Guest guest Posted December 21, 2005 Report Share Posted December 21, 2005 Hi Erica, My "overwhelming devotion?!??" Wow. You must have mistaken me for someone else. :-) ... I am far from having true devotion.. if you read chapter 12 of the Gita , Lord Krishna enumerates about 40 qualities of a true devotee- as I read it , I realized that I didnt have even one of them :-) but that was Sri Krishna. Our modern day Amma is far more tolerant- being the "Avyaja Karuna Murthy" ( one of Unconditional Mercy) that She is, She doesnt need to see any quality in us- just one overriding factor helps me get near Her- the simple fact that I am Her child. Being the Mother, She cannot reject any child. Even Shankara says " Bad children there may be many, but a bad Mother never"... So I dont have overwhelming devotion- the truth is that Amma has Overwhelming Love, Overwhelming Mercy and Overwhelming patience. Jai Ma bala Erica <sugarandbrine wrote: Dear Bala, I am so overjoyed for you!! My heart exploded with happiness and a smile came over my face when I read your post. I have had the blessing of reading your wonderful posts, seeing your reaction in Her presence, and I know that I have only seen but a tiny bit of your overwhelming devotion and love for our Amma. To be honest, I have thought on more than one occasion that I would be satisfied to have even one half of the devotion that you have for Amma... Amritapuri is "lucky" to have you, and I will miss seeing you on US tours. My sincere wishes for a safe trip. I know that everything else, Amma will provide. Jai Jai Ma Erica (and Rajesh, of course!) Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha! Mata amritanandamayi Visit your group "Ammachi" on the web. Ammachi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 22, 2005 Report Share Posted December 22, 2005 Dear Bala, The eyeball cannot see itself, I suppose. Your devotion shines through your humbleness, Bala-ji. You are right to point out that Amma has all of these things and more. She shows us the way. She is our mother, who loves us even when we "mess up". She picks us up when we fall and scrape our knee, as long as we cry out for her. It's all such grace. It reminds me of one of the very few things I remember from going to church (I stopped going when I was aged seven years): She is The Light, The Truth, and The Way. JAI JAI MA All the best, Erica P.S. I am working on my conversational Tamil, so maybe we can have a conversation in Tamil by the time I come to Amritapuri! Ammachi, balakrishnan Shankar <balakrishnan_sh> wrote: > > Hi Erica, > > My "overwhelming devotion?!??" Wow. You must have mistaken me for someone else. :-) ... I am far from having true devotion.. if you read chapter 12 of the Gita , Lord Krishna enumerates about 40 qualities of a true devotee- as I read it , I realized that I didnt have even one of them :-) > > but that was Sri Krishna. Our modern day Amma is far more tolerant- being the "Avyaja Karuna Murthy" ( one of Unconditional Mercy) that She is, She doesnt need to see any quality in us- just one overriding factor helps me get near Her- the simple fact that I am Her child. Being the Mother, She cannot reject any child. > > Even Shankara says " Bad children there may be many, but a bad Mother never"... > > So I dont have overwhelming devotion- the truth is that Amma has Overwhelming Love, Overwhelming Mercy and Overwhelming patience. > > Jai Ma > > bala > > > > Erica <sugarandbrine> wrote: > Dear Bala, > > I am so overjoyed for you!! My heart exploded with happiness and a > smile came over my face when I read your post. I have had the blessing > of reading your wonderful posts, seeing your reaction in Her presence, > and I know that I have only seen but a tiny bit of your overwhelming > devotion and love for our Amma. To be honest, I have thought on more > than one occasion that I would be satisfied to have even one half of > the devotion that you have for Amma... > > Amritapuri is "lucky" to have you, and I will miss seeing you on US > tours. > > My sincere wishes for a safe trip. I know that everything else, Amma > will provide. > > Jai Jai Ma > > Erica (and Rajesh, of course!) > > > > > > Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha! > > > > > Mata amritanandamayi > > > > > > Visit your group "Ammachi" on the web. > > > Ammachi > > Terms of Service. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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