To Linda: Masks of Wounded Souls

[Guest guest]

lINDA SAID:

 

"I am very sensitive to sarcasm myself, because my

father used

it as a weapon. But over the years I have learned that

very often sarcasm is simply one of the masks a

wounded soul may wear. So both of these people, and

anyone else who has become part of the discussion, all

need the Love"

 

DEAR LINDAJI:

 

MASKS OF A WOUNDED SOUL IS VERY EVOCATIVE

LANGUAGE. YOUR POST (QUOTED IN PART ABOVE) STRUCK

MY HEART CHORD AND HAD A CALMATIVE EFFECT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

 

AMMA HAS SAID DURING SATSANGS THAT I HAVE ATTENDED

THAT WE EASILY HAVE SYMPATHY FOR PERSONS WITH PHYSICAL

INCAPACITATION (EG. DEAF BLIND PARAPALEGIC)

NEVERTHELESS OUR SISTERS AND BROTHERS WITH D

WOUNDED SOULS NEED TO EXTRACT THE SAME

OR EVEN GREATER) SENSE OF UNDERSTANDING AND

COMPASSION.

 

I MAY HAVE REACTED TO SARCASM ON THIS LIST

AND NOT RESPONDED. SARCASM ARE WORDS. WORDS

CAN BE WEAPONS. AMMA TALKS ABOUT THE DANGER

OF USING WORDS NEGATIVELY AND THE THE TREMENDOUS

DAMAGE THAT CAN ENSUE. WE NEED ELEPHANT SKIN

AND AN ABILITY TO DIGEST THE UNSAVORY. BLOWS

CAN COME FROM AMMA PEOPLE DURING SEVA OR WHEREVER.

 

PERSONS WITH WOUNDED SOULS ARE PERHAPS EVEN

MORE OSTRACIZED AND UNDER-TREATED

 

I NEED TO STOP MY VASANA OF CURSING THE OFF THE

WALL CONDUCT AND REPLACE IT WITH THE COMPASSION

YOU CITE ABOVE. WE ARE ALL WOUNDED TO ONE EXTENT

OR OTHER. THE ONES WHO THINKS THAT THEY ARE

NOT WOUNDED ARE IN MY OPINION PROBLEMATIC DUE

TO LACK OF CONTACT WITH THEIR INNER WORKINGS.

 

SO LINDA I NEED TO BE REMINDED AS OFTEN AS

POSSIBLE TO NOT REACT TO "OFF THE WALL" REACTIONS

AND INSTEAD RESPOND BACK WITH LOVE. THIS IS

A PARAPHRASE FROM AMMA IN AWAKEN CHILDREN.

 

A SWAMI (NOT AMMA SWAMI) ONCE STATED WHEN

SOMEONE SHOOTS ARROWS

WITH FIRE YOU SHOOT BACK ARROWS WITH WATER BALLOONS.

AMMA IS HAVING US GRIND AGAINST EACH OTHER AND

THE FRICTION HAS A BENEFIT. WE ARE CURRENTLY

ROUGH AND CRAGGY

ROCKS. AMMA TOSSES US IN HER BLENDER (I VISUALIZE

A LOTTERY MACHINE WITH THE BALLS BANGING AGAINST

EACH OTHER). AFTER WE DO THIS FOR A FEW LIFETIMES

THE CRAGGY ROCK BECOMES SMOOTH. THE BLENDERIZED

NOW SMOOTH ROCK CAN SERVE AS AN OFFERING TO THE WORLD.

AMMA HAS SPOKEN THROUGH YOU IN YOUR SWEET POST.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HER VEHICLE OF

TRUTH AND COMPASSION.

 

The P Word (PEACE),

 

GEORGESON