Guest guest Posted December 10, 2005 Report Share Posted December 10, 2005 Namah Shivayah, I was previously a member of the Amma Satsang, an inspirational and compassionate online satsang devoted to my beloved mother Ammachi. It seems that it has moved and has been replaced by the Judgemental And Sometimes Cruel Opinions Stated As If They Were Facts Forum. I am looking forward to the Amma Satsang re-appearing. On a similar note, I am curious as to why this thread has not had the kibosh put on it yet. Heaven forbid someone comes in here talking about animal rights, George Bush or politics...but racism is OK? I have a million things to say about all of these subjects, and I can rant and rave about them until the cows come home...but not here. I have been tempted so many times to respond to these posts with a book length treatise containing all of my opinions on racism, as well as point/counterpointing with all of you...but this is not the place for it, especially when it gets cruel. Can we move it over to a devoted to debating racism? There is an ego battle going on in the Amma online satsang. I find this a bit ironic. I also find it a bit comical the way everyone is carrying on with opinions as if their personal opinions are facts. When I read Tembas posts, I can see Ammas words in action. I, on the other hand, am losing patience with this thread and becoming very disheartened and disappointed at the lack of respect going on here. There are a lot of lurkers on this board...people who consistenly read the posts...and heaven knows how many of these people have been offended or felt personally attacked by the cruel and lacking in compassion comments made here. Can we please....for the love of the Divine Mother...THINK ABOUT what this group looks like to someone who may just stumble upon the recent posts in search of an online Amma group??!! Is this the kind of impression that we want to make on the inquisitive person who has never seen this group before and maybe JUST HEARD of Amma yesterday and is anxious to find out more about her and her devotees. Maybe it is someone living in a project, or in section 8 housing, or someone on disability and they are going to come here and hear that they are taking "handouts" or they should "go get a job" or maybe a Katrina victim will stumble on this site and read that "racism is not running rampant in this country" stated in a cold and inconsiderate manner. We are her children. What kind of impression do we reflect onto our Mother to those who do not know her by behaving in this way? When she says to become like children, she means to have the innocence and compassion of a child...and there is a big difference between that and acting childish. I totally agree with Tembas last post, but I also am fed up with checking this group for inspirational glimpses of my Mother and coming up with ego, bigotry,semantics and attempts at one-upmanship instead. Jai Ma! Ananthasree http://www.ammaschildren.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 11, 2005 Report Share Posted December 11, 2005 I'm glad someone stood up and said this. I just delete almost all the posts immediatly these days, without reading them, and never bother to make any comments any longer. Still I hang on to a hope that things will change...one day. Jai Maa! Surya - Ananthasree Ammachi Saturday, December 10, 2005 1:05 PM Looking for the Amma Satsang Namah Shivayah, I was previously a member of the Amma Satsang, an inspirational and compassionate online satsang devoted to my beloved mother Ammachi. It seems that it has moved and has been replaced by the Judgemental And Sometimes Cruel Opinions Stated As If They Were Facts Forum. I am looking forward to the Amma Satsang re-appearing. On a similar note, I am curious as to why this thread has not had the kibosh put on it yet. Heaven forbid someone comes in here talking about animal rights, George Bush or politics...but racism is OK? I have a million things to say about all of these subjects, and I can rant and rave about them until the cows come home...but not here. I have been tempted so many times to respond to these posts with a book length treatise containing all of my opinions on racism, as well as point/counterpointing with all of you...but this is not the place for it, especially when it gets cruel. Can we move it over to a devoted to debating racism? There is an ego battle going on in the Amma online satsang. I find this a bit ironic. I also find it a bit comical the way everyone is carrying on with opinions as if their personal opinions are facts. When I read Tembas posts, I can see Ammas words in action. I, on the other hand, am losing patience with this thread and becoming very disheartened and disappointed at the lack of respect going on here. There are a lot of lurkers on this board...people who consistenly read the posts...and heaven knows how many of these people have been offended or felt personally attacked by the cruel and lacking in compassion comments made here. Can we please....for the love of the Divine Mother...THINK ABOUT what this group looks like to someone who may just stumble upon the recent posts in search of an online Amma group??!! Is this the kind of impression that we want to make on the inquisitive person who has never seen this group before and maybe JUST HEARD of Amma yesterday and is anxious to find out more about her and her devotees. Maybe it is someone living in a project, or in section 8 housing, or someone on disability and they are going to come here and hear that they are taking "handouts" or they should "go get a job" or maybe a Katrina victim will stumble on this site and read that "racism is not running rampant in this country" stated in a cold and inconsiderate manner. We are her children. What kind of impression do we reflect onto our Mother to those who do not know her by behaving in this way? When she says to become like children, she means to have the innocence and compassion of a child...and there is a big difference between that and acting childish. I totally agree with Tembas last post, but I also am fed up with checking this group for inspirational glimpses of my Mother and coming up with ego, bigotry,semantics and attempts at one-upmanship instead. Jai Ma! Ananthasree http://www.ammaschildren.com Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha! Mata amritanandamayi a.. Visit your group "Ammachi" on the web. b.. Ammachi c.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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