Guest guest Posted December 26, 2005 Report Share Posted December 26, 2005 Dear Ananthasree, I loved reading your story! I could relate so well as my Christmas was one of the best ever! Isn't life just so comical?! I was running late. I began worrying about not only being late but the anger from my family that usually follows for holding up the big party. .....While driving-it's a beautiful drive through hills and some snow and lots of woods....thru a forest reserve... Suddenly I "remembered" Amma! I smiled and became VERY happy! I thought, I'm going to have FUN even if they are mad! And I'm just going to be myself and not worry about if anyone is angry. I walked in, happy and smiling, ho ho ho-ing and all (that always helps-to be very Santa-like). My family and I laughed all day and night. WE had a BLAST! We even had a wrapping paper fight (balled it up and started throwing!). It was NUTS! We truly laughed our heads off. At one point, I was laughing so hard I could not talk. (I've been having LOTS of these spells. I know that my friends and family think I'm losing my mind! But sometimes everything is so incredibly funny that I just "lose it!" Is anyone else having this Amma induced symptom??) Like dear Ananthasree, I hope everyone else had a bliss filled holiday. Keeping Amma in our hearts thru everything-forgetting our own personal stuggles-whether they be physical or mental-will bring you great joy, peace and bliss. You will find the more loving you are towards anyone and everyone, the more joy will fill your heart. It really works! I came from a home filled with disfunction as so many of us have. I can relate to so many stories on here. You just have to find the "fun" in disfunction. Once you can let go of the past, you can live in the present. We are given so many golden opportunities but our mind destroys the moment. We need to live each moment as our last. Amma is our shining example of forgiveness, love and leaving the past behind. Today's friend can be tomorrow's enemy. Today's enemy-can be tomorrow's friend. So treat all of them with love and equanamity. Life can change on a dime. So let it spin! in devotion to our beloved Amma, adriane Ammachi, "Ananthasree" <ananthasree@m...> wrote: > > Namah Shivayah, > > I have been feeling drawn here and there against my will lately. Forced to deal with the > more shadowy aspects of myself. Forced to face old habits and ways of thinking. Forced to > see that life is full of surprises and nothing is as black and white as I believe it to be. > Forced to watch my own dismantling...and loving every moment of it. > > I cannot even put a number on how many times, in the past two weeks: > > I encountered the exact opposite of what I expected. In other words, expecting the > absolute worst and having it turn out exceedingly well to the point where it was obvious > Amma was pulling the strings in order to prove a point. > > Worrying incessantly over several things, turning them over to Amma and then > experiencing the best possible outcome. In one example worrying about getting a new > car...then all of a sudden, tonight I am gifted a new car by the ONE person I spent all week > thinking negatively/skeptical about. > > Worrying how I would be treated by family members who usually treat me terribly....only to > find myself actually enjoying my conversations with them and feeling wonderful about the > whole thing. > > Amma is showing me lessons in spite of my own stubbornness to learn them. Every day it > is something new. It's as if I am in some giant cosmic game and Amma askes me every > day: "Dear child, what was the moral of the story today?" > > This is something entirely new in our relationship. She is challenging me and showing me > that I indeed know NOTHING and only through her can I learn EVERYTHING....which is > really NOTHING. > > Last night, it seems I went into another automatic writing session. When I awoke this > afternoon I was surprised to find the following on my computer. It makes such sense to > me, but I am sure it did not come from my mind. > > Far along the river bend there is a canvas with > A splash of color on the canvas > A splash of light upon the color > A shadow of a bird upon the splash of light > I am the cool wind that blows upon the wings of the bird > That moves the shadow > That shifts the light upon the color > That changes the color on the canvas into the color of the landscape > And the illusion is no more. > The canvas is you > The color is your personality or sense of self > The light is your true nature of love > The bird is your mind > The shadow of the bird is your ego. > The wind is God. > > I wanted to share these recent experiences, because for me, many of them related to the > Family Approval conversations we have been having. Would you believe, that after so much > worrying, it turned out to be the best family gathering ever and entirely stress free? > > In fact, I would venture to say, for the first time in my life I actually enjoyed having a > conversation with my father. It was as if Amma struck him with her shakti...he was an > entirely different person. It was almost comical what a complete turn around was taking > place, and I found myself laugh a bit and say to myself, "OK Amma I get it!" > > Something very funny happened too. There was this one uncle I was stressed about. This > is > the Uncle who always puts bigoted, your-gonna-burn-in-hell literature in my Christmas > card. Well, I was all riled up thinking of a million kind or notsokind things I would say > when he gave me that Christmas card. I imagined myself kindly explaining to him how this > offended me and on and on. I was creating a million scenarios in my monkey mind about > how I was going to solve this problem once and for all. > > Well, he forgot to give me a Christmas card this year. Nothing, Nada. Zip. And this was the > first time in my 28 years he did not give me one. He is also the one who helped > orchestrate getting me the car. > > I am sure Amma is having a good chuckle over that one! > > So, I am hoping other peoples experiences turned out much better than they thought too. > With a little bit of patience, intuition and humility....we can see that the lessons are all > around us....we just need to recognize them...and when we do...how AMAZING!!! > > May mother embrace you all with her all-encompassing eyes! > > Filled With Bliss, > > Ananthasree > > http://www.ammaschildren.com > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 26, 2005 Report Share Posted December 26, 2005 thanks for sharing this Adriane especially the last paragraph below ~ om, amarnath Ammachi, "Adriane" <a1driane@s...> wrote: ......I came from a home filled with disfunction as so many of us have. I can relate to so many stories on here. You just have to find the "fun" in disfunction. Once you can let go of the past, you can live in the present. We are given so many golden opportunities but our mind destroys the moment. We need to live each moment as our last. Amma is our shining example of forgiveness, love and leaving the past behind. Today's friend can be tomorrow's enemy. Today's enemy-can be tomorrow's friend. So treat all of them with love and equanamity. Life can change on a dime. So let it spin! in devotion to our beloved Amma, adriane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 27, 2005 Report Share Posted December 27, 2005 Om Namah Shivaya: In a recent post I shared that I came from a family that felt no need to practice child psychology Nevertheless, a strange thought came into my mind while reading similar posts. IF I HAD NOT HAD DYSFUNCTION I WOULD NEVER HAVE APPRECIATED AMMA THIS MUCH. I contend that even the finest "earthly" parents cannot "function" like the Mother of Mothers. She is also the Father of Fathers and so forth. We are truly blessed to have found our true Love perhaps the only REAL parent. Namaste, GeorgeSon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 27, 2005 Report Share Posted December 27, 2005 Dear George Son, I always enjoy your posts and so many others on here. The sharing is heartwarming and oftentimes so innocent. It's nice to have about a week off to be able to finally read more on here and put in my .02 <grin> I agree with you-that having come from disfunction is probably a blessing. I'm sure many of us have gained many gifts from it as well. Learning to be more forgiving, more compassionate, more loving...Oftentimes the things that we felt we lacked from others, actually have just grown within ourselves. That Amma!! She really knows how to handle us just right. We are so so fortunate to live in this time to have our Divine Mother to bring us to the goal. in devotion to Amma, her disfunctional, fun loving, nut case child...! i wrap my arms around you, Amma! adriane Ammachi, "leokomor" <leokomor> wrote: > > Om Namah Shivaya: > > In a recent post I shared that > I came from a family that felt > no need to practice child > psychology > > Nevertheless, a strange thought came into > my mind while reading similar posts. > > IF I HAD NOT HAD DYSFUNCTION I WOULD NEVER > HAVE APPRECIATED AMMA THIS MUCH. > > I contend that even the finest "earthly" > parents cannot "function" like the Mother > of Mothers. She is also the Father of > Fathers and so forth. > > We are truly blessed to have found our > true Love perhaps the only REAL parent. > > Namaste, > > GeorgeSon > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 29, 2005 Report Share Posted December 29, 2005 Namah Shivaya George, A similar "strange" thought has crossed my mind more than once! We are indeed blessed. Angela. Ammachi, "leokomor" <leokomor> wrote: > > Om Namah Shivaya: > > In a recent post I shared that > I came from a family that felt > no need to practice child > psychology > > Nevertheless, a strange thought came into > my mind while reading similar posts. > > IF I HAD NOT HAD DYSFUNCTION I WOULD NEVER > HAVE APPRECIATED AMMA THIS MUCH. > > I contend that even the finest "earthly" > parents cannot "function" like the Mother > of Mothers. She is also the Father of > Fathers and so forth. > > We are truly blessed to have found our > true Love perhaps the only REAL parent. > > Namaste, > > GeorgeSon > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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