Guest guest Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 Yesterday, I watched a man die for the first time. It will not be my last. It changed me forever. I did not stand idly by. We fought for his life for over an hour. In the end, Om Namah Shivaya brought me peace. It was the only thing I could think of. I came home, hoping to find evidence of peace and love and hope. Instead I found fighting: my siblings against my mother, my peers at school against the faculty, my country against anyone/everyone, my brothers and sister in Amma against each other. And I wept. I still weep. This life is a precious gift. Too precious to be wasted with the bickering of the ego, the need to be 'right', the need to be superior. These all lead to suffering. We are here, I believe, to have the experience of fellowship, love, peace and each other. With out another, we cannot experience the Oneness of the Self that can be. The separateness gives us the desire for Oneness. There can be no light without dark, no day without night. My beloved brothers and sisters, we have experienced the separateness and fighting. Can we not now embrace the Oneness in Amma's grace, and stop all the fighting? Om Lokah Samasthah Sukhino Bhavantu Mikki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 beautiful ! Thank you ! om santi, amarnath Ammachi, "Mikki" <lacemkr wrote: > > Yesterday, I watched a man die for the first time. It will not be my > last. It changed me forever. I did not stand idly by. We fought for > his life for over an hour. In the end, Om Namah Shivaya brought me > peace. It was the only thing I could think of. > > I came home, hoping to find evidence of peace and love and hope. > Instead I found fighting: my siblings against my mother, my peers at > school against the faculty, my country against anyone/everyone, my > brothers and sister in Amma against each other. > > And I wept. I still weep. This life is a precious gift. Too > precious to be wasted with the bickering of the ego, the need to be > 'right', the need to be superior. These all lead to suffering. We > are here, I believe, to have the experience of fellowship, love, peace > and each other. With out another, we cannot experience the Oneness of > the Self that can be. The separateness gives us the desire for > Oneness. There can be no light without dark, no day without night. > > My beloved brothers and sisters, we have experienced the separateness > and fighting. Can we not now embrace the Oneness in Amma's grace, and > stop all the fighting? > > Om Lokah Samasthah Sukhino Bhavantu > Mikki > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 Dear All, Thank you so very much, Mikki, for sharing. What you wrote was powerful and loving at the same time. Hope we all take it to heart. Jesus said, "He who is without sin cast the first stone," and Amma and other saints say the same thing. Sure been a lot of stone throwing lately, and like others, wish it would stop. We ALL say things that we don't really mean, things that others put the wrong emphasis upon, things that sound worse in print than what was really in our minds and hearts. We are ALL cranky from time to time, have a slip of the tongue or keyboard, and say things that are misunderstood. Let it be. Remember that old little book from the 70s, I'm OK You're OK? Let's let it be because we're ALL OK. For all, thank you Mikki wrote: > > Yesterday, I watched a man die for the first time. It will not be my > last. It changed me forever. I did not stand idly by. We fought for > his life for over an hour. In the end, Om Namah Shivaya brought me > peace. It was the only thing I could think of. > > I came home, hoping to find evidence of peace and love and hope. > Instead I found fighting: my siblings against my mother, my peers at > school against the faculty, my country against anyone/everyone, my > brothers and sister in Amma against each other. > > And I wept. I still weep. This life is a precious gift. Too > precious to be wasted with the bickering of the ego, the need to be > 'right', the need to be superior. These all lead to suffering. We > are here, I believe, to have the experience of fellowship, love, peace > and each other. With out another, we cannot experience the Oneness of > the Self that can be. The separateness gives us the desire for > Oneness. There can be no light without dark, no day without night. > > My beloved brothers and sisters, we have experienced the separateness > and fighting. Can we not now embrace the Oneness in Amma's grace, and > stop all the fighting? > > Om Lokah Samasthah Sukhino Bhavantu > Mikki > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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