Spiritually advanced???----we need balance: Seva

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Amma wants us to be balanced...and sometimes that balance has to do

with dealing with and serving others. I know that personally Amma

pushed me out of meditation(I love to do around Amma) and got me

into doing seva, a type of seva which had to do with heavy amounts

of communication and dealing with other people's needs.

 

Sitting in silence is very very good, but serving others in a social

capacity (this can take many forms) is NOT INFERIOR. Look at Amma's

example. Amma had me dealing with many people at the programs and

some were border line homeless folks who most everyone was ignoring.

The grace I got from serving these folks was so so strong. That is

how I gauge wether or not Im listening to Amma's guidance for me.

 

The concept that silent meditating loaners are somehow more

spiritually advanced is just another way that the mind judges

others, and people who isolate themselves are frequently imbalanced.

 

Balance is the key. I can tell you personally that my most profound

connections to Amma have occurred while doing heavy social contact

seva.

 

The spiritual stereotypes we create amazes me. We are fortunate

enought to witness Amma's embrace of the masses and we say that the

people coming are not advanced etc. This to me is a real mistake and

shows that people are squandering the opportunity that Amma is

providing for us. The spiritual growth available for us at Amma's

gatherings is unequaled.

 

Meditation is for beginners around Amma. She has a far more advanced

course for us: surrendering to her Love by serving others and seeing

everyone as God. You will find your weak spots so much more quickly

than meditating in isolation. Of course people are not angels. That

is the challenge for us. Remaining a balanced and strong as an

example as well as in service especially with those of us devotees

who aren't "advanced". These are all aspects of our own minds.

 

 

 

 

 

> Dear Kalika:

>

> You rarely see advanced spiritual

> seekers at Amma's programs.

> They probably do not need

> Amma as badly as fallen

> souls like me.

>

> I am not saying there are not

> a fair amount of Advanced

> Seekers at Her events.

>

> Perhaps they are the quieter

> ones in the crowd somewhat

> aloof and less social.

>

> I am a beginner devotee yet

> my intention is somewhat pure.

>

> I try to keep my eye on the Prize.

> Am I at the program to have fun

> or bask in the rays of Divine Motherhood?

>

> I do not go to M.A. center to drink chai.

> eat curry, socialize or shop for Indian

> schmates.

>

> I try to practice self-distancing. Self-distancing

> or vairagya is possibly an

> art not a science. I find it

> extremely difficult to practice.

>

> Perhaps being in a state of perpetual prayer

> can protect me. It appears dificult

> to fend off socializers. E

>

> Let may say something a little controversial.

> Even nice wholesome socializers are a

> waste of time I could be praying before

> the divine. Time could be spent socializing

> with Her in heart soul communion.

> One of the problems is the programs are very

> long and darshan is not available often

> til the wee hours. How can one kill time.

> I try to remember that I have over forty

> weeks a year to socialize. The tour

> stop time with Amma is quality time

> so I better not blow it.

>

> You put it well below. DISCERN BABY DISCERN.

>

> GeorgeSon

>

> Ammachi, "jmcs_06" <jmcs_06> wrote:

> >

> > A lesson in discrimination I needed to learn at the time (still

> need

> > to be aware of)--to practice DISCERNMENT...

> >

> > love, Kalika

> >

> >

> > Ammachi, Prasadini <ganesh1008@c...>

wrote:

> > >

> > > Namah Shivaya

> > > What a bummer. When we are with Mother we tend to let our

guard

> > down and

> > > open up - that's kind of the point. But. as it is said, God

comes

> > in

> > > many forms.

> > > Prasadini

> > >

> > > jmcs_06 wrote:

> > > > I met a man at one of Amma's programs in Santa Fe several

years

> > ago.

> > > > He seemed very spiritually-oriented, nice, fun, handsome,

> > charming,

> > > > loving, and was financially blessed and had a nice house...

> > Later,

> > > > after getting to know him better, I found out he was an

angry

> sex

> > > > addict and pedophile cruising the programs and other

spiritual

> > > > gatherings to find a "love relationship"!

> > > >

> > > > love, Kalika

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha!

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > Mata amritanandamayi

> > > > </gads?

> >

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