To Tom ... :::sigh:::

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Tom wrote:

 

....As far as "who am I to judge?" attitude, you'd better start learning

(discriminating), or you'll be years down the road and wondering why

you haven't grown as much as you'd thought. I see this all the

time: instead of maintaining the "attitude" of a beginner, people

stay a beginner. Same as instead of becoming "like" a child, people

act like a child, forcing people around them to act like a parent,

and losing any spiritual benefit from being "like" a child".

 

Wasn't impressed with what I've heard of Bh. Das's singing, but I did

really like Krishna Das's singing on a short film that was on the DVD

for American Desi (Govinda Hare song). Although heartfelt singing

is one sign of a one-pointed mind, it can also just be a Siddhi

(mastery, perfection), and this is the category I'd put both Krishna

Das and Shree Maa in, having mastered the art of singing, not

necessarily advanced folks...

Dear Tom ~ I promised myself I wasn't going to respond to anymore of these

posts about Ram Das, the other Das (I really don't know anything about him),

etc., but this post jolted me awake, and it's only 6:30 am where I am. There is

a world of difference between judging and discriminating. I am pretty sure

that what you mean when you say judging is actually discrimination. I started

life off as a Christian, and "judge not as you shall be judged" was one of

the basic ideas, along with "love one another as I have loved you" that have

stayed with me as basic truths.

 

And I find myself wondering if you met Shree Maa or Swami Satyananda

Saraswati. Many people who have met them, recognize Shree Maa as an incarnation

of

the Divine Mother, just as Ammachi is, just as Karunamayi is. I don't think

there's any rule about how many avatars can walk the earth at any given time,

and I believe we are very fortunate to have so many in what seems to be

becoming a very dark time witih many challenges.

 

Reducing Shree Maa to someone who has mastered the art of singing is to me

like reducing Saint Francis to someone who has mastered the art of conversing

with animals (an "animal whisperer"). I really don't know what to say. I feel

very sad that you have put Shree Maa in the category of "not necessarily

advanced folks"

 

Since Shree Maa, like Ammachi, needs no defense against detractors, I will

refrain from saying anything more. But if you haven't actually met her, you

might be interested in learning more about her from her website. She and Swami

Satyanda Saraswati are in seclusion now, offering pujas throughout the day,

every day, for the benefit of all beings.

 

Ack ... there is nothing more I can think of to say, nothing more that

really needs saying. But gee whiz ... Jai all the Ma's ~ Linda