Guru;s Unseen Hand

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Brahmachari Shantamrita Chaitanya gave a

satsang on stage with

Amm a few years ago in San Ramon.

 

He quoted Amma's use of the phrase

"unseen hand:

 

The Brahmachari said:

 

"During Amma's Japan Tour, I am always

under a lot of pressure to get the

Japanese translation of Amma's

satsang ready each day in time

for the evening program. One day,

during the tour about five years

ago, the pressure was really

mounting and I was far behind

schedule. On top of this, I couldn't

find a "proper" place to work.

No matter where I set down the

lap-top computer, someone would

walk into that room and start

talking in a loud voice or ask

me a question that seemed

terribly trivial at the time.

I became increasingly grumpy

and hot-tempered, and my mind

was seething with negative thoughts as

I typed Amma's words. "We are all

individual beads strung on the

same thread of life-energy."

Why is everyone bothering me

while I'm trying to work?

"Strive to see the same Divine

Light of Consciousness in each

and every being." I can't believe

these people!

 

Then, an unsuspecting and

innocent person entered the

room with an important question

about the stage decorations.

I had reached the end of my tether.

I just exploded and roared at

him until he turned around

and left. I turned back to

the computer to type the next

sentence: "Never lose your

temper under difficult situations.

Always remember that each

experience is brought to you by

the unseen hand of the Guru, for

the sake of your spiritual growth."

I couldn't even finish typing the

sentence. Amma's message to me was

clear. What could I do, but

acknowledge my total failure

to imbibe the meaning of the

very words I had been typing

for hours together? I was

supposed to be the one delivering

these precious teachings of Amma,

yet in the heat of the moment,

all my superficial mental composure

evaporated in a big puff of steam."

 

Namah Shivaya,

 

GeorgeSon

 

P.S.

 

Here is the complete satsang

http://archives.amritapuri.org/matruvani/vol-01/nov01/01mv11expanse.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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GeorgeSon-

I appreciated this one so much. Being so impatient is something I,

too, struggle with time to time. And like the bramachari, when I'm

working on something, I HATE to be interrupted and like her, kind of

go crazy!!! What a great story for me. In fact, I just had a blow up

tonight over a wrong shipment I received. And then I read this. Then

it "dawns' on me... oh, I just had my own

little explosion tonight!!! oh dear!!...sigh!....so much work to do

still.....You go for a while and think you are getting "better" in

some way..then you are reminded on how far you have to go! A looooong

way, baby! (at least for this one!! sheesh!)

 

The way in which the bramacharis and swamis share so much of their

own inner struggles with us through their writings is such a gift!

There they are just laying out all of their flaws and weaknesses for

everyone to see through their writings.

 

When will you come, Krishna, when will you come?

 

 

 

Ammachi, GeorgeSon <leokomor> wrote:

>

> Brahmachari Shantamrita Chaitanya gave a

> satsang on stage with

> Amm a few years ago in San Ramon.

>

> He quoted Amma's use of the phrase

> "unseen hand:

>

> The Brahmachari said:

>

> "During Amma's Japan Tour, I am always

> under a lot of pressure to get the

> Japanese translation of Amma's

> satsang ready each day in time

> for the evening program. One day,

> during the tour about five years

> ago, the pressure was really

> mounting and I was far behind

> schedule. On top of this, I couldn't

> find a "proper" place to work.

> No matter where I set down the

> lap-top computer, someone would

> walk into that room and start

> talking in a loud voice or ask

> me a question that seemed

> terribly trivial at the time.

> I became increasingly grumpy

> and hot-tempered, and my mind

> was seething with negative thoughts as

> I typed Amma's words. "We are all

> individual beads strung on the

> same thread of life-energy."

> Why is everyone bothering me

> while I'm trying to work?

> "Strive to see the same Divine

> Light of Consciousness in each

> and every being." I can't believe

> these people!

>

> Then, an unsuspecting and

> innocent person entered the

> room with an important question

> about the stage decorations.

> I had reached the end of my tether.

> I just exploded and roared at

> him until he turned around

> and left. I turned back to

> the computer to type the next

> sentence: "Never lose your

> temper under difficult situations.

> Always remember that each

> experience is brought to you by

> the unseen hand of the Guru, for

> the sake of your spiritual growth."

> I couldn't even finish typing the

> sentence. Amma's message to me was

> clear. What could I do, but

> acknowledge my total failure

> to imbibe the meaning of the

> very words I had been typing

> for hours together? I was

> supposed to be the one delivering

> these precious teachings of Amma,

> yet in the heat of the moment,

> all my superficial mental composure

> evaporated in a big puff of steam."

>

> Namah Shivaya,

>

> GeorgeSon

>

> P.S.

>

> Here is the complete satsang

> http://archives.amritapuri.org/matruvani/vol-

01/nov01/01mv11expanse.htm

>

> FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click.

> http://farechase.

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