To Temba & Sweta on such people (Amma's help & advice)

[Guest guest]

Temba wrote:

 

....IT IS A SENSITIVE SUBJECT FOR HIM BECAUSE IT SEEMS THAT MOST PEOPLE

CONSIDER

"SUCH PEOPLE",TO ALMOST NOT "BE PEOPLE".AMMAs son considers himself to be

one of those "SUCH PEOPLE" AS he also considers himself to be one with

humanity...

Dear Temba, Sweta and all ~ I followed this thread with interest and was

glad to see Sweta catching her own word use. I have found myself doing that more

often recently. Some of these concepts are so ingrained in us culturally as

well as perhaps by our families that we can find that we may say something and

not even realize it until the word has gone from our lips. But Amma is

giving us the swift awareness to "see" or "hear" ourselves more quickly and to

acknowledge this cultural conditioning.

 

When I was working, I was not one of "such people," if I had ever thought of

them that way. Mostly, I don't think I did. In one of my jobs I worked with

victims whose family members had been brutally murdered or attacked. I did not

deal with the ones who had committed the attacks, but aside from the

occasional empathetic emotional pain and anger I felt with the victims, I did

not

think of the ones who committed the acts as different from myself. I had seen

my own dark side; in fact that job was part of what brought it to the fore and

helped me make peace with that part of myself.

 

But now that I'm on the other side of the economic fence, I find myself

feeling like one of "those people," poor, living in hardscrabble circumstances,

ill ... and it is very difficult for me not to judge myself badly for ending up

in this situation. Part of it was trusting the wrong people (my parents);

part of it was the vicious judgement and actions they directed toward me; and

part of it is my dependence of the government to have even any kind of living

at all, and my dependence on my hubby.

 

I have always been independent. My illness and inability to work has put me

in the position of feeling like one of "those people." In my family, they

would have called people like me "poor white trash." Sometimes I wonder if they

think of me that way, or if they have any awareness at all of how their

actions (wooing me away from my home in Maryland with many promises, now

broken,

and taking a significant amount of my inheritance) have affected me. I don't

think they do, and that is a mystery to me. They live in total denial.

Everything is still a party, but it's a party I'm no longer invited to.

 

So where, in my past, my sensitivity and empathy, led me to not view any

group of people as "other," this same sensitivity is causing me to judge myself

as "other." I cry out to Amma to help me accept my illness with grace, to

accept my living circumstances with happiness that I have a place to live, and

to

not give up on myself. Sometimes it seems like the hardest thing I've ever

had to do. But then, every time I've dealt with something sticky (like my own

darkness), I always feel, "this is the hardest thing I've ever done." LOL So

there is always more learning.

 

Blessings to all, to all, to all of us, for we are One family, One with the

Divine, One

Jai Ma ~ Linda

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Namah Shivaya Linda,

 

Now that you are one of "such people" are you any different on the

inside than you were? Of course not. It is only the outer circumstances

that have changed. You have lost a lot, but you are still the person you

always have been on the inside. Probably even better because you have

had to go through such hard times and pain with your illness.

 

You are not your outer circumstances. You are still who you always have

been. Anyone who judges you is doing so for their own stuck reasons.

 

Pranams,

Prasadini

> humanity...

> Dear Temba, Sweta and all ~ I followed this thread with interest and was

> glad to see Sweta catching her own word use. I have found myself doing

> that more

> often recently. Some of these concepts are so ingrained in us

> culturally as

> well as perhaps by our families that we can find that we may say

> something and

> not even realize it until the word has gone from our lips. But Amma is

> giving us the swift awareness to "see" or "hear" ourselves more

> quickly and to

> acknowledge this cultural conditioning.

>

> When I was working, I was not one of "such people," if I had ever

> thought of

> them that way. Mostly, I don't think I did. In one of my jobs I worked

> with

> victims whose family members had been brutally murdered or attacked. I

> did not

> deal with the ones who had committed the attacks, but aside from the

> occasional empathetic emotional pain and anger I felt with the

> victims, I did not

> think of the ones who committed the acts as different from myself. I

> had seen

> my own dark side; in fact that job was part of what brought it to the

> fore and

> helped me make peace with that part of myself.

>

> But now that I'm on the other side of the economic fence, I find myself

> feeling like one of "those people," poor, living in hardscrabble

> circumstances,

> ill ... and it is very difficult for me not to judge myself badly for

> ending up

> in this situation. Part of it was trusting the wrong people (my parents);

> part of it was the vicious judgement and actions they directed toward

> me; and

> part of it is my dependence of the government to have even any kind

> of living

> at all, and my dependence on my hubby.

>

> I have always been independent. My illness and inability to work has

> put me

> in the position of feeling like one of "those people." In my family,

> they

> would have called people like me "poor white trash." Sometimes I

> wonder if they

> think of me that way, or if they have any awareness at all of how their

> actions (wooing me away from my home in Maryland with many promises,

> now broken,

> and taking a significant amount of my inheritance) have affected me.

> I don't

> think they do, and that is a mystery to me. They live in total denial.

> Everything is still a party, but it's a party I'm no longer invited to.

>

> So where, in my past, my sensitivity and empathy, led me to not view any

> group of people as "other," this same sensitivity is causing me to

> judge myself

> as "other." I cry out to Amma to help me accept my illness with grace, to

> accept my living circumstances with happiness that I have a place to

> live, and to

> not give up on myself. Sometimes it seems like the hardest thing I've

> ever

> had to do. But then, every time I've dealt with something sticky

> (like my own

> darkness), I always feel, "this is the hardest thing I've ever done."

> LOL So

> there is always more learning.

>

> Blessings to all, to all, to all of us, for we are One family, One

> with the

> Divine, One

> Jai Ma ~ Linda

>

>

>

> Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha!

>

>

> ------

>

>

> * Visit your group "Ammachi

> <Ammachi>" on the web.

>

> *

> Ammachi

> <Ammachi?subject=Un>

>

> * Terms of

> Service <>.

>

>

> ------

>

[Guest guest]

thankyou my beautiful brothers and sisters for sharing this with

everyone.this is AMMAs childs spin on this. WHEN MOTHER TERESA RENOUNCED

THE COMFORTS OF HER GROUP TO BE CONSIDERED ONE OF THE "SUCH PEOPLE"BY THE

SUCH PEOPLE ,SHE DID IT SO THAT THEY WOULD FEEL HER AND RELATE TO HER AS ONE

OF THEM.SHE DID IT OUT OF LOVE FOR THE "SO-CALLED SUCH PEOPLE".SHE STILL

MAINTAINED HER INNER IDENTIFICATION WITH GODS LOVE.SHE ONLY WANTED TO THE"

POOREST OF THE POOR" TO NOW THAT THEY WERE LOVED AND THE INTRODUCTION TO

THAT WAS TO HUMBLY BE AMONGS THEM AS THEM.

 

THIS IS THE SAME THING THAT JESUS DID AND THE SAME THING THAT AMMA DOES.

THE SUCH PEOPLE ARE LOOKED DOWN AT BY THE WORLD AND THEREFORE GOD MAKES SURE

THAT HE/SHE GIVES THEM SPECIAL ATTENTION.

 

JESUS SAID "TO THE LEAST OF MY BROTHERS YOUR DID IT TO THAT YOU DID IT TO

ME."

 

"FOR I WAS HUNGRY AND YOU AND YOU FED ME,I WAS THIRSTY AND YOU GAVE ME

DRINK,I WAS A STRANGER AND YOU INVITED ME IN,I WAS NAKED AND YOU CLOTHED

ME,I WAS SICK AND YOU LOOKED AFTER ME,I WAS IN "PRISON"(CIRCLE OF LOVE

INSIDE) AND YOU CAME TO VISIT ME.

 

THEN THE RIGHTOUS ANSWERED AND SAID "LORD WHEN DID WE DO ALL OF THIS ?"AND

JESUS SAYS "TO THE LEASTOF MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS THAT YOU

DID IT TO ,YOU DID IT TO ME"

 

YOU CAN READ THIS YOURSELF IN THE BOOK OF MATHEW:CHAPTER 25 VERSES 31

THROUGH 40

 

TO BE CONSIDRED "such people"is a honor and a blessing.IF ONE HOLDS THE

CORRECT AWARENESS IN THIS ,IT IS A TRUE ACT OF GODS GRACE.

 

WHEN A PERSON REACHES OUT TO LOVE "SUCH PEOPLE" THEY GO DEEPER IN THEIR

RELATIONSHIP WITH AMMAs LOVE.THESE "SUCH PEOPLE" ARE A BLESSING TO THIS

WORLD, IF ONE HAS THE EYE TO SEE IT.

 

THIS ISNT ABOUT A SAD STORY ,THIS IS ABOUT HER COMPASSION WORKING IN THE

MOST AWSOME WAY.MA MA MA MA MA MA MA MA MA MA MA AMAMA AMMMA I LOVE LOVE

LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE IS AMMA IS LOVE LOVE MA MA MA MA MA MAMA MA MA

MA AMA IS LOVE IS "YOU" ARE LOVE..

 

 

>Prasadini <ganesh1008

>Ammachi

>Ammachi

>Re: Re: To Temba & Sweta on "such people" (Amma's help &

>advice)

>Sat, 24 Dec 2005 11:21:42 -0800

>

>Namah Shivaya Linda,

>

>Now that you are one of "such people" are you any different on the

>inside than you were? Of course not. It is only the outer circumstances

>that have changed. You have lost a lot, but you are still the person you

>always have been on the inside. Probably even better because you have

>had to go through such hard times and pain with your illness.

>

>You are not your outer circumstances. You are still who you always have

>been. Anyone who judges you is doing so for their own stuck reasons.

>

>Pranams,

>Prasadini

> > humanity...

> > Dear Temba, Sweta and all ~ I followed this thread with interest and was

> > glad to see Sweta catching her own word use. I have found myself doing

> > that more

> > often recently. Some of these concepts are so ingrained in us

> > culturally as

> > well as perhaps by our families that we can find that we may say

> > something and

> > not even realize it until the word has gone from our lips. But Amma is

> > giving us the swift awareness to "see" or "hear" ourselves more

> > quickly and to

> > acknowledge this cultural conditioning.

> >

> > When I was working, I was not one of "such people," if I had ever

> > thought of

> > them that way. Mostly, I don't think I did. In one of my jobs I worked

> > with

> > victims whose family members had been brutally murdered or attacked. I

> > did not

> > deal with the ones who had committed the attacks, but aside from the

> > occasional empathetic emotional pain and anger I felt with the

> > victims, I did not

> > think of the ones who committed the acts as different from myself. I

> > had seen

> > my own dark side; in fact that job was part of what brought it to the

> > fore and

> > helped me make peace with that part of myself.

> >

> > But now that I'm on the other side of the economic fence, I find myself

> > feeling like one of "those people," poor, living in hardscrabble

> > circumstances,

> > ill ... and it is very difficult for me not to judge myself badly for

> > ending up

> > in this situation. Part of it was trusting the wrong people (my

>parents);

> > part of it was the vicious judgement and actions they directed toward

> > me; and

> > part of it is my dependence of the government to have even any kind

> > of living

> > at all, and my dependence on my hubby.

> >

> > I have always been independent. My illness and inability to work has

> > put me

> > in the position of feeling like one of "those people." In my family,

> > they

> > would have called people like me "poor white trash." Sometimes I

> > wonder if they

> > think of me that way, or if they have any awareness at all of how their

> > actions (wooing me away from my home in Maryland with many promises,

> > now broken,

> > and taking a significant amount of my inheritance) have affected me.

> > I don't

> > think they do, and that is a mystery to me. They live in total denial.

> > Everything is still a party, but it's a party I'm no longer invited to.

> >

> > So where, in my past, my sensitivity and empathy, led me to not view any

> > group of people as "other," this same sensitivity is causing me to

> > judge myself

> > as "other." I cry out to Amma to help me accept my illness with grace,

>to

> > accept my living circumstances with happiness that I have a place to

> > live, and to

> > not give up on myself. Sometimes it seems like the hardest thing I've

> > ever

> > had to do. But then, every time I've dealt with something sticky

> > (like my own

> > darkness), I always feel, "this is the hardest thing I've ever done."

> > LOL So

> > there is always more learning.

> >

> > Blessings to all, to all, to all of us, for we are One family, One

> > with the

> > Divine, One

> > Jai Ma ~ Linda

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha!

> >

> >

> > ------

> >

> >

> > * Visit your group "Ammachi

> > <Ammachi>" on the web.

> >

> > *

> > Ammachi

> > <Ammachi?subject=Un>

> >

> > * Terms of

> > Service <>.

> >

> >

> > ------

> >

>

 

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