Guest guest Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 Never said people weren't "nice" as peoople. It's their actions that affect the satsang that's in question. But, again, I see the preference of this message board (congeniality over truth and dharma). Ken I don't think I've met, Padmini/Raj are cool. These are the ones that were "secretly" appointed by Dayamrita to be the new leaders, "after" a large meeting rather than discussed or appointed during it. Alot going for it, I'm reminded of the old GameBoy commercial or whatever game when it first changed to color LCD. It depends on whether you don't mind drinking out of the toilet. (or should I say, can tell whether you're getting slop or not). Yay for the backslappers! tom Ammachi, Rick Archer <amma wrote: > > on 3/11/06 10:01 PM, Rufus Juskus at rufmanj wrote: > > > > Anyway, I felt the need to bring some balance into discussions concerning the > > DC satsang. > > I'm not in the DC satsang but I'd like to say YAY! for it on behalf of my > friend Ken Steben, who is one of it's main pillars. We've been best friends > since he was 15 and I was 20, through the whole TM thing and now into Amma. > Padmini is also awesome. So whatever the politics (which every satsang has), > its got a lot going for it. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 "But, again, I see the preference of this message board (congeniality over truth and dharma)". Only in your mind, Tom. Not in any other reality. "It depends on whether you don't mind drinking out of the toilet. (or should I say, can tell whether you're getting slop or not)". Real eloquent, dharmic, encouraging comparison. You bring up these types of analogies quite often, regarding feces and its associated nomenclature, etc. Is this just some weird fetish of yours? You couldn't find better people than Padmini, Raj and Ken. They certainly worked tirelessly at the last D.C. programs and were exceptional to all of us helping out and traveling with the Tour. - Tom Ammachi Sunday, March 26, 2006 12:31 PM Re: DC satsang/nice people Never said people weren't "nice" as peoople. It's their actions that affect the satsang that's in question. But, again, I see the preference of this message board (congeniality over truth and dharma). Ken I don't think I've met, Padmini/Raj are cool. These are the ones that were "secretly" appointed by Dayamrita to be the new leaders, "after" a large meeting rather than discussed or appointed during it. Alot going for it, I'm reminded of the old GameBoy commercial or whatever game when it first changed to color LCD. It depends on whether you don't mind drinking out of the toilet. (or should I say, can tell whether you're getting slop or not). Yay for the backslappers! tom Ammachi, Rick Archer <amma wrote: > > on 3/11/06 10:01 PM, Rufus Juskus at rufmanj wrote: > > > > Anyway, I felt the need to bring some balance into discussions concerning the > > DC satsang. > > I'm not in the DC satsang but I'd like to say YAY! for it on behalf of my > friend Ken Steben, who is one of it's main pillars. We've been best friends > since he was 15 and I was 20, through the whole TM thing and now into Amma. > Padmini is also awesome. So whatever the politics (which every satsang has), > its got a lot going for it. > Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha! Mata amritanandamayi a.. Visit your group "Ammachi" on the web. b.. Ammachi c.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 There is a dharma saying that goes, Don't ponder other people. -- Max Dashu Suppressed Histories Archives Global Women's History http://www.suppressedhistories.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2006 Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 Ammachi, Max Dashu <maxdashu wrote: > > There is a dharma saying that goes, Don't ponder other people. > Om Namah Shivaya all. I am relatively new here, getting the digest for the last couple of months. I look forward to getting it everyday and read every word. I look forward to being in Amma's arms once again soon. I am fortunate in that i live in a small community just outside Yosemite so I am only a 2 1/2 hour drive to San Ramon and have been able to attend all the weekend retreats there since I met Amma last November. I feel like my life of 55 years has now been lit up with what had been missing, and I can't imagine a future without Mother's beaming smile filling my vision everytime I close my eyes. One of the biggest steps in my life since I met Amma is the realization that I no longer feel the need to have the last word. In my past, having the last word was important when arguing some point. Now I rarely find myself in a potentially argumentative interaction, and when faced with the potential for one, find myself smiling and changing the subject if possible, or just walking away without even intending to do that. It just happens. I am learning the benefits of Love. I have a long way to go yet, but with the help of Mother, I may yet make it. Last night, I finished reading a book I had been loaned to me by my daughter Misha, who introduced me to Amma and just returned from 6 months in Amritapuri with her husband Mahesvara. >From page 252 of "Amma and Me" by Manoharan: "I can't speak for all ashrams, but this particular one really is a battlefield, and to me the glory of the spiritual life is rather like the glory of being a foot soldier in that sometimes it's hard to see any glory at all. Slogging through the mud from one battle to the next seems to be the nature of the game. And truthfully, sometimes I get tired of the mud. Often people have unrealistic romantic expectations that everybody here should be perpetually happy and full of joy, etc., but it's not like that at all. People here are intensely working through their issues, and because of this there is often more negativity coming up in those that live here than in those that live in the world. And frankly, because of this, sometimes I wish I were anywhere else on the planet but Amritapuri." >From the preceding page: "ONCE A HINDU ASCETIC and a Catholic monk were comparing notes on their respective sadhanas. "I meditate twelve hours a day," the ascetic said to the monk. "What about you?" "That's wonderful," replied the monk. "We don't meditate very much at all." "And then I fast for ten days every month," the ascetic continued. "We only fast once a year on Good Friday," said the monk. "On Thursdays and Fridays I stay up all night chanting." "I really am impressed," said the monk. "We go to bed every night at ten." "Well tell me then, what is it you do? What is your form of sadhana?" the ascetic asked the monk with great curiosity. "My friend," replied the monk, "my brothers and I simply live in community." The ascetic understood. "I bow to you," he said. "Your penance is by far the greater." Counting the days, Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 Dear Mike: Your post below was awesome. You have done a great job. Please post more often. With Admiration, GeorgeSon Ammachi, "Dusty Gain" <dustygain wrote: > > Ammachi, Max Dashu <maxdashu@> wrote: > > > > There is a dharma saying that goes, Don't ponder other people. > > > > Om Namah Shivaya all. > > I am relatively new here, getting the digest for the last couple of > months. I look forward to getting it everyday and read every word. I > look forward to being in Amma's arms once again soon. I am fortunate > in that i live in a small community just outside Yosemite so I am only > a 2 1/2 hour drive to San Ramon and have been able to attend all the > weekend retreats there since I met Amma last November. I feel like my > life of 55 years has now been lit up with what had been missing, and I > can't imagine a future without Mother's beaming smile filling my > vision everytime I close my eyes. > > One of the biggest steps in my life since I met Amma is the > realization that I no longer feel the need to have the last word. In > my past, having the last word was important when arguing some point. > Now I rarely find myself in a potentially argumentative interaction, > and when faced with the potential for one, find myself smiling and > changing the subject if possible, or just walking away without even > intending to do that. It just happens. I am learning the benefits of > Love. I have a long way to go yet, but with the help of Mother, I may > yet make it. > > Last night, I finished reading a book I had been loaned to me by my > daughter Misha, who introduced me to Amma and just returned from 6 > months in Amritapuri with her husband Mahesvara. > > From page 252 of "Amma and Me" by Manoharan: > > "I can't speak for all ashrams, but this particular one really is > a battlefield, and to me the glory of the spiritual life is rather > like the glory of being a foot soldier in that sometimes it's hard to > see any glory at all. Slogging through the mud from one battle to the > next seems to be the nature of the game. And truthfully, sometimes I > get tired of the mud. Often people have unrealistic romantic > expectations that everybody here should be perpetually happy and full > of joy, etc., but it's not like that at all. People here are > intensely working through their issues, and because of this there is > often more negativity coming up in those that live here than in those > that live in the world. And frankly, because of this, sometimes I > wish I were anywhere else on the planet but Amritapuri." > > From the preceding page: > > "ONCE A HINDU ASCETIC and a Catholic monk were comparing notes on > their respective sadhanas. "I meditate twelve hours a day," the > ascetic said to the monk. "What about you?" > "That's wonderful," replied the monk. "We don't meditate very > much at all." > "And then I fast for ten days every month," the ascetic continued. > "We only fast once a year on Good Friday," said the monk. > "On Thursdays and Fridays I stay up all night chanting." > "I really am impressed," said the monk. "We go to bed every night > at ten." > "Well tell me then, what is it you do? What is your form of > sadhana?" the ascetic asked the monk with great curiosity. > "My friend," replied the monk, "my brothers and I simply live in > community." > The ascetic understood. "I bow to you," he said. "Your penance > is by far the greater." > > Counting the days, > Mike > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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