To ckenily on digest discord

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ckeniley wrote:

 

....if you are having a personal crisis around your devotion to

Amma, please take it to a counselor, or move onto a different path,

FOR YOURSELF. Your cheerleading for adharmic teachings have other

venues that would receive it with open arms.

 

Can we maintain a dharmic room?

 

 

Dear ckeniley ~ in reading "On the Road to Freedom, A Pilgrimage in India,"

by Swami Paramatmananda, there were several places where Swami P. (then

Neale) talked about his guru's (Ramana Marhishi) guru, Ratnamji, going to a

gathering of Great Souls or scholars (usually for some particular reason, like a

seasonal ritual), and they would often spend some time talking and debating

with one another.

 

I realize that we don't want to have undue discord here. On the other hand,

do we really want to silence someone? I have heard from people, and

experienced, that when people gather around Amma, it is like being in a washing

machine, and their "stuff," their leelas come out. Sometimes this can be very

unpleasant, but it seems to be part of the process of growing spiritually.

 

After Ratnamji's death, Neale became very confused for he missed the

Presence of Ratnamji. He did not know whether to follow the road of bhakti or of

self-inquiry. Here is what Swami P. had to say of the (temporary) resolution of

his dilemma (this was after several visions of a deceased Realized sage,

Shankaracharya of Kanchipuram):

 

"From the next day, I...found that Self-inquiry came about very easily

and so I started to take up that practice with all seriousness. It dawned

on me what he had meant by 'the mind alone is important.' It is not which

spiritual practice you do that is important but rather the purity of mind which

is gained thereby...The practices are only means to an end." Of course, Neale

had not yet met Amma, so I would take this statement with a grain of salt.

 

Jai Ma,

Linda