To Sweta and Tom about Lalita Sahasranaam in DC

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Sweta reposted (from Tom):

 

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

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

 

 

 

Dear Sweta and Tom ~ if I read Tom's post correctly, I don't believe this

was intended to be cynical, but more a reflection that, because so many of the

devotees had the means to follow Amma around the country and receive her

darshan in city after city, there was a sense that the satsang wasn't that

important. More a statement of fact, I believe. I experienced something very

similar

to what you described of your friend, Sweta. I had been helping my sister

(who now has become a Shree Maa devotee, but who still sees Amma every year)

with the satsang newsletter. I was actually doing most of the work in terms of

layout and editing.

 

There was going to be a planning meeting for that year's upcoming tour, and

my sister invited me to come. She was instructed (ordered) to contact me and

tell me that I could not come.

I was simply astonished. In the first place, I've been involved with a lot

of volunteer organizations and nonprofits, and the last thing you want to do is

to turn away someone who is already helping and wants to help more. Sheesh.

But I was not allowed to go. So, Tom,

I really do understand the barrier you face. It is unfortunate.

Amma's blessings on your effort ~ Linda