Guest guest Posted April 7, 2006 Report Share Posted April 7, 2006 Namah Shivaya dear forall10q THANKS FOR YOUR POST!!! It always refreshing to hear a new voice. To quote an old saying: ³Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver and the other gold.² I understand how it can be hard to jump in. Though I¹ve been on here for a few years, when I¹ve been off for awhile, I feel a little insecure about popping up again. Especially of there¹s some intense back and forths going in. But sometimes that¹s a good time to throw in another thread. Remember, this list belongs to all of Amma¹s children who read it. Whether you actually respond, even your thoughts about the posts are a contribution. Remember that quote someone just sent about the effect of the mind? Some on here don¹t have a real time satsang, so this is it for them. For me, this list really helped building our satsang here in Madison. It gave me the feeling of being part of an ongoing group that I could then apply to the group here. Hard to explain that, but looking back, I think that really is true. All by Amma¹s grace, of course. Please don¹t be discouraged if no one responds. That actually happens to a lot of us. I feel gratitude for so many posts and just can¹t take the time to write to each one off list and don¹t want to clog the list with dozens of thank you messages. So just keep writing from your heart, as you just did, and trust that it will reach another heart. Perhaps the heart of someone too shy to write. I think it really helps if you are new to offer some kind of introduction about yourself. A name helps too, even if it fictitious. A little background story, when you met Amma, if you have met Her, or how you came to this list, etc. This child first met Amma in 1987 when She came on Her first world tour and came to Madison, WI. We were sometimes 30 people sitting with Her in someone¹s living room. I remember learning the chant Om Namah Shivaya from Her during morning darshan in 1988 and loving it soooo much. Reflecting over time, I now realize that Amma was always with me and always blessing me, long before I actually had Her darshan. In fact, when I was 3 (before Amma was even born) we traveled from New Mexico to visit my gramma in Iowa, and first thing my gramma did was give me a hershey¹s kiss, the first I¹d ever had. I never forgot it. I knew my gramma had gone to music school, and when we got to the college at Mt. Pleasant the first year Amma did programs there, I checked in the alumni office and sure enough, my grandmother had graduated from there. I love seeing how devotees change over the years as Amma works on them. Rough stones turning into polished beauties. Lotus flowers appearing out of muddy ponds. Thank you again for chiming in. Our cyber hills are more alive because of it! You don¹t even have to make a lot of sense. We accept all 5 cents, innocence, incense and the occasionally incensed message and I have no idea why I¹m gibbering instead of heading for bed. Please do write again and please, all you lurkers, do jump in. It¹s spring. We want you! Jai Amma. premarupa > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 8, 2006 Report Share Posted April 8, 2006 Dear Premarupa, What an incredible experience it was to receive Amma's darshan in Madison in 1987. What an intimate setting, thirty of us in a living room. I didn't even know who she was. I just saw a small announcement in the paper. I wish that I had met you at that time, dear. Over the years I have been with Amma many times but it wasn't until 2000 in Marin County that I received a mantra from her. I was with her in LA last June and am happily anticipating being with her again this June. How amazing that it is now an "intimate" group of many thousands that are drawn to our Mother. Pahari Maa On Apr 7, 2006, at 10:20 PM, Kenna wrote: > Namah Shivaya dear forall10q > > THANKS FOR YOUR POST!!! > It always refreshing to hear a new voice. > To quote an old saying: > ³Make new friends, but keep the old. > One is silver and the other gold.² > > I understand how it can be hard to jump in. > Though I¹ve been on here for a few years, > when I¹ve been off for awhile, I feel a little insecure about popping > up > again. > Especially of there¹s some intense back and forths going in. > But sometimes that¹s a good time to throw in another thread. > Remember, this list belongs to all of Amma¹s children who read it. > Whether you actually respond, even your thoughts about the posts are a > contribution. > Remember that quote someone just sent about the effect of the mind? > > Some on here don¹t have a real time satsang, so this is it for them. > For me, this list really helped building our satsang here in Madison. > It gave me the feeling of being part of an ongoing group that I could > then > apply to the group here. > Hard to explain that, but looking back, I think that really is true. > All by Amma¹s grace, of course. > > Please don¹t be discouraged if no one responds. > That actually happens to a lot of us. > I feel gratitude for so many posts and just can¹t take the time to > write to > each one off list and don¹t want to clog the list with dozens of > thank you > messages. > > So just keep writing from your heart, as you just did, and trust that > it > will reach another heart. > Perhaps the heart of someone too shy to write. > I think it really helps if you are new to offer some kind of > introduction > about yourself. > A name helps too, even if it fictitious. > A little background story, when you met Amma, if you have met Her, > or how you came to this list, etc. > > This child first met Amma in 1987 when She came on Her first world > tour and > came to Madison, WI. We were sometimes 30 people sitting with Her in > someone¹s living room. I remember learning the chant Om Namah > Shivaya from > Her during morning darshan in 1988 and loving it soooo much. > > Reflecting over time, I now realize that Amma was always with me and > always > blessing me, long before I actually had Her darshan. In fact, when I > was 3 > (before Amma was even born) we traveled from New Mexico to visit my > gramma > in Iowa, and first thing my gramma did was give me a hershey¹s kiss, > the > first I¹d ever had. I never forgot it. I knew my gramma had gone to > music > school, and when we got to the college at Mt. Pleasant the first > year Amma > did programs there, I checked in the alumni office and sure enough, my > grandmother had graduated from there. > > I love seeing how devotees change over the years as Amma works on > them. > Rough stones turning into polished beauties. Lotus flowers appearing > out of > muddy ponds. > > Thank you again for chiming in. > Our cyber hills are more alive because of it! > You don¹t even have to make a lot of sense. > We accept all 5 cents, innocence, incense and the occasionally > incensed > message > and I have no idea why I¹m gibbering instead of heading for bed. > Please do write again and please, all you lurkers, > do jump in. It¹s spring. We want you! > Jai Amma. > premarupa > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha! > > > > > > > ▪  Visit your group "Ammachi" on the web. >  > ▪  >  Ammachi >  > ▪  Terms of > Service. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 8, 2006 Report Share Posted April 8, 2006 Dear Premarupa, oh, my gosh! Your message was amazing. Thank you. It addressed all the issues I might have about posting or quietyly lurking. I plan to keep your post and read it whenever I feel discouraged about joining the talk. As a quiet person (even quiet people though have a need to interact, to chat, to be heard, maybe it's the value of satsangha), I sometimes languish in groups. It seems that quirkiness is built into my DNA, and I mostly, and quite naturally, don't relate to the mainstream of anything. Therefore, when I talk, no one seems to listen or "get it." But after reading your message, I will allow that there might be some other oddball out there who might link and feel ok with my thoughts. So, OK, Premarupa, I'll be comfortably participating here, letting the chips fall where they may. And again thank you for your encouragement. Really. I bet there are other lurkers whose spirits were lifted by your loving "gibbering." ---4all Kenna <itskenna wrote: You don¹t even have to make a lot of sense. We accept all 5 cents, innocence, incense and the occasionally incensed message and I have no idea why I¹m gibbering instead of heading for bed. Please do write again and please, all you lurkers, do jump in. It¹s spring. We want you! Jai Amma. premarupa New Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC and save big. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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