. One who really loves is constantly in a meditative mood. > Thoughts cease to exist in the presence of such love." - Vol.5, p8 > > jai amma ~ incarnation of love ~ Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha! Beliefs of hinduism Different religions beliefs Hinduism religion Ammachi Hinduism Visit your group "Ammachi" on the web. Ammachi Start your day with - make it your home page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 18, 2005 Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 What is the "Ammachi Free speech zone"? - ckeniley2003 Ammachi Wednesday, August 17, 2005 9:42 PM Other gurus and Beautiful qoutes: LOVE I just finished an online back and forth in the Ammachi Free speech zone for a long time Amma devotee who is struggling because he feels that Amma is not giving him enough personal meditation instruction. He admires the writings of Ramana Maharshi and Nisragadatta, as I do. He really loves non-dualism, as do many "intellectuals." This may be one of the slight problems with having too many gurus and not being focused on Amma's teachings: he is expecting Amma to become his idea of Ramana Maharshi. he doesn't understand it when Amma doesn't give him personal instruction and instead has huge bhakti satsangs which he considers to be "kindergarden." After reading these Amazing quotes from Amma below, it made all my responses to him seem kind of silly. I posted them over there, Thanks! Also, I read extensively in spiritual topics...especially hunduism. I really love it, and seems to broaden my understanding. But I have to say we have the most unique guru. I am so so proud of Amma. Isn't that sort of dopey? When I see her or hear about the things she does, I'm like o! go Amma! When I look at her pictures they are alive..literally, they don't seem like just pictures to me. Im so glad someone is speaking doing and acting the truth! To me Amma is actually Krishna, returned to help us. I mean that literally. Can we second guess Krishna? I mean isn't that funny? My prayer is may there be millions of Ammas! Maybe that is all of you. > from dearamma : > > 0337."When there is real love, there is silence. There cannot be any > words. There is only stillness. Just like a perfectly calm lake, > there cannot be any ripples or waves when real love is experienced. > Ripples and waves are a distortion, a distraction, a disturbance in > the mental lake. Love ensues from stillness of the mind. In that > stillness one can experience silence. The talking of the mind stops > completely. Real love is felt in that silence. Silence, silence > alone, is the language of love." - Vol.5, p7 > > 0338."Real love exists in the heart. The love that exists in the > heart cannot be spoken; it cannot be put in words. The heart is not > the place for words. Words are in the intellect. The intellect can > speak, but it is nothing more than a tape recorder. It records and > spits out words and words and words - words that don't have any > feeling in them. The intellect cannot feel compassion; it cannot > feel love or kindness." - Vol.5, p7 > > 0339."The intellect cannot feel compassion; it cannot feel love or > kindness. It can only reason. It will even try to reason out love > and compassion. Son, where there is too much talking, there is no > love. One who really loves is constantly in a meditative mood. > Thoughts cease to exist in the presence of such love." - Vol.5, p8 > > jai amma ~ incarnation of love ~ Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha! Beliefs of hinduism Different religions beliefs Hinduism religion Ammachi Hinduism a.. Visit your group "Ammachi" on the web. b.. Ammachi c.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 18, 2005 Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 Ammachi, "Mahamuni" <mahamuni@c...> wrote: > What is the "Ammachi Free speech zone"? > This is another Ammachi chat room, but it allows people to speak with almost no moderator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 18, 2005 Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 ok, thanks. ckeniley2003 wrote: >Ammachi, "Mahamuni" <mahamuni@c...> wrote: > > >>What is the "Ammachi Free speech zone"? >> >> >> >This is another Ammachi chat room, but it allows people to speak with >almost no moderator > > -- Be Love, Egyirba (Berijoy) http://www.egyirba.net -=-=- .... If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night. I'll bet they'd live a lot differently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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