Guest guest Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 Last night in Melbourne, Swami RamaKrishna gave the following talk. These are my notes. Jyotsna It is said that a human life is a great blessing. Amma herself has said that a human life is a blessing. Those who are having a good time in life are probably agreeing with this statement, while those who are suffering may not agree. Even people who said "I wish I were dead" would not take even hundreds of thousands of dollars for a body part, were you to offer them money for various limbs or organs. Artificial body parts cost millions of dollars. So God has made quite an investment in us! Only humans can realize their own divine nature and become a blessing to others. Like fire, we can use our powers for good or bad. We need to use our discrimination to speak and act in the right way. We sometimes make excuses for not serving humanity due to our past life tendencies or vasanas. Millions consider Amma their own Mother. She never thinks of herself. Even when threatened with death, as happened at the ashram last year. At that time everyone was upset except Amma. She kept all her appointments that day, didn' miss a one. She told reporters that "Amma is not afraid of death. We all have to die some day." Amma says we must be like automobiles and be able to shift gears. If an auto doesn't shift into a lower gear going up a hill, the engine will die. If it doesn't shift into a higher gear when going faster, the engine will burn up. We need to be able to accept whatever happens. Our unreasonable expectations rob us of peace of mind. He told us of Amma's visit to Sri Lanka. Due to the domestic conflicts, Amma was given very high security. But the day of the program the government car did not arrive to take her to the program. Unperturbed, Amma humbly said she'd walk since it was just a few kilometers. Everyone was awed by her humility. As an official gov't guest, she could have called high officials and complained. But she just started walking along. Finally, the official car came and caught up with her. The officials were very upset, but Amma tried to make them feel better and cheered them up instead of reporting them to their supervisors. She showered love on them. They heard later that those officials became nicer to their subordinates after that incident. May Amma's light and love fill and illumine the whole world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 2006 Report Share Posted April 7, 2006 Dear Jyotsna: A million thank you's for the reports from Australia. I like the car shifting example you shared. Namah Shivaya, GeorgeSon Ammachi, "E. Lamb" <jyotsna2 wrote: > > Last night in Melbourne, Swami RamaKrishna gave the following > talk. These are my notes. > > Jyotsna > > It is said that a human life is a great blessing. Amma herself has > said that a human life is a blessing. Those who are having a good > time in life are probably agreeing with this statement, while those > who are suffering may not agree. > > Even people who said "I wish I were dead" would not take even > hundreds of thousands of dollars for a body part, were you to offer > them money for various limbs or organs. Artificial body parts cost > millions of dollars. So God has made quite an investment in us! > > Only humans can realize their own divine nature and become a > blessing to others. Like fire, we can use our powers for good or > bad. We need to use our discrimination to speak and act in > the right way. We sometimes make excuses for not serving > humanity due to our past life tendencies or vasanas. > > Millions consider Amma their own Mother. She never thinks of > herself. Even when threatened with death, as happened at the > ashram last year. At that time everyone was upset except Amma. > She kept all her appointments that day, didn' miss a one. She told > reporters that "Amma is not afraid of death. We all have to die > some day." > > Amma says we must be like automobiles and be able to shift > gears. If an auto doesn't shift into a lower gear going up a hill, > the engine will die. If it doesn't shift into a higher gear when > going faster, the engine will burn up. We need to be able to > accept whatever happens. Our unreasonable expectations > rob us of peace of mind. He told us of Amma's visit to Sri > Lanka. Due to the domestic conflicts, Amma was given > very high security. But the day of the program the government > car did not arrive to take her to the program. Unperturbed, > Amma humbly said she'd walk since it was just a few kilometers. > Everyone was awed by her humility. As an official gov't guest, > she could have called high officials and complained. But she > just started walking along. Finally, the official car came and > caught up with her. The officials were very upset, but Amma tried to > make them feel better and cheered them up instead of > reporting them to their supervisors. She showered love on > them. They heard later that those officials became nicer to > their subordinates after that incident. > > May Amma's light and love fill and illumine the whole world. > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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