Attempts to correct Bala's deep love for our mother

August 22, 2005

Namah Shivaya Bro & Sisters

As I read responses to Bala's statement of anger........I can only

think that Bala is one of our wisest brothers. I appreciate the wisdom

coming from trying to reason with Bala's angry comments however:

I attribute the intensity of Bala's anger to the intensity of his love

for Amma.....which I feel certain will soon shift back to the cyclical

nature of love and anger, where Bala's anger will soon become

compassion for the attacker.

Reasoning or correcting someone in an intense state of anger (or love)

can be futile......until that person calms down.

I, for one, wish I had Bala's wisdom and understanding of Amma's

teachings.....and his capacity of love for her, our Mother.

Om Namah Shivaya,

amritavarshini

August 22, 2005

I agree totally and feel that it is important to honor everyone's

feelings at this time. This is something that has struck a well of

strong emotions in many of Amma's children....and whether one is

feeling anger, another is feeling sadness, or another is non-phased it

is all Amma's will. It is all part of her leela for the individual

concerned and the unit as a whole. We know this is how she works!

None of us will have the same reaction and I really feel that it is

important not to over analyze everyone else's emotions over the

situation...and that includes our own emotions! This incident has

raised a lot of issues for me and has caused me to feel and consider

many things that I may not have felt otherwise.

Bala had a reaction of anger to the situation. I had a reaction of

sorrow. Others have had a reaction of feeling tremendously "proud" of

Mother, while others have been overwhelmed with compassion for the

attacker and others have become worried. I really don't feel that any

of the emotions are irrational, right or wrong. It's all part of the

spectrum and I hope that we can embrace and respect everyone's

feelings on the situation and let everyone move through what they need

to move through. I can understand how Bala feels, and chances are he

will move through this emotion and into sadness and then acceptance or

any myraid combination of feelings...so will we all!

I guess at the core of it, it comes down to rising above our third

dimensional views of the event and moving into an awareness based on

Amma's perspective. I have tried to look at it through her eyes rather

than my own limited sense of the circumstance, and I have found that

when I was able to do this, I was no longer so emotional about it.

The circumstance could have also been orchestrated by Amma for a

million different reasons. Maybe it was all for the sake of the karma

of the devotees who stepped in, and our very dear brother who took the

knife for Amma. It could have been soley for the attacker. It could

have been for all of her children. It could have been just something

she needed to fulfill. I believe it is a mix of all of these. But the

more we try to intellectualize it...the further we will get away from

purpose....so I will end here by thanking, from the bottom of my

heart, all of those who stood up and kept our beloved Mother from

physical harm and all of those who so compassionately pray for the

confused attacker.

Om Namah Shivayah,

Ananthasree

http://www.ammaschildren.com

Ammachi, "B.Edmonds" <edmondsb@i...> wrote:

> Namah Shivaya Bro & Sisters

>

> As I read responses to Bala's statement of anger........I can only

> think that Bala is one of our wisest brothers. I appreciate the

wisdom

> coming from trying to reason with Bala's angry comments however:

>

> I attribute the intensity of Bala's anger to the intensity of his

love

> for Amma.....which I feel certain will soon shift back to the

cyclical

> nature of love and anger, where Bala's anger will soon become

> compassion for the attacker.

>

> Reasoning or correcting someone in an intense state of anger (or

love)

> can be futile......until that person calms down.

>

> I, for one, wish I had Bala's wisdom and understanding of Amma's

> teachings.....and his capacity of love for her, our Mother.

>

> Om Namah Shivaya,

> amritavarshini

August 23, 2005

Dear All,

I think anger is sometimes necessary. Yes Krishna tried all possible methods

of peace with the kauravas but nevertheless he did not tolerate adharma.

I dont think the attacker was mentally ill. Rather the other two people who

ran away from the crowd make me feel that this was a calculated plot. Also, this

man was intelligent enough to dress up as a brahmachari- he was wearing a

yellow shawl and he concealed a knife.

He says, according to the news reports, that "he loves Amma more than god"...

is that why he carried a knife with him?

and doesnt a devotee of 18 years know that you get darshan by getting a token ,

not by rushing the stage during darshan with a knife in your hand?

whom is he kidding?

please..

also, why should I side with evil? why shouldnt I be ready to condemn something

i consider horrible?

Hasnt the world suffered enough from people who persecute mahatmas? Georgeson

talks about bad karma accumulated by the man- what about the bad karma

generated for humanity as a whole when a Divine Being is persecuted?

the problem is that in the name of goodness we tolerate too much evil. We

blame the victim very often ..

Goodness and compassion doesnt mean we should tolerate evil , or be gentle with

scoundrels.

yes that man has a soul , Amma, the divine spark deep within. I dont disagree.

I have nothing against his soul- it is his mind that came up with this macabre

plot, and his absolute lack of a conscience that I am against.

My anger is just a way of expressing my uncompromising attitude against such

people.

Also Amma has acquired many enemies because of the beautiful work she is doing.

People like politicians who see that Her sincere work is making Her very

popular, people like misguided members of certain organisations who see that

they cannot convert as many people as they used to to their religion because

of Amma's godly influence, people who are plain jealous , people who want to

make money through false means and people who are seeking power ....

I cannot tolerate anyone among these groups who will actually decend to the

level of attempting to murder a Mahatma in order to foster their own selfish

interests.

Amma is one of the greatest beings to set foot on earth, and even from a purely

worldly standpoint, She is one of the greatest humanitarians ever. That She,

through Her simple hugging , is able to heal the wounds of millions, and inspire

so many millions of charitable acts, itself makes Her a miracle. I dont care if

She is omniscient or realized or Devi or Krishna or not. Her simple and sure

way of soothing people's hearts and reaching out to millions makes Her one of

the greatest humans ever.

That anyone would think of hurting, let alone kill, such a being is beyond

imagination. It shows the depths of degradation that man can sink to, the

bestial abyss that the so called "evolved" human being is capable of.

In being angry with this man, i am being angry with all that is wrong and evil

in this world. To me sunday's incident is the attempted replaying of the

crucifixion of Christ.

It shows that mankind, as a whole, has not improved much in 2000 years.

Rama was maligned, there were numerous attempts on Krishna's life, Jesus was

tortured and killed in a most barbaric fashion, every mahatma has had to deal

with such muck.

As Sri Aurobindo says "

"Hard indeed is the world redeemer's task

His enemies are the ones he came to save.."

and

"The cross the payment for the crown they came to give".

To me , sunday's incident is symbolic of all that is wrong on earth, it is

symbolic of all of man's ignorance and perversion, it is once again the ugly

sore of man's ego showing through, the putrid tumor of evil spreading its

cancerous poison in the heart of humanity.

the incident should make us deeply angry and sad and ashamed. Ashamed to be a

human being.

bala

Start your day with - make it your home page

August 23, 2005

Dear Bala,

I understand and absolutely identify with everything you have

expressed. I especially was drawn to your posts, having experienced

the same rage and sorrow myself (and still swinging back and forth

through a range of emotions).

Last night I wrote in my journal:

"""I remember asking "What hope is there in the world if someone takes

Amma's life? How would we go on? How could we live in a world capable

of that?"""""

It is depressing and anger inducing and I wish I could offer some

wonderful reason why you need not feel angry...but I cannot.

I have always harbored great sorrow over the way our culture has

consistently crucified those that come to bring light to our world. It

is to be expected at this point, which is very sad. Having it "hit so

close to home" the other day really hit me hard, and I would be lying

if I said that this has not caused me to feel hopeless and depressed

over the state of our world.

I admire your passionate defense of my Mother, and your poetic and

insightful take on these circumstances.

In Amma,

Ananathsree

http://www.ammaschildren.com

Ammachi, balakrishnan Shankar

<balakrishnan_sh> wrote:

> Dear All,

>

> I think anger is sometimes necessary. Yes Krishna tried all

possible methods of peace with the kauravas but nevertheless he did

not tolerate adharma.

>

> I dont think the attacker was mentally ill. Rather the other two

people who ran away from the crowd make me feel that this was a

calculated plot. Also, this man was intelligent enough to dress up as

a brahmachari- he was wearing a yellow shawl and he concealed a

knife.

>

> He says, according to the news reports, that "he loves Amma more

than god"... is that why he carried a knife with him?

>

> and doesnt a devotee of 18 years know that you get darshan by

getting a token , not by rushing the stage during darshan with a

knife in your hand?

>

> whom is he kidding?

>

> please..

>

> also, why should I side with evil? why shouldnt I be ready to

condemn something i consider horrible?

>

> Hasnt the world suffered enough from people who persecute

mahatmas? Georgeson talks about bad karma accumulated by the man-

what about the bad karma generated for humanity as a whole when a

Divine Being is persecuted?

>

> the problem is that in the name of goodness we tolerate too much

evil. We blame the victim very often ..

>

> Goodness and compassion doesnt mean we should tolerate evil , or be

gentle with scoundrels.

>

> yes that man has a soul , Amma, the divine spark deep within. I

dont disagree. I have nothing against his soul- it is his mind that

came up with this macabre plot, and his absolute lack of a conscience

that I am against.

>

> My anger is just a way of expressing my uncompromising attitude

against such people.

>

> Also Amma has acquired many enemies because of the beautiful work

she is doing. People like politicians who see that Her sincere work is

making Her very popular, people like misguided members of certain

organisations who see that they cannot convert as many people as

they used to to their religion because of Amma's godly influence,

people who are plain jealous , people who want to make money through

false means and people who are seeking power ....

>

> I cannot tolerate anyone among these groups who will actually

decend to the level of attempting to murder a Mahatma in order to

foster their own selfish interests.

>

> Amma is one of the greatest beings to set foot on earth, and even

from a purely worldly standpoint, She is one of the greatest

humanitarians ever. That She, through Her simple hugging , is able to

heal the wounds of millions, and inspire so many millions of

charitable acts, itself makes Her a miracle. I dont care if She is

omniscient or realized or Devi or Krishna or not. Her simple and sure

way of soothing people's hearts and reaching out to millions makes Her

one of the greatest humans ever.

>

> That anyone would think of hurting, let alone kill, such a being

is beyond imagination. It shows the depths of degradation that man can

sink to, the bestial abyss that the so called "evolved" human being is

capable of.

>

> In being angry with this man, i am being angry with all that is

wrong and evil in this world. To me sunday's incident is the attempted

replaying of the crucifixion of Christ.

>

> It shows that mankind, as a whole, has not improved much in 2000

years.

>

> Rama was maligned, there were numerous attempts on Krishna's life,

Jesus was tortured and killed in a most barbaric fashion, every

mahatma has had to deal with such muck.

>

> As Sri Aurobindo says "

>

> "Hard indeed is the world redeemer's task

> His enemies are the ones he came to save.."

>

> and

>

> "The cross the payment for the crown they came to give".

>

> To me , sunday's incident is symbolic of all that is wrong on

earth, it is symbolic of all of man's ignorance and perversion, it is

once again the ugly sore of man's ego showing through, the putrid

tumor of evil spreading its cancerous poison in the heart of humanity.

>

> the incident should make us deeply angry and sad and ashamed.

Ashamed to be a human being.

>

> bala

>

> Start your day with - make it your home page

>

August 23, 2005

The man came to Amma for healing. She healed him with her unconditional love,

and forgiveness of the act. Don't dwell on the past. Let it go.

Love,

Carol

balakrishnan Shankar <balakrishnan_sh wrote: