Amma's response to exclusive satsangs (was: To Tom about Lalita Sahasranaam in DC)

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ONS,

 

Here's an after thought. The local satsang "leader" hosted practicing bhajans

to sing for Amma, in which I wanted to participate. But, I just couldn't bring

myself to go to someone's home, where my child was excluded.

 

Anpther devotee hosted a practice one night, but only a select group of devotees

were notified of the practice. The only reason it seemed that I was notified

late, is because one of the participants wanted a ride due to a disabled car.

 

Anyway, on the night when the satsang was scheduled to sing bhajans, Amma said

that She didn't feel like hearing the satsang(s) sing. I was grateful for this

timing, since it probably would've been very difficult for me to hear them at

that point.

 

Sweta

 

Sweta Mitzel <swetabc wrote: Dear Tom,

Namah Shivaya,

 

You wrote: "If Amma's darshan is what's so

valuable, then putting on a good satsang isn't important."

 

I'm not sure if I'm understanding you correctly. Is this cynical, or are you

saying that satsang isn't important? I believe that Amma says satsangs are

important for us.

 

It sure sounds as if you've either been hurt, disgruntled, or both, by the DC

satsang. I identify with these feelings, & completely stopped going to my local

satsang for a while, because it appeared that a member who was quite in control,

was unfairly rejecting & excluding my preteen. For this sort of reason, I also

like the idea of having a satsang available in a neutral environment, where one

member's ego can't so easily act as a dictator.

 

I met a woman, isolated from other Amma devotees, whose satsang "leader"

wouldn't allow her to attend the only satsang near her home. Very, very sad, &

extremely contrary to what Amma teaches. One thing is for sure. Amma knows

what is going on in these unsavory instances, & they can be used to help us

grow.

 

I'm grateful for the diverse participants & openess of this satsang.

 

Sweta

 

 

 

 

 

 

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