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Namah Shivaya.

I love this story. Thanks for posting it. This ego loves to forget the good

stories with so much truth.

Jai Amma.

premarupa

 

> Dear Charles:

>

> I an gratefl for your post on "strength within"

>

> Becoming strong is part and parcel of Her "boot camp"

> Those of you who cannot stay up all night

> please do not misunderstand. Amma accepts us where

> we are. She knows exactly where we are

> and is happy with even our (seemingly)

> insignificant effort.

>

> I have often wondered about the

> need (and sometimes resented) having

> to stay up all night for Devi Bhava.

>

> What the heck for?

>

> Charles has touched on one of the main components.

> Charles observation rings very true.

>

> There is a story on the "Cracked Pot" that

> nicely illustrates Gods plan for those of

> us who cannot stay up all night due to

> bodily woes.

>

> A water bearer in China had two large pots

> that hung on each end of a pole, which he carried across his

> shoulders. One of the pots had a crack

> in it, and while the other pot was perfect

> and always delivered a full portion of water,

> at the end of the long walk from the stream

> to the master's house, the cracked pot

> arrived only half full. This went on for

> two whole years; each day the bearer

> delivered only one and a half pots of

> water to his master's house. Of course,

> the perfect pot was proud of its

> accomplishments, being perfect in the

> purpose for which it was made. But the

> poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own

> imperfection and miserable that it

> was able to accomplish only half of

> what it had been made to do. After

> two years of what it perceived to be

> a bitter failure, it spoke to the water

> bearer one day by the stream. It

> said, "I am ashamed of myself, and I

> want to apologise to you."

>

> "Why?" asked the bearer. "What are

> you ashamed of?"

>

> "I am ashamed," said the pot, "because

> for these past two years I have been

> able to deliver only half my load,

> because this crack in my side causes

> water to leak out all the way to the

> master's house. Because of my flaws,

> you have to do all of this work and

> you don't get full value from your efforts."

>

> The water bearer felt sorry for the

> old cracked pot and in his compassion

> he said, "As we go to the master's house,

> I want you to notice the beautiful

> flowers along the path."

>

> Indeed, as they went up the hill, the

> old cracked pot noticed the sun warming

> the beautiful wild flowers that grew

> beside the path, and this cheered it

> a little. But at the end of the trail,

> it still felt bad because, as usual,

> it had leaked out half its load. And

> so again it apologised to the bearer

> for its failure. The bearer said to

> the pot, "Did you notice that there

> were flowers only on your side of the

> path but not on the other pot's side?

> That's because I have always known

> about your flaw and I took advantage

> of it. I planted flower seeds on your

> side of the path and every day as we

> walk back from the stream, you water

> them. For two years I have been able

> to pick these beautiful flowers to

> decorate the master's table. Without

> you being just the way you are, he

> would not have this beauty to

> grace his house."

>

> ...

>

> ONE COMMENTATOR (AMMA DEVOTEE BIPIN) COMMENTED ON

> THIS STORY. BIPIN SAID:

> "We all have our own unique flaws. We are all cracked pots. In God's

> great economy nothing goes to waste."

>

> BUT (CAPS AND EMPHASIS FROM GEORGESON)

> BUT.........................

> OH YEAH A BIG BUT.....

> BE STRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

> HOW? -- HOLD ON TO HER DIVINE HAND

> WITH ONE OF YOUR HANDS AND FIGHT WITH

> THE OTHER.

>

> SWAMI VIVEKANANDA SAID (I PARAPHRASE)

> IF YOU WRESTLE WITH SOMEONE WHO IS THIRTY

> POUNDS HEAVIER AND MORE MUSCULAR YOU

> MAY LOSE MATCH AFTER MATCH. BUT

> AFTER A FEW MONTHS YOU OBSERVE

> THAT YOUR MUSCLES HAVE GROWN PROMINENT.

> YOU ONLY GET STRONGER BY WRESTLING

> WITH SOMEONE STRONGER THAN YOU.

>

> THIS IS NOT A GENDER THING.

> WE HAVE JOAN OF ARC ON THE

> BATTLEFIELD. SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICALLY

> STRONG WOMEN ABOUND. AMMA IS

> A SPIRITUAL BILLION MEGATON

> NUCLEAR POWER PLANT. I CONSIDER

> HER THE GREATEST PHYSICAL

> SPECIMEN OF ALL TIME. MIRABAI

> IN HINDUISM AND ST. THERESA

> DE AVILA IN CATHOLICISM/MYSTICISM

> WERE THE STRONGEST OF THE STRONG.

>

> BUT CHARLESJI, DO NOT ATTEMPT THE

> STRENGTHENING PROCESS WITH TWO HANDS.

> HOLD ON TO THE GURUS HAND WITH

> ONE HAND AND (FIGHT) WITH THE OTHER.

> THIS IS THE OPEN SECRET.

>

> With Love,

>

> George

>

> p.s. The word strength above is

> figurative and not literal.

> Be strong (IN MY TWO CENT LEXICON)

> means facing lifes

> problems of a worldly

> and spiritual nature. Sri

> Krishna in the Gita

> calls this "skill

> in action"

>

Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha!

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> * Visit your group "Ammachi <Ammachi> " on the

> web.

> *

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>

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>

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Amma really wants us to try hard and discover the potential we have

to feel and immerse ourselves in her divine energy...She want us to

push ourselves....and breakthrought to new levels...it is only the

mind that says..i can't...yes you can do it.

 

Please don't start with some sort of guilt about this, that is just

another mental tape, this about moving beyond those tapes and

feeling the ocean of bliss within each of us.

 

An example: it is 10:00pm, you feel tired and are ready to go to

sleep. A long lost friend arrives. Suddenly you are wide awake and

you stay up for hours telling stories....what happened? it is all

the mind...our potential is so much more than we allow....This is

why Amma pushes us: to find our highest hapiness...don't give up.

you can do it now!

 

when will this chance come again?

 

 

 

 

 

Ammachi, Kenna <itskenna@c...> wrote:

>

> Namah Shivaya.

> I love this story. Thanks for posting it. This ego loves to forget

the good

> stories with so much truth.

> Jai Amma.

> premarupa

>

> > Dear Charles:

> >

> > I an gratefl for your post on "strength within"

> >

> > Becoming strong is part and parcel of Her "boot camp"

> > Those of you who cannot stay up all night

> > please do not misunderstand. Amma accepts us where

> > we are. She knows exactly where we are

> > and is happy with even our (seemingly)

> > insignificant effort.

> >

> > I have often wondered about the

> > need (and sometimes resented) having

> > to stay up all night for Devi Bhava.

> >

> > What the heck for?

> >

> > Charles has touched on one of the main components.

> > Charles observation rings very true.

> >

> > There is a story on the "Cracked Pot" that

> > nicely illustrates Gods plan for those of

> > us who cannot stay up all night due to

> > bodily woes.

> >

> > A water bearer in China had two large pots

> > that hung on each end of a pole, which he carried across his

> > shoulders. One of the pots had a crack

> > in it, and while the other pot was perfect

> > and always delivered a full portion of water,

> > at the end of the long walk from the stream

> > to the master's house, the cracked pot

> > arrived only half full. This went on for

> > two whole years; each day the bearer

> > delivered only one and a half pots of

> > water to his master's house. Of course,

> > the perfect pot was proud of its

> > accomplishments, being perfect in the

> > purpose for which it was made. But the

> > poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own

> > imperfection and miserable that it

> > was able to accomplish only half of

> > what it had been made to do. After

> > two years of what it perceived to be

> > a bitter failure, it spoke to the water

> > bearer one day by the stream. It

> > said, "I am ashamed of myself, and I

> > want to apologise to you."

> >

> > "Why?" asked the bearer. "What are

> > you ashamed of?"

> >

> > "I am ashamed," said the pot, "because

> > for these past two years I have been

> > able to deliver only half my load,

> > because this crack in my side causes

> > water to leak out all the way to the

> > master's house. Because of my flaws,

> > you have to do all of this work and

> > you don't get full value from your efforts."

> >

> > The water bearer felt sorry for the

> > old cracked pot and in his compassion

> > he said, "As we go to the master's house,

> > I want you to notice the beautiful

> > flowers along the path."

> >

> > Indeed, as they went up the hill, the

> > old cracked pot noticed the sun warming

> > the beautiful wild flowers that grew

> > beside the path, and this cheered it

> > a little. But at the end of the trail,

> > it still felt bad because, as usual,

> > it had leaked out half its load. And

> > so again it apologised to the bearer

> > for its failure. The bearer said to

> > the pot, "Did you notice that there

> > were flowers only on your side of the

> > path but not on the other pot's side?

> > That's because I have always known

> > about your flaw and I took advantage

> > of it. I planted flower seeds on your

> > side of the path and every day as we

> > walk back from the stream, you water

> > them. For two years I have been able

> > to pick these beautiful flowers to

> > decorate the master's table. Without

> > you being just the way you are, he

> > would not have this beauty to

> > grace his house."

> >

> > ...

> >

> > ONE COMMENTATOR (AMMA DEVOTEE BIPIN) COMMENTED ON

> > THIS STORY. BIPIN SAID:

> > "We all have our own unique flaws. We are all cracked pots. In

God's

> > great economy nothing goes to waste."

> >

> > BUT (CAPS AND EMPHASIS FROM GEORGESON)

> > BUT.........................

> > OH YEAH A BIG BUT.....

> > BE STRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

> > !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

> > HOW? -- HOLD ON TO HER DIVINE HAND

> > WITH ONE OF YOUR HANDS AND FIGHT WITH

> > THE OTHER.

> >

> > SWAMI VIVEKANANDA SAID (I PARAPHRASE)

> > IF YOU WRESTLE WITH SOMEONE WHO IS THIRTY

> > POUNDS HEAVIER AND MORE MUSCULAR YOU

> > MAY LOSE MATCH AFTER MATCH. BUT

> > AFTER A FEW MONTHS YOU OBSERVE

> > THAT YOUR MUSCLES HAVE GROWN PROMINENT.

> > YOU ONLY GET STRONGER BY WRESTLING

> > WITH SOMEONE STRONGER THAN YOU.

> >

> > THIS IS NOT A GENDER THING.

> > WE HAVE JOAN OF ARC ON THE

> > BATTLEFIELD. SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICALLY

> > STRONG WOMEN ABOUND. AMMA IS

> > A SPIRITUAL BILLION MEGATON

> > NUCLEAR POWER PLANT. I CONSIDER

> > HER THE GREATEST PHYSICAL

> > SPECIMEN OF ALL TIME. MIRABAI

> > IN HINDUISM AND ST. THERESA

> > DE AVILA IN CATHOLICISM/MYSTICISM

> > WERE THE STRONGEST OF THE STRONG.

> >

> > BUT CHARLESJI, DO NOT ATTEMPT THE

> > STRENGTHENING PROCESS WITH TWO HANDS.

> > HOLD ON TO THE GURUS HAND WITH

> > ONE HAND AND (FIGHT) WITH THE OTHER.

> > THIS IS THE OPEN SECRET.

> >

> > With Love,

> >

> > George

> >

> > p.s. The word strength above is

> > figurative and not literal.

> > Be strong (IN MY TWO CENT LEXICON)

> > means facing lifes

> > problems of a worldly

> > and spiritual nature. Sri

> > Krishna in the Gita

> > calls this "skill

> > in action"

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha!

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > * Visit your group "Ammachi

<Ammachi> " on the

> > web.

> > *

> > *

> > * Ammachi

> > <Ammachi?subject=Un>

> > *

> > * Terms of

Service

> > <> .

> >

> >

> >

> >

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Of all your posts, this is my very favorite! Thank you for reminding

us of our divine potential is such a clear and understandable way.

 

Pahari Maa

 

 

On Jan 20, 2006, at 7:43 PM, ckeniley2003 wrote:

 

> Amma really wants us to try hard and discover the potential we have

> to feel and immerse ourselves in her divine energy...She want us to

> push ourselves....and breakthrought to new levels...it is only the

> mind that says..i can't...yes you can do it.

>

> Please don't start with some sort of guilt about this, that is just

> another mental tape, this about moving beyond those tapes and

> feeling the ocean of bliss within each of us.

>

> An example: it is 10:00pm, you feel tired and are ready to go to

> sleep. A long lost friend arrives. Suddenly you are wide awake and

> you stay up for hours telling stories....what happened? it is all

> the mind...our potential is so much more than we allow....This is

> why Amma pushes us: to find our highest hapiness...don't give up.

> you can do it now!

>

> when will this chance come again?

>

>

>

>

>

> Ammachi, Kenna <itskenna@c...> wrote:

> >

> > Namah Shivaya.

> > I love this story. Thanks for posting it. This ego loves to forget

> the good

> > stories with so much truth.

> > Jai Amma.

> > premarupa

> >

> > > Dear Charles:

> > >

> > > I an gratefl for your post on "strength within"

> > >

> > > Becoming strong is part and parcel of Her "boot camp"

> > > Those of you who cannot stay up all night

> > > please do not misunderstand.  Amma accepts us where

> > > we are. She knows exactly where we are

> > > and is happy with even our (seemingly)

> > > insignificant effort.

> > >

> > > I have often wondered about the

> > > need (and sometimes resented) having

> > > to stay up all night for Devi Bhava.

> > >

> > > What the heck for?

> > >

> > > Charles has touched on one of the main components.

> > > Charles observation rings very true.

> > >

> > > There is a story on the "Cracked Pot" that

> > > nicely illustrates Gods plan for those of

> > > us who cannot stay up all night due to

> > > bodily woes.

> > >

> > > A water bearer in China had two large pots

> > > that hung on each end of a pole, which he carried across his

> > > shoulders. One of the pots had a crack

> > > in it, and while the other pot was perfect

> > > and always delivered a full portion of water,

> > > at the end of the long walk from the stream

> > > to the master's house, the cracked pot

> > > arrived only half full. This went on for

> > > two whole years; each day the bearer

> > > delivered only one and a half pots of

> > > water to his master's house. Of course,

> > > the perfect pot was proud of its

> > > accomplishments, being perfect in the

> > > purpose for which it was made. But the

> > > poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own

> > > imperfection and miserable that it

> > > was able to accomplish only half of

> > > what it had been made to do. After

> > > two years of what it perceived to be

> > > a bitter failure, it spoke to the water

> > > bearer one day by the stream. It

> > > said, "I am ashamed of myself, and I

> > > want to apologise to you."

> > >

> > > "Why?" asked the bearer. "What are

> > > you ashamed of?"

> > >

> > > "I am ashamed," said the pot, "because

> > > for these past two years I have been

> > > able to deliver only half my load,

> > > because this crack in my side causes

> > > water to leak out all the way to the

> > > master's house. Because of my flaws,

> > > you have to do all of this work and

> > > you don't get full value from your efforts."

> > >

> > > The water bearer felt sorry for the

> > > old cracked pot and in his compassion

> > > he said, "As we go to the master's house,

> > > I want you to notice the beautiful

> > > flowers along the path."

> > >

> > > Indeed, as they went up the hill, the

> > > old cracked pot noticed the sun warming

> > > the beautiful wild flowers that grew

> > > beside the path, and this cheered it

> > > a little. But at the end of the trail,

> > > it still felt bad because, as usual,

> > > it had leaked out half its load. And

> > > so again it apologised to the bearer

> > > for its failure. The bearer said to

> > > the pot, "Did you notice that there

> > > were flowers only on your side of the

> > > path but not on the other pot's side?

> > > That's because I have always known

> > > about your flaw and I took advantage

> > > of it. I planted flower seeds on your

> > > side of the path and every day as we

> > > walk back from the stream, you water

> > >  them. For two years I have been able

> > > to pick these beautiful flowers to

> > > decorate the master's table. Without

> > > you being just the way you are, he

> > > would not have this beauty to

> > > grace his house."

> > >

> > >                   ...

> > >

> > > ONE COMMENTATOR (AMMA DEVOTEE BIPIN) COMMENTED ON

> > > THIS STORY.  BIPIN SAID:

> > > "We all have our own unique flaws. We are all cracked pots. In

> God's

> > > great economy nothing goes to waste."

> > >

> > > BUT (CAPS AND EMPHASIS FROM GEORGESON)

> > > BUT.........................

> > > OH YEAH A BIG BUT.....

> > > BE STRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

> > > !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

> > > HOW? -- HOLD ON TO HER DIVINE HAND

> > > WITH ONE OF YOUR HANDS AND FIGHT WITH

> > > THE OTHER.

> > >

> > > SWAMI VIVEKANANDA SAID (I PARAPHRASE)

> > > IF YOU WRESTLE WITH SOMEONE WHO IS THIRTY

> > > POUNDS HEAVIER AND MORE MUSCULAR YOU

> > > MAY LOSE MATCH AFTER MATCH.  BUT

> > > AFTER A FEW MONTHS YOU OBSERVE

> > > THAT YOUR MUSCLES HAVE GROWN PROMINENT.

> > > YOU ONLY GET STRONGER BY WRESTLING

> > > WITH SOMEONE STRONGER THAN YOU.

> > >

> > > THIS IS NOT A GENDER THING.

> > > WE HAVE JOAN OF ARC ON THE

> > > BATTLEFIELD.  SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICALLY

> > > STRONG WOMEN ABOUND.  AMMA IS

> > > A SPIRITUAL BILLION MEGATON

> > > NUCLEAR POWER PLANT. I CONSIDER

> > > HER THE GREATEST PHYSICAL

> > > SPECIMEN OF ALL TIME. MIRABAI

> > > IN HINDUISM AND ST. THERESA

> > > DE AVILA IN CATHOLICISM/MYSTICISM

> > > WERE THE STRONGEST OF THE STRONG.

> > >

> > > BUT CHARLESJI, DO NOT ATTEMPT THE

> > > STRENGTHENING PROCESS WITH TWO HANDS.

> > > HOLD ON TO THE GURUS HAND WITH

> > > ONE HAND AND (FIGHT) WITH THE OTHER.

> > > THIS IS THE OPEN SECRET.

> > >

> > > With Love,

> > >

> > > George

> > >

> > > p.s. The word strength above is

> > > figurative and not literal.

> > > Be strong (IN MY TWO CENT LEXICON)

> > > means facing lifes

> > > problems of a worldly

> > > and spiritual nature.  Sri

> > > Krishna in the Gita

> > > calls this "skill

> > > in action"

> > >  

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha!

> > >

> > > 

> > > 

> > > 

> > >

> > > 

> > >

> > > *  Visit your group "Ammachi

> <Ammachi> " on the

> > > web.

> > > *  

> > > * 

> > > *  Ammachi

> > > <Ammachi?subject=Un>

> > > *  

> > > *  Terms of

> Service

> > > <> .

> > >

> > > 

> > >

> > >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha!

>

>

>

>

>

>

> ▪  Visit your group "Ammachi" on the web.

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