To Chris, vallantkumar and All on wow!

[Guest guest]

Chris posted:

 

quote from vallantkumar's post:~~~~~addressed to Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~

"Where the hell do you get the idea that (1) this is a satsang, not a

debate group and (2) what constitutes a satsang? Just because you

have been used to the milk-and-water "Ammachi is so wonderful" stuff

doesn't make you decide what should be posted.

 

Heck, start your own stupid Ammachi group if you want, moderate it any

way you want, and exclude whomever. This is not just your group. So

get over it."

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Dear Chris, vallantkumar and All ~ wow! I must have missed this one. I guess

I would consider this a "flame" because of the language, yet our moderator

wisely let the post enter the digest.

 

A satsang is a group of people who gather for the purpose of devotion, seva,

worship, support ... hopefully a group of likeminded people and generally

gathered around a particular guru or holy person. We gather for the purpose of

devotion. We have seva (the prayer list, and the Circle of Love), we worship

(mostly in solo because we have not figured out a way yet to get together

online where we can actually "talk" in real time. And we are gathered around a

great mahatma, Mata Amritanandamayi, or Ammachi, as She is lovingly known.

 

My hope would be that people could express diverse views, have discussion,

etc., without flaming or using inflammatory language, but even so, this is a

test of our own equanimity.

And actually, it is "our" group ... all the members who belong to the

digest, including you, vallantkumar.

 

Jai Ma,

Linda

 

"Love and beauty are within you.

Try to express them through your actions

and you will definitely touch the very source of bliss."

~ Amma

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I meant this to go to Chris in a private email but ended up posting it

to the whole group instead :-( Hence the flame-like words. Let me

offer the usual excuse -- "I guess Amma wanted me to say this to the

whole group :-) ". Nobody has actually claimed being offended by my

words, but I apologize if any bystander was.

 

Nandu (vallathnkumar)

 

Ammachi, nierika@a... wrote:

>

> Chris posted:

>

> quote from vallantkumar's post:~~~~~addressed to Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~

> "Where the hell do you get the idea that (1) this is a satsang, not a

> debate group and (2) what constitutes a satsang? Just because you

> have been used to the milk-and-water "Ammachi is so wonderful" stuff

> doesn't make you decide what should be posted.

>

> Heck, start your own stupid Ammachi group if you want, moderate it any

> way you want, and exclude whomever. This is not just your group. So

> get over it."

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Guest guest]

Ammachi, "vallathnkumar" <vallathn@h...> wrote:

> Let me

> offer the usual excuse -- "I guess Amma wanted me to say this to the

> whole group :-) ".

 

Luaghing my rear off. good save, Nandu. i kept smiling looking at this

for the next 2 minutes.

[Guest guest]

I loved it too, Nandu. Because it seems odd [for Chris] to harp on about

"boundaries" and a dharmic discourse while pushing for repression and

calling peoples' political rants "sewage." I have been far more offended --

as Surya put it, by such "heavy" and "negative" complaints, then by the

outrage of other list members such as yourself. Thank you for articulating

pretty much right on the button of what I was feeling, and for saying it

loud, proud, and clear. regards, Prashanti