Guest guest Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 sara posted: road rage incident, page 50: "After the driver passed me ,(Sw.Ramakrishanada in his early ashram days), I spun my car around and gave chase. Enraged by his reckless and egoistic driving, I had decided to teach him a lesson. I overtook him and drove several kilometers ahead, increasing the distance between us. Then I trurned the car around and got out, waiting for him to pass by. As I saw him approaching, I took a large stone from the side of the road and hurled it against his windshield, cracking it nicely. Then I got back in the car and speed away. I returned to the ashram as fast as I could, eager to regale Amma with the tale of my heroic exploits. " I leave to List members guess how Amma reacted. I thank Swamiji for selflessly sharing his mistakes with us. It gives me hope. Dear sara ~ wow! thank you for posting this. It gives me hope too. If even a Swami, or bramachari, which may have been Ramakrishananda's position at the time, can have such anger and act it out, it does give me a sense of relief: oh, thank you Amma, we are all human, and our humanity is part of what we are honing in our relationship with Amma and others ~ like filtering out the dross so what remains is clear and pure. We all have our own versions of this story we are dealing with. And I thank you too for making it known that there is a new book in the Amma library...another one for my bookshelf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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