Temperate speech (Was To Jyotsna)

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Namah Shivayah, Surya,

 

I agree completely. Yogananda tells his disciples that if they are ever

tempted to criticize others to first spend five minutes loudly discussing

their own faults. I have tried this, and believe me, it discourages one

from criticizing others.

 

I read once that anger and humility rarely dwell together.

 

Surya, you were a great example of humility when you ended your post,

"but I could be wrong." We could all be wrong about many things, but

our love for others and for Amma will hopefully see us through the rough

spots.

 

In Her love,

Jyotsna

 

 

 

Mahamuni <mahamuni wrote:

It is easy to criticize others and their actions and to judge them and their

actions. It is difficult to instead look within oneself. Whatever is in the

macrocosm is also in the microcosm, in fact it originates there first.

-

nierika

Ammachi

Tuesday, September 06, 2005 5:08 AM

Re: To Jyotsna on debate, lack of response, and democracy

 

 

 

Jyotsna wrote:

 

Do you feel better when people criticize you? Is that

when you do your best work? To whom really do your harsh

words come back? I thought on this board that people

understand that all are but one. Did not Jesus say 2,000

years ago to love your "enemies"? Should we all not be

praying for the president rather than lambasting him?

What good does negativity do?

 

I read this board for spiritual upliftment, not for

political tirades. I realize you are the "not-very-

moderate-moderator" (ha, ha), but I ask you to restrain

yourself from this negativity on the list.

 

 

 

Dear Jyotsna ~ I write this, not to criticize anyone, but to remind all that

a week or so ago, someone we all know and care about was venting anger about

the Katrina situation. After a bit, this person expressed concern that

anyone had been offended. Many rushed to say that they didn't, that anger is a

normal, human emotion, and that it is better to express it than act it out. I

also remember very clearly a person I know who was dealing with anger saying

that Mother told her (paraphrase): when you feel this way, hit your Amma doll.

Personally, I cannot imagine hitting my Amma doll, but this was Mother's wise

recognition that we are only human and feel anger and frustration sometimes.

 

And, I am sorry, because I have tried not to be too political on the list,

but this situation is a political as well as human one, and decisions made

early or late are political. I don't feel as thought our President

represented

the best of the American people or even of himself by his late response. How

many people died during that week of no response? Yesterday I heard a story

that brought me to my knees. A 92 year old woman kept trying to reach her son

on

a cell phone. Someone else had the phone for some reason; no one knew where

the son was. She was begging him to come and get her because she was afraid

she would die. No one came, and she and all the other people in the nursing

home eventually drowned.

 

Okay, now we have response, but is it sufficient. Every single resource

available should be poured into this situation. But much of our resources are

over in another country. Should we be there? All the politicians say

(paraphrase): well, now that we're there, we have to stay and finish the job.

Does this

sound familiar to anyone. The American people were lied to about why we had

to go there, and even after the lies came out, nothing has been done. We have

created a training ground for terrorists, and now the are "seeding"

themselves into other countries and doing what damage they can. It is a huge

mess, and

the two situations are related, because if the Louisiana and Mississippi

National Guard had not been deployed somewhere else, they would have been

called

up immediately by the states' governors to help.

 

Actually, I think debate and dialog, which may sound like criticism, are one

way a democracy flourishes and gets things done. When debate and dialog are

silenced, we are all in trouble.

 

Jai Ma,

Linda

 

 

 

 

 

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