Amma talks on vegetarianism (let's give her the last word).

May 13, 2006

The following are all quotes from Amma on the issues of vegetarianism, nature and animal

rights.

I suppose if any of us have any beefs (no pun intended) with this....then we will have to

take it up with the Goddess herself!!

Jai Jai Ma and all creatures whom Ma created!!!

~Ananthasree

**************************

TO CAGE A BIRD OR AN ANIMAL IS LIKE PUTTING A HUMAN BEING BEHIND BARS. FREEDOM

IS THE BIRTH RIGHT OF EVERY LIVING BEING. WHO ARE WE TO TAKE THAT FREEDOM AWAY?

BY INJECTING HORMONES INTO A HEN, WE TRY TO MAKE THE SIZE OF THE EGGS BIGGER.

WE MAKE HENS LAY TWO EGGS A DAY BY SHUTTING THEM IN DARK CUBICLES, WHICH ARE

OPENED PERIODICALLY IN ORDER TO CREATE A FALSE IMPRESSION IN THE HEN THAT ONE

MORE DAY HAS PASSED. BUT BY DOING SO, THE HEN'S LIFE SPAN IS SHORTENED BY HALF,

AND THE EGGS LOSE ALL THEIR QUALITY. THE THOUGHT OF PROFIT HAS MADE MAN BLIND

AND DESTROYED ALL HIS GOODNESS AND VIRTUES. THERE IS A LIMIT TO EVERYTHING,

AND CROSSING THAT LIMIT IS EQUAL TO DESTROYING NATURE.

THE NEVERENDING STREAM OF LOVE THAT FLOWS FROM A TRUE BELIEVER TOWARDS THE

ENTIRE CREATION WILL HAVE A GENTLE, SOOTHING EFFECT ON NATURE. THIS LOVE IS THE

BEST PROTECTION OF NATURE.

AS SOON AS THE COW STOPS PRODUCING MILK, WE WILL SELL IT TO THE BUTCHER IN

ORDER TO MAKE MONEY. SELFISHNESS REIGNS SUPREME. SELFLESS LOVE CANNOT BE

FOUND ANYWHERE. BUT OUR ANCESTORS WERE NOT LIKE THIS, THEY KNEW THAT

GENERATIONS WOULD SUFFER DUE TO MANS DISASSOCIATION FROM NATURE. THEY

THEREFORE LINKED RELIGIOUS RITES WITH NATURE.

BHUTA YOGA IS THE LAST SACRIFICE; IT IS TO SERVE ALL LIVING BEINGS AS EMBODIMENTS

OF THE UNIVERSAL BEING. THIS IS DONE THROUGH THE FEEDING OF AND CARING FOR THE

ANIMAL KINGDOM AND THE PLANTS.

FAITH IN GOD IS THE BEST WAY TO SUSTAIN THIS CHILD-LIKE INNOCENCE IN MAN. HE

WHO HAS FAITH AND DEVOTION TO GOD, WHICH IN TURN STEMS FROM HIS INNATE

INNOCENCE, BEHOLDS GOD IN EVERYTHING, IN EVERY TREE AND ANIMAL, IN EVERY

ASPECT OF NATURE.

BY PROTECTING AND PRESERVING WILD AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS, TREES, AND PLANTS, WE

ARE PROTECTING AND PRESERVING NATURE. THE ANCIENTS WORSHIPPED THE COW AND

THE EARTH, INCLUDING THEM AMONGST THE FIVE MOTHERS. THE FIVE MOTHERS WERE

DEHAMANTA (THE BIOLOGICAL MOTHER), DESAMATA (THE MOTHERLAND), BHUMATA

(MOTHER EARTH), VEDAMATA (THE VEDAS) AND GOMATA (THE COW). TO OUR

ANCESTORS, THE COW WAS NOT JUST A FOUR LEGGED CREATURE, BUT A SACRED ANIMAL

WHICH WAS WORSHIPPED AS A FORM OF THE MOTHER (GODDESS).

THE WALL OF SEPARATION BETWEEN HUMANS AND NATURE IS CREATED MAINLY BY THE

SELFISH ATTITUDES OF HUMANS. THEY THINK THAT NATURE HAS BEEN CREATED ONLY

FOR THEM TO USE AND EXPLOIT IN ORDER TO FULFILL THEIR SELFISH DESIRES. THIS

ATTITUDE CREATES A WALL, A SEPERATION AND A DISTANCE. IT IS A FRIGHTENING TRUTH

THAT MODERN MAN HAS LOST HIS BROAD-MINDEDNESS AS A RESULT OF THE

TREMENDOUS GROWTH OF MODERN SCIENCE.

ONCE A SAGE FOUND AN ABANDONED CHILD IN THE FOREST. HE BROUGHT THE CHILD TO

HIS HERMITAGE AND RAISED HER THERE AS HIS OWN. WHEN SHE GREW UP, THE SAGE

ENTRUSTED HER WITH THE JOB OF LOOKING AFTER THE PLANTS AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS.

SHE LOVED THE PLANTS AND ANIMALS AS MUCH AS HER OWN LIFE.....ONE DAY THE GIRL

LEFT THE HERMITAGE UPON MARRYING. AS SHE WAS ABOUT TO LEAVE. THE JASMINE

PLANT WHICH SHE HAD ALWAYS LOVED AND CAREFULLY TENDED BENT DOWN AND

COILED SOFTLY AROUND HER ANKLES. THE ANIMALS SHED TEARS WHEN SHE LEFT. THIS

ILLUSTRATES HOW PLANTS, TREES AND ALL OF NATURE WILL RETURN OUR LOVE IF WE

REALLY CARE ABOUT THEM.

IT IS CERTAINLY HIGH TIME TO TAKE STERN STEPS TO PREVENT MAN FROM DESTROYING

NATURE AND THE RESOURCES WHICH SHE KINDLY BESTOWS ON US, AS A GIFT OR REWARD

FOR THE GOOD ACTIONS WE PERFORM. THE IMPLEMENTATION OF STRICT RULES WOULD BE

BENEFICIAL, BUT THERE IS A NEED FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE PREPARED TO OBEY AND EXECUTE

SUCH RULES. NOWADAYS, THOSE WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO OBSERVE THE RULES ARE THE

FIRST TO BREAK THEM. SOCIETIES SHOULD BE FORMED IN EACH AND EVERY VILLAGE, IN

ORDER TO CREATE AN AWARENESS OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PROTECTING AND

PRESERVING NATURE. MERE INTELLECTUAL UNDERSTANDING IS NOT ENOUGH. PEOPLE

SHOULD BE TAUGHT TO FUNCTION FROM THEIR HEARTS. THE TEACHERS AND

COUNSELORS OF THESE SOCIETIES SHOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO

LOVE NATURE, TO FEEL COMPASSION FOR ALL OF CREATION AND ITS CREATURES. THE

TEACHERS AND COUNSELORS THEMSELVES SHOULD BE HIGHLY COMPETENT AND

EFFICIENT PEOPLE, WHO CAN INSPIRE OTHERS TO DO WHATEVER THEY ARE TAUGHT. ONLY

THEN WILL THERE BE ANY BENEFIT. THE SUPPORT OF RELIGION AND SPIRITUAL PRINCIPLES

WILL GREATLY HELP TO ACHEIVE THIS GOAL.

IF WE HAVE SOME PET ANIMALS OR BIRDS, WE SHOULD FEED THEM ALSO BEFORE TAKING

OUR FOOD. PERCEIVE GOD IN EVERY LIVING BEING AND FEED THEM WITH THAT ATTITUDE.

THOSE OF US WHO ARE DOING SADHANA SHOULD TAKE CARE TO EAT ONLY PLAIN, FRESH,

VEGETARIAN FOOD. IT IS THE SUBTLE ESSENCE OF WHAT WE EAT THAT BECOMES OUR

MIND.

MOTHER IS NOT ASKING THOSE WHO EAT MEAT AND FISH TO STOP DOING SO ABRUPTLY.

BUT IT IS GOOD FOR SADHANA TO SWITCH OVER TO A COMPLETELY VEGETARIAN DIET. IT

IS VERY DIFFICULT TO PUT AN ABRUPT STOP TO ANY HABIT. STUDY THE MIND, AND BRING

IT UNDER CONTROL OVER TIME. EVERYONE KNOWS THAT SMOKING AND DRINKING ARE

INJURIOUS TO HEALTH. STILL, MOST PEOPLE WHO HAVE CULTIVATED THESE HABITS FIND

THEM HARD TO GIVE UP. HOW CAN SOMEONE WHO CANNOT FREE HIMSELF FROM THE

CLUTCHES OF A CIGARETTE ATTAIN GOD-REALIZATION? IF WE TRY SINCERELY, WE CAN

COMPLETELY GIVE UP SMOKING OR ANY OTHER BAD HABITS IN A SHORT TIME.

I am baffled as to why there is even an argument around this subject.

Jai Ma!

Ananthasree

http://www.ananthasree.com

Ammachi, Max Dashu <maxdashu> wrote:

>

> >My intuition is that with food, less is better.

>

> Definitely.

>

> And I also agree that meat eaters are more, not less, likely to get

> cancer. Especially heavy meat eaters, unless they are leading very

> physically active lives. All that uric acid in the blood.

>

> Max

> --

> Max Dashu

> Suppressed Histories Archives

> Women in Global Perspective

> http://www.suppressedhistories.net

>

> New poster: Our Reproductive Rights!

> http://www.maxdashu.net/shamanic/reprorights.html

> Beautiful, multi-issue, empowering 11 x 17 laser print

>

May 13, 2006

this is beautiful and now that this has been concluded .we can as a whole

celebrate as we are through AMMAs GRACE and the prayers and

heartfelt concerns of AMMAs chidren going to a homeless shelter in santa

cruz in a 15 passenger van to bring AMMAs children to recieve HER DARSHAN.

the coordinator of the program is going as well.sweta just sent this child

the confirmation e-mail and this child is dancing and singing in utter

BLISS.

AMMA IS AWWSOME and SHE IS THE MOTHER OF

EVERYONE......................................

"YOUR INNOCENT DESIRE WILL HAPPEN IN TIME"-MATA-AMRITANADMAYI-DEVI

>"Ananthasree" <ananthasree (AT) mac (DOT) com>

>Ammachi

> Amma talks on vegetarianism (let's give her the last

>word).

>Sat, 13 May 2006 01:57:43 -0000

>

>The following are all quotes from Amma on the issues of vegetarianism,

>nature and animal

>rights.

>I suppose if any of us have any beefs (no pun intended) with this....then

>we will have to

>take it up with the Goddess herself!!

>

>Jai Jai Ma and all creatures whom Ma created!!!

>

>~Ananthasree

>

>**************************

>

>TO CAGE A BIRD OR AN ANIMAL IS LIKE PUTTING A HUMAN BEING BEHIND BARS.

>FREEDOM

>IS THE BIRTH RIGHT OF EVERY LIVING BEING. WHO ARE WE TO TAKE THAT FREEDOM

>AWAY?

>BY INJECTING HORMONES INTO A HEN, WE TRY TO MAKE THE SIZE OF THE EGGS

>BIGGER.

>WE MAKE HENS LAY TWO EGGS A DAY BY SHUTTING THEM IN DARK CUBICLES, WHICH

>ARE

>OPENED PERIODICALLY IN ORDER TO CREATE A FALSE IMPRESSION IN THE HEN THAT

>ONE

>MORE DAY HAS PASSED. BUT BY DOING SO, THE HEN'S LIFE SPAN IS SHORTENED BY

>HALF,

>AND THE EGGS LOSE ALL THEIR QUALITY. THE THOUGHT OF PROFIT HAS MADE MAN

>BLIND

>AND DESTROYED ALL HIS GOODNESS AND VIRTUES. THERE IS A LIMIT TO EVERYTHING,

>AND CROSSING THAT LIMIT IS EQUAL TO DESTROYING NATURE.

>

>THE NEVERENDING STREAM OF LOVE THAT FLOWS FROM A TRUE BELIEVER TOWARDS THE

>ENTIRE CREATION WILL HAVE A GENTLE, SOOTHING EFFECT ON NATURE. THIS LOVE IS

>THE

>BEST PROTECTION OF NATURE.

>

>AS SOON AS THE COW STOPS PRODUCING MILK, WE WILL SELL IT TO THE BUTCHER IN

>ORDER TO MAKE MONEY. SELFISHNESS REIGNS SUPREME. SELFLESS LOVE CANNOT BE

>FOUND ANYWHERE. BUT OUR ANCESTORS WERE NOT LIKE THIS, THEY KNEW THAT

>GENERATIONS WOULD SUFFER DUE TO MANS DISASSOCIATION FROM NATURE. THEY

>THEREFORE LINKED RELIGIOUS RITES WITH NATURE.

>

>BHUTA YOGA IS THE LAST SACRIFICE; IT IS TO SERVE ALL LIVING BEINGS AS

>EMBODIMENTS

>OF THE UNIVERSAL BEING. THIS IS DONE THROUGH THE FEEDING OF AND CARING FOR

>THE

>ANIMAL KINGDOM AND THE PLANTS.

>

>FAITH IN GOD IS THE BEST WAY TO SUSTAIN THIS CHILD-LIKE INNOCENCE IN MAN.

>HE

>WHO HAS FAITH AND DEVOTION TO GOD, WHICH IN TURN STEMS FROM HIS INNATE

>INNOCENCE, BEHOLDS GOD IN EVERYTHING, IN EVERY TREE AND ANIMAL, IN EVERY

>ASPECT OF NATURE.

>

>BY PROTECTING AND PRESERVING WILD AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS, TREES, AND PLANTS,

>WE

>ARE PROTECTING AND PRESERVING NATURE. THE ANCIENTS WORSHIPPED THE COW AND

>THE EARTH, INCLUDING THEM AMONGST THE FIVE MOTHERS. THE FIVE MOTHERS WERE

>DEHAMANTA (THE BIOLOGICAL MOTHER), DESAMATA (THE MOTHERLAND), BHUMATA

>(MOTHER EARTH), VEDAMATA (THE VEDAS) AND GOMATA (THE COW). TO OUR

>ANCESTORS, THE COW WAS NOT JUST A FOUR LEGGED CREATURE, BUT A SACRED ANIMAL

>WHICH WAS WORSHIPPED AS A FORM OF THE MOTHER (GODDESS).

>

>THE WALL OF SEPARATION BETWEEN HUMANS AND NATURE IS CREATED MAINLY BY THE

>SELFISH ATTITUDES OF HUMANS. THEY THINK THAT NATURE HAS BEEN CREATED ONLY

>FOR THEM TO USE AND EXPLOIT IN ORDER TO FULFILL THEIR SELFISH DESIRES. THIS

>ATTITUDE CREATES A WALL, A SEPERATION AND A DISTANCE. IT IS A FRIGHTENING

>TRUTH

>THAT MODERN MAN HAS LOST HIS BROAD-MINDEDNESS AS A RESULT OF THE

>TREMENDOUS GROWTH OF MODERN SCIENCE.

>

>ONCE A SAGE FOUND AN ABANDONED CHILD IN THE FOREST. HE BROUGHT THE CHILD TO

>HIS HERMITAGE AND RAISED HER THERE AS HIS OWN. WHEN SHE GREW UP, THE SAGE

>ENTRUSTED HER WITH THE JOB OF LOOKING AFTER THE PLANTS AND DOMESTIC

>ANIMALS.

>SHE LOVED THE PLANTS AND ANIMALS AS MUCH AS HER OWN LIFE.....ONE DAY THE

>GIRL

>LEFT THE HERMITAGE UPON MARRYING. AS SHE WAS ABOUT TO LEAVE. THE JASMINE

>PLANT WHICH SHE HAD ALWAYS LOVED AND CAREFULLY TENDED BENT DOWN AND

>COILED SOFTLY AROUND HER ANKLES. THE ANIMALS SHED TEARS WHEN SHE LEFT. THIS

>ILLUSTRATES HOW PLANTS, TREES AND ALL OF NATURE WILL RETURN OUR LOVE IF WE

>REALLY CARE ABOUT THEM.

>

>IT IS CERTAINLY HIGH TIME TO TAKE STERN STEPS TO PREVENT MAN FROM

>DESTROYING

>NATURE AND THE RESOURCES WHICH SHE KINDLY BESTOWS ON US, AS A GIFT OR

>REWARD

>FOR THE GOOD ACTIONS WE PERFORM. THE IMPLEMENTATION OF STRICT RULES WOULD

>BE

>BENEFICIAL, BUT THERE IS A NEED FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE PREPARED TO OBEY AND

>EXECUTE

>SUCH RULES. NOWADAYS, THOSE WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO OBSERVE THE RULES ARE THE

>FIRST TO BREAK THEM. SOCIETIES SHOULD BE FORMED IN EACH AND EVERY VILLAGE,

>IN

>ORDER TO CREATE AN AWARENESS OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PROTECTING AND

>PRESERVING NATURE. MERE INTELLECTUAL UNDERSTANDING IS NOT ENOUGH. PEOPLE

>SHOULD BE TAUGHT TO FUNCTION FROM THEIR HEARTS. THE TEACHERS AND

>COUNSELORS OF THESE SOCIETIES SHOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE

>TO

>LOVE NATURE, TO FEEL COMPASSION FOR ALL OF CREATION AND ITS CREATURES. THE

>TEACHERS AND COUNSELORS THEMSELVES SHOULD BE HIGHLY COMPETENT AND

>EFFICIENT PEOPLE, WHO CAN INSPIRE OTHERS TO DO WHATEVER THEY ARE TAUGHT.

>ONLY

>THEN WILL THERE BE ANY BENEFIT. THE SUPPORT OF RELIGION AND SPIRITUAL

>PRINCIPLES

>WILL GREATLY HELP TO ACHEIVE THIS GOAL.

>

>IF WE HAVE SOME PET ANIMALS OR BIRDS, WE SHOULD FEED THEM ALSO BEFORE

>TAKING

>OUR FOOD. PERCEIVE GOD IN EVERY LIVING BEING AND FEED THEM WITH THAT

>ATTITUDE.

>

>THOSE OF US WHO ARE DOING SADHANA SHOULD TAKE CARE TO EAT ONLY PLAIN,

>FRESH,

>VEGETARIAN FOOD. IT IS THE SUBTLE ESSENCE OF WHAT WE EAT THAT BECOMES OUR

>MIND.

>

>MOTHER IS NOT ASKING THOSE WHO EAT MEAT AND FISH TO STOP DOING SO ABRUPTLY.

>BUT IT IS GOOD FOR SADHANA TO SWITCH OVER TO A COMPLETELY VEGETARIAN DIET.

>IT

>IS VERY DIFFICULT TO PUT AN ABRUPT STOP TO ANY HABIT. STUDY THE MIND, AND

>BRING

>IT UNDER CONTROL OVER TIME. EVERYONE KNOWS THAT SMOKING AND DRINKING ARE

>INJURIOUS TO HEALTH. STILL, MOST PEOPLE WHO HAVE CULTIVATED THESE HABITS

>FIND

>THEM HARD TO GIVE UP. HOW CAN SOMEONE WHO CANNOT FREE HIMSELF FROM THE

>CLUTCHES OF A CIGARETTE ATTAIN GOD-REALIZATION? IF WE TRY SINCERELY, WE CAN

>COMPLETELY GIVE UP SMOKING OR ANY OTHER BAD HABITS IN A SHORT TIME.

>

>I am baffled as to why there is even an argument around this subject.

>

>Jai Ma!

>

>Ananthasree

>

>http://www.ananthasree.com

>

>Ammachi, Max Dashu <maxdashu wrote:

> >

> > >My intuition is that with food, less is better.

> >

> > Definitely.

> >

> > And I also agree that meat eaters are more, not less, likely to get

> > cancer. Especially heavy meat eaters, unless they are leading very

> > physically active lives. All that uric acid in the blood.

> >

> > Max

> > --

> > Max Dashu

> > Suppressed Histories Archives

> > Women in Global Perspective

> > http://www.suppressedhistories.net

> >

> > New poster: Our Reproductive Rights!

> > http://www.maxdashu.net/shamanic/reprorights.html

> > Beautiful, multi-issue, empowering 11 x 17 laser print

> >

>

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May 13, 2006

This is truly AWESOME Temba and I am so happy to hear this news! Amma hears every

beat of our hearts, inhale and exhale of our breath...and every innocent desire in our

hearts!!! You are blessed to be used as a vehicle of her love! What greater thing could

there be? When you see the smiling faces of the children as they approach the arms of

their beloved Mother....that will be Amma's greatest gift to you!!!!!! What greater gift can a

Mother give her child?

Jai Ma! Jai DurgaAllahKrishnaBuddhaJesusLakshmiShivaShaktiKaliAmritanandamayiMa!

Dancing in time to your joy.....

Ananthasree

Ammachi, "temba spirits" <tembaspirits> wrote:

>

> this is beautiful and now that this has been concluded .we can as a whole

> celebrate as we are through AMMAs GRACE and the prayers and

> heartfelt concerns of AMMAs chidren going to a homeless shelter in santa

> cruz in a 15 passenger van to bring AMMAs children to recieve HER DARSHAN.

>

> the coordinator of the program is going as well.sweta just sent this child

> the confirmation e-mail and this child is dancing and singing in utter

> BLISS.

>

> AMMA IS AWWSOME and SHE IS THE MOTHER OF

> EVERYONE......................................

>

> "YOUR INNOCENT DESIRE WILL HAPPEN IN TIME"-MATA-AMRITANADMAYI-DEVI

>

> >"Ananthasree" <ananthasree>

> >Ammachi

> > Amma talks on vegetarianism (let's give her the last

> >word).

> >Sat, 13 May 2006 01:57:43 -0000

> >

> >The following are all quotes from Amma on the issues of vegetarianism,

> >nature and animal

> >rights.

> >I suppose if any of us have any beefs (no pun intended) with this....then

> >we will have to

> >take it up with the Goddess herself!!

> >

> >Jai Jai Ma and all creatures whom Ma created!!!

> >

> >~Ananthasree

> >

> >**************************

> >

> >TO CAGE A BIRD OR AN ANIMAL IS LIKE PUTTING A HUMAN BEING BEHIND BARS.

> >FREEDOM

> >IS THE BIRTH RIGHT OF EVERY LIVING BEING. WHO ARE WE TO TAKE THAT FREEDOM

> >AWAY?

> >BY INJECTING HORMONES INTO A HEN, WE TRY TO MAKE THE SIZE OF THE EGGS

> >BIGGER.

> >WE MAKE HENS LAY TWO EGGS A DAY BY SHUTTING THEM IN DARK CUBICLES, WHICH

> >ARE

> >OPENED PERIODICALLY IN ORDER TO CREATE A FALSE IMPRESSION IN THE HEN THAT

> >ONE

> >MORE DAY HAS PASSED. BUT BY DOING SO, THE HEN'S LIFE SPAN IS SHORTENED BY

> >HALF,

> >AND THE EGGS LOSE ALL THEIR QUALITY. THE THOUGHT OF PROFIT HAS MADE MAN

> >BLIND

> >AND DESTROYED ALL HIS GOODNESS AND VIRTUES. THERE IS A LIMIT TO EVERYTHING,

> >AND CROSSING THAT LIMIT IS EQUAL TO DESTROYING NATURE.

> >

> >THE NEVERENDING STREAM OF LOVE THAT FLOWS FROM A TRUE BELIEVER TOWARDS

THE

> >ENTIRE CREATION WILL HAVE A GENTLE, SOOTHING EFFECT ON NATURE. THIS LOVE IS

> >THE

> >BEST PROTECTION OF NATURE.

> >

> >AS SOON AS THE COW STOPS PRODUCING MILK, WE WILL SELL IT TO THE BUTCHER IN

> >ORDER TO MAKE MONEY. SELFISHNESS REIGNS SUPREME. SELFLESS LOVE CANNOT BE

> >FOUND ANYWHERE. BUT OUR ANCESTORS WERE NOT LIKE THIS, THEY KNEW THAT

> >GENERATIONS WOULD SUFFER DUE TO MANS DISASSOCIATION FROM NATURE. THEY

> >THEREFORE LINKED RELIGIOUS RITES WITH NATURE.

> >

> >BHUTA YOGA IS THE LAST SACRIFICE; IT IS TO SERVE ALL LIVING BEINGS AS

> >EMBODIMENTS

> >OF THE UNIVERSAL BEING. THIS IS DONE THROUGH THE FEEDING OF AND CARING FOR

> >THE

> >ANIMAL KINGDOM AND THE PLANTS.

> >

> >FAITH IN GOD IS THE BEST WAY TO SUSTAIN THIS CHILD-LIKE INNOCENCE IN MAN.

> >HE

> >WHO HAS FAITH AND DEVOTION TO GOD, WHICH IN TURN STEMS FROM HIS INNATE

> >INNOCENCE, BEHOLDS GOD IN EVERYTHING, IN EVERY TREE AND ANIMAL, IN EVERY

> >ASPECT OF NATURE.

> >

> >BY PROTECTING AND PRESERVING WILD AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS, TREES, AND PLANTS,

> >WE

> >ARE PROTECTING AND PRESERVING NATURE. THE ANCIENTS WORSHIPPED THE COW

AND

> >THE EARTH, INCLUDING THEM AMONGST THE FIVE MOTHERS. THE FIVE MOTHERS WERE

> >DEHAMANTA (THE BIOLOGICAL MOTHER), DESAMATA (THE MOTHERLAND), BHUMATA

> >(MOTHER EARTH), VEDAMATA (THE VEDAS) AND GOMATA (THE COW). TO OUR

> >ANCESTORS, THE COW WAS NOT JUST A FOUR LEGGED CREATURE, BUT A SACRED

ANIMAL

> >WHICH WAS WORSHIPPED AS A FORM OF THE MOTHER (GODDESS).

> >

> >THE WALL OF SEPARATION BETWEEN HUMANS AND NATURE IS CREATED MAINLY BY

THE

> >SELFISH ATTITUDES OF HUMANS. THEY THINK THAT NATURE HAS BEEN CREATED ONLY

> >FOR THEM TO USE AND EXPLOIT IN ORDER TO FULFILL THEIR SELFISH DESIRES. THIS

> >ATTITUDE CREATES A WALL, A SEPERATION AND A DISTANCE. IT IS A FRIGHTENING

> >TRUTH

> >THAT MODERN MAN HAS LOST HIS BROAD-MINDEDNESS AS A RESULT OF THE

> >TREMENDOUS GROWTH OF MODERN SCIENCE.

> >

> >ONCE A SAGE FOUND AN ABANDONED CHILD IN THE FOREST. HE BROUGHT THE CHILD

TO

> >HIS HERMITAGE AND RAISED HER THERE AS HIS OWN. WHEN SHE GREW UP, THE SAGE

> >ENTRUSTED HER WITH THE JOB OF LOOKING AFTER THE PLANTS AND DOMESTIC

> >ANIMALS.

> >SHE LOVED THE PLANTS AND ANIMALS AS MUCH AS HER OWN LIFE.....ONE DAY THE

> >GIRL

> >LEFT THE HERMITAGE UPON MARRYING. AS SHE WAS ABOUT TO LEAVE. THE JASMINE

> >PLANT WHICH SHE HAD ALWAYS LOVED AND CAREFULLY TENDED BENT DOWN AND

> >COILED SOFTLY AROUND HER ANKLES. THE ANIMALS SHED TEARS WHEN SHE LEFT.

THIS

> >ILLUSTRATES HOW PLANTS, TREES AND ALL OF NATURE WILL RETURN OUR LOVE IF WE

> >REALLY CARE ABOUT THEM.

> >

> >IT IS CERTAINLY HIGH TIME TO TAKE STERN STEPS TO PREVENT MAN FROM

> >DESTROYING

> >NATURE AND THE RESOURCES WHICH SHE KINDLY BESTOWS ON US, AS A GIFT OR

> >REWARD

> >FOR THE GOOD ACTIONS WE PERFORM. THE IMPLEMENTATION OF STRICT RULES

WOULD

> >BE

> >BENEFICIAL, BUT THERE IS A NEED FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE PREPARED TO OBEY AND

> >EXECUTE

> >SUCH RULES. NOWADAYS, THOSE WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO OBSERVE THE RULES ARE

THE

> >FIRST TO BREAK THEM. SOCIETIES SHOULD BE FORMED IN EACH AND EVERY VILLAGE,

> >IN

> >ORDER TO CREATE AN AWARENESS OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PROTECTING AND

> >PRESERVING NATURE. MERE INTELLECTUAL UNDERSTANDING IS NOT ENOUGH. PEOPLE

> >SHOULD BE TAUGHT TO FUNCTION FROM THEIR HEARTS. THE TEACHERS AND

> >COUNSELORS OF THESE SOCIETIES SHOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE

> >TO

> >LOVE NATURE, TO FEEL COMPASSION FOR ALL OF CREATION AND ITS CREATURES. THE

> >TEACHERS AND COUNSELORS THEMSELVES SHOULD BE HIGHLY COMPETENT AND

> >EFFICIENT PEOPLE, WHO CAN INSPIRE OTHERS TO DO WHATEVER THEY ARE TAUGHT.

> >ONLY

> >THEN WILL THERE BE ANY BENEFIT. THE SUPPORT OF RELIGION AND SPIRITUAL

> >PRINCIPLES

> >WILL GREATLY HELP TO ACHEIVE THIS GOAL.

> >

> >IF WE HAVE SOME PET ANIMALS OR BIRDS, WE SHOULD FEED THEM ALSO BEFORE

> >TAKING

> >OUR FOOD. PERCEIVE GOD IN EVERY LIVING BEING AND FEED THEM WITH THAT

> >ATTITUDE.

> >

> >THOSE OF US WHO ARE DOING SADHANA SHOULD TAKE CARE TO EAT ONLY PLAIN,

> >FRESH,

> >VEGETARIAN FOOD. IT IS THE SUBTLE ESSENCE OF WHAT WE EAT THAT BECOMES OUR

> >MIND.

> >

> >MOTHER IS NOT ASKING THOSE WHO EAT MEAT AND FISH TO STOP DOING SO

ABRUPTLY.

> >BUT IT IS GOOD FOR SADHANA TO SWITCH OVER TO A COMPLETELY VEGETARIAN DIET.

> >IT

> >IS VERY DIFFICULT TO PUT AN ABRUPT STOP TO ANY HABIT. STUDY THE MIND, AND

> >BRING

> >IT UNDER CONTROL OVER TIME. EVERYONE KNOWS THAT SMOKING AND DRINKING

ARE

> >INJURIOUS TO HEALTH. STILL, MOST PEOPLE WHO HAVE CULTIVATED THESE HABITS

> >FIND

> >THEM HARD TO GIVE UP. HOW CAN SOMEONE WHO CANNOT FREE HIMSELF FROM THE

> >CLUTCHES OF A CIGARETTE ATTAIN GOD-REALIZATION? IF WE TRY SINCERELY, WE CAN

> >COMPLETELY GIVE UP SMOKING OR ANY OTHER BAD HABITS IN A SHORT TIME.

> >

> >I am baffled as to why there is even an argument around this subject.

> >

> >Jai Ma!

> >

> >Ananthasree

> >

> >http://www.ananthasree.com

> >

> >Ammachi, Max Dashu <maxdashu@> wrote:

> > >

> > > >My intuition is that with food, less is better.

> > >

> > > Definitely.

> > >

> > > And I also agree that meat eaters are more, not less, likely to get

> > > cancer. Especially heavy meat eaters, unless they are leading very

> > > physically active lives. All that uric acid in the blood.

> > >

> > > Max

> > > --

> > > Max Dashu

> > > Suppressed Histories Archives

> > > Women in Global Perspective

> > > http://www.suppressedhistories.net

> > >

> > > New poster: Our Reproductive Rights!

> > > http://www.maxdashu.net/shamanic/reprorights.html

> > > Beautiful, multi-issue, empowering 11 x 17 laser print

> > >

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you have captured the essence of what AMMA has placed in this childs

heart.that is exactly it.those darling children being embraced in their

MOTHERS ARMS.that is the essence of the desire.every child deserves this.we

all deserev to know that we are loved.

when this child first went to see AMMA years ago SHE gave him a vision of

AMMAs forgotten children being brought to HER IN BUS LOAD.

in that first year that he re-united with his AMMA,he was so overwelmed with

HER LOVE that he didnt go to recieve HER physical hug ,for he experienced

everyone SHE HUGGED as him-SELF.the next year this child brought as many

people form the streets of newyork to recieve HER hug but AMMAs sun still

didnt get a physical hug.

the next year this child brought back many more of HER CHILDREN but this

time he went and hugged his AMMA.MOTHER looked in this childs eyes and in

english said,"my son",thus you have AMMAs sun.

so yes my dear sister, there is no greater gift then to want for others more

then you want for yourself.this is why this child was born.you all are my

INNOCENT DESIRE.without AMMA ,without you, this child is nothing.

>"Ananthasree" <ananthasree (AT) mac (DOT) com>

>Ammachi

> Re: Amma talks on vegetarianism (let's give her the last

>word).

>Sat, 13 May 2006 02:57:19 -0000

>

>This is truly AWESOME Temba and I am so happy to hear this news! Amma hears

>every

>beat of our hearts, inhale and exhale of our breath...and every innocent

>desire in our

>hearts!!! You are blessed to be used as a vehicle of her love! What greater

>thing could

>there be? When you see the smiling faces of the children as they approach

>the arms of

>their beloved Mother....that will be Amma's greatest gift to you!!!!!! What

>greater gift can a

>Mother give her child?

>

>Jai Ma! Jai

>DurgaAllahKrishnaBuddhaJesusLakshmiShivaShaktiKaliAmritanandamayiMa!

>

>Dancing in time to your joy.....

>

>Ananthasree

>

>Ammachi, "temba spirits" <tembaspirits wrote:

> >

> > this is beautiful and now that this has been concluded .we can as a

>whole

> > celebrate as we are through AMMAs GRACE and the prayers and

> > heartfelt concerns of AMMAs chidren going to a homeless shelter in santa

> > cruz in a 15 passenger van to bring AMMAs children to recieve HER

>DARSHAN.

> >

> > the coordinator of the program is going as well.sweta just sent this

>child

> > the confirmation e-mail and this child is dancing and singing in utter

> > BLISS.

> >

> > AMMA IS AWWSOME and SHE IS THE MOTHER OF

> > EVERYONE......................................

> >

> > "YOUR INNOCENT DESIRE WILL HAPPEN IN TIME"-MATA-AMRITANADMAYI-DEVI

> >

> > >"Ananthasree" <ananthasree

> > >Ammachi

> > > Amma talks on vegetarianism (let's give her the last

> > >word).

> > >Sat, 13 May 2006 01:57:43 -0000

> > >

> > >The following are all quotes from Amma on the issues of vegetarianism,

> > >nature and animal

> > >rights.

> > >I suppose if any of us have any beefs (no pun intended) with

>this....then

> > >we will have to

> > >take it up with the Goddess herself!!

> > >

> > >Jai Jai Ma and all creatures whom Ma created!!!

> > >

> > >~Ananthasree

> > >

> > >**************************

> > >

> > >TO CAGE A BIRD OR AN ANIMAL IS LIKE PUTTING A HUMAN BEING BEHIND BARS.

> > >FREEDOM

> > >IS THE BIRTH RIGHT OF EVERY LIVING BEING. WHO ARE WE TO TAKE THAT

>FREEDOM

> > >AWAY?

> > >BY INJECTING HORMONES INTO A HEN, WE TRY TO MAKE THE SIZE OF THE EGGS

> > >BIGGER.

> > >WE MAKE HENS LAY TWO EGGS A DAY BY SHUTTING THEM IN DARK CUBICLES,

>WHICH

> > >ARE

> > >OPENED PERIODICALLY IN ORDER TO CREATE A FALSE IMPRESSION IN THE HEN

>THAT

> > >ONE

> > >MORE DAY HAS PASSED. BUT BY DOING SO, THE HEN'S LIFE SPAN IS SHORTENED

>BY

> > >HALF,

> > >AND THE EGGS LOSE ALL THEIR QUALITY. THE THOUGHT OF PROFIT HAS MADE MAN

> > >BLIND

> > >AND DESTROYED ALL HIS GOODNESS AND VIRTUES. THERE IS A LIMIT TO

>EVERYTHING,

> > >AND CROSSING THAT LIMIT IS EQUAL TO DESTROYING NATURE.

> > >

> > >THE NEVERENDING STREAM OF LOVE THAT FLOWS FROM A TRUE BELIEVER TOWARDS

>THE

> > >ENTIRE CREATION WILL HAVE A GENTLE, SOOTHING EFFECT ON NATURE. THIS

>LOVE IS

> > >THE

> > >BEST PROTECTION OF NATURE.

> > >

> > >AS SOON AS THE COW STOPS PRODUCING MILK, WE WILL SELL IT TO THE BUTCHER

>IN

> > >ORDER TO MAKE MONEY. SELFISHNESS REIGNS SUPREME. SELFLESS LOVE CANNOT

>BE

> > >FOUND ANYWHERE. BUT OUR ANCESTORS WERE NOT LIKE THIS, THEY KNEW THAT

> > >GENERATIONS WOULD SUFFER DUE TO MANS DISASSOCIATION FROM NATURE. THEY

> > >THEREFORE LINKED RELIGIOUS RITES WITH NATURE.

> > >

> > >BHUTA YOGA IS THE LAST SACRIFICE; IT IS TO SERVE ALL LIVING BEINGS AS

> > >EMBODIMENTS

> > >OF THE UNIVERSAL BEING. THIS IS DONE THROUGH THE FEEDING OF AND CARING

>FOR

> > >THE

> > >ANIMAL KINGDOM AND THE PLANTS.

> > >

> > >FAITH IN GOD IS THE BEST WAY TO SUSTAIN THIS CHILD-LIKE INNOCENCE IN

>MAN.

> > >HE

> > >WHO HAS FAITH AND DEVOTION TO GOD, WHICH IN TURN STEMS FROM HIS INNATE

> > >INNOCENCE, BEHOLDS GOD IN EVERYTHING, IN EVERY TREE AND ANIMAL, IN

>EVERY

> > >ASPECT OF NATURE.

> > >

> > >BY PROTECTING AND PRESERVING WILD AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS, TREES, AND

>PLANTS,

> > >WE

> > >ARE PROTECTING AND PRESERVING NATURE. THE ANCIENTS WORSHIPPED THE COW

>AND

> > >THE EARTH, INCLUDING THEM AMONGST THE FIVE MOTHERS. THE FIVE MOTHERS

>WERE

> > >DEHAMANTA (THE BIOLOGICAL MOTHER), DESAMATA (THE MOTHERLAND), BHUMATA

> > >(MOTHER EARTH), VEDAMATA (THE VEDAS) AND GOMATA (THE COW). TO OUR

> > >ANCESTORS, THE COW WAS NOT JUST A FOUR LEGGED CREATURE, BUT A SACRED

>ANIMAL

> > >WHICH WAS WORSHIPPED AS A FORM OF THE MOTHER (GODDESS).

> > >

> > >THE WALL OF SEPARATION BETWEEN HUMANS AND NATURE IS CREATED MAINLY BY

>THE

> > >SELFISH ATTITUDES OF HUMANS. THEY THINK THAT NATURE HAS BEEN CREATED

>ONLY

> > >FOR THEM TO USE AND EXPLOIT IN ORDER TO FULFILL THEIR SELFISH DESIRES.

>THIS

> > >ATTITUDE CREATES A WALL, A SEPERATION AND A DISTANCE. IT IS A

>FRIGHTENING

> > >TRUTH

> > >THAT MODERN MAN HAS LOST HIS BROAD-MINDEDNESS AS A RESULT OF THE

> > >TREMENDOUS GROWTH OF MODERN SCIENCE.

> > >

> > >ONCE A SAGE FOUND AN ABANDONED CHILD IN THE FOREST. HE BROUGHT THE

>CHILD

>TO

> > >HIS HERMITAGE AND RAISED HER THERE AS HIS OWN. WHEN SHE GREW UP, THE

>SAGE

> > >ENTRUSTED HER WITH THE JOB OF LOOKING AFTER THE PLANTS AND DOMESTIC

> > >ANIMALS.

> > >SHE LOVED THE PLANTS AND ANIMALS AS MUCH AS HER OWN LIFE.....ONE DAY

>THE

> > >GIRL

> > >LEFT THE HERMITAGE UPON MARRYING. AS SHE WAS ABOUT TO LEAVE. THE

>JASMINE

> > >PLANT WHICH SHE HAD ALWAYS LOVED AND CAREFULLY TENDED BENT DOWN AND

> > >COILED SOFTLY AROUND HER ANKLES. THE ANIMALS SHED TEARS WHEN SHE LEFT.

>THIS

> > >ILLUSTRATES HOW PLANTS, TREES AND ALL OF NATURE WILL RETURN OUR LOVE IF

>WE

> > >REALLY CARE ABOUT THEM.

> > >

> > >IT IS CERTAINLY HIGH TIME TO TAKE STERN STEPS TO PREVENT MAN FROM

> > >DESTROYING

> > >NATURE AND THE RESOURCES WHICH SHE KINDLY BESTOWS ON US, AS A GIFT OR

> > >REWARD

> > >FOR THE GOOD ACTIONS WE PERFORM. THE IMPLEMENTATION OF STRICT RULES

>WOULD

> > >BE

> > >BENEFICIAL, BUT THERE IS A NEED FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE PREPARED TO OBEY AND

> > >EXECUTE

> > >SUCH RULES. NOWADAYS, THOSE WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO OBSERVE THE RULES ARE

>THE

> > >FIRST TO BREAK THEM. SOCIETIES SHOULD BE FORMED IN EACH AND EVERY

>VILLAGE,

> > >IN

> > >ORDER TO CREATE AN AWARENESS OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PROTECTING AND

> > >PRESERVING NATURE. MERE INTELLECTUAL UNDERSTANDING IS NOT ENOUGH.

>PEOPLE

> > >SHOULD BE TAUGHT TO FUNCTION FROM THEIR HEARTS. THE TEACHERS AND

> > >COUNSELORS OF THESE SOCIETIES SHOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO ENCOURAGE

>PEOPLE

> > >TO

> > >LOVE NATURE, TO FEEL COMPASSION FOR ALL OF CREATION AND ITS CREATURES.

>THE

> > >TEACHERS AND COUNSELORS THEMSELVES SHOULD BE HIGHLY COMPETENT AND

> > >EFFICIENT PEOPLE, WHO CAN INSPIRE OTHERS TO DO WHATEVER THEY ARE

>TAUGHT.

> > >ONLY

> > >THEN WILL THERE BE ANY BENEFIT. THE SUPPORT OF RELIGION AND SPIRITUAL

> > >PRINCIPLES

> > >WILL GREATLY HELP TO ACHEIVE THIS GOAL.

> > >

> > >IF WE HAVE SOME PET ANIMALS OR BIRDS, WE SHOULD FEED THEM ALSO BEFORE

> > >TAKING

> > >OUR FOOD. PERCEIVE GOD IN EVERY LIVING BEING AND FEED THEM WITH THAT

> > >ATTITUDE.

> > >

> > >THOSE OF US WHO ARE DOING SADHANA SHOULD TAKE CARE TO EAT ONLY PLAIN,

> > >FRESH,

> > >VEGETARIAN FOOD. IT IS THE SUBTLE ESSENCE OF WHAT WE EAT THAT BECOMES

>OUR

> > >MIND.

> > >

> > >MOTHER IS NOT ASKING THOSE WHO EAT MEAT AND FISH TO STOP DOING SO

>ABRUPTLY.

> > >BUT IT IS GOOD FOR SADHANA TO SWITCH OVER TO A COMPLETELY VEGETARIAN

>DIET.

> > >IT

> > >IS VERY DIFFICULT TO PUT AN ABRUPT STOP TO ANY HABIT. STUDY THE MIND,

>AND

> > >BRING

> > >IT UNDER CONTROL OVER TIME. EVERYONE KNOWS THAT SMOKING AND DRINKING

>ARE

> > >INJURIOUS TO HEALTH. STILL, MOST PEOPLE WHO HAVE CULTIVATED THESE

>HABITS

> > >FIND

> > >THEM HARD TO GIVE UP. HOW CAN SOMEONE WHO CANNOT FREE HIMSELF FROM THE

> > >CLUTCHES OF A CIGARETTE ATTAIN GOD-REALIZATION? IF WE TRY SINCERELY, WE

>CAN

> > >COMPLETELY GIVE UP SMOKING OR ANY OTHER BAD HABITS IN A SHORT TIME.

> > >

> > >I am baffled as to why there is even an argument around this subject.

> > >

> > >Jai Ma!

> > >

> > >Ananthasree

> > >

> > >http://www.ananthasree.com

> > >

> > >Ammachi, Max Dashu <maxdashu@> wrote:

> > > >

> > > > >My intuition is that with food, less is better.

> > > >

> > > > Definitely.

> > > >

> > > > And I also agree that meat eaters are more, not less, likely to get

> > > > cancer. Especially heavy meat eaters, unless they are leading very

> > > > physically active lives. All that uric acid in the blood.

> > > >

> > > > Max

> > > > --

> > > > Max Dashu

> > > > Suppressed Histories Archives

> > > > Women in Global Perspective

> > > > http://www.suppressedhistories.net

> > > >

> > > > New poster: Our Reproductive Rights!

> > > > http://www.maxdashu.net/shamanic/reprorights.html

> > > > Beautiful, multi-issue, empowering 11 x 17 laser print

> > > >

> > >

> >

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Amma's views on compassion to animals are well known and these words on the ideal of a

vegetarian diet in the context of sadhana are what they are. Yet. as Surya noted, Amma

has also advised individuals with certain conditions in which a strict vegetarian diet is

detrimental to health to eat some animal protein. So, I would encourage anyone with

concerns and without a clear sense of what is best for him/her to just ask Amma. When it

comes to dietary queries related to genuine health issues, I've never known Amma to be an

extremist or an ideologue in her responses, but to approach each situation individually.

Her ability to see into each person and know his/her needs (even if it means people think

she is giving a lot of conflicting advice!) had a lot to do with why I knew I could trust her.

Respectfully,

Iswari

Ammachi, "Ananthasree" <ananthasree> wrote:

>

> The following are all quotes from Amma on the issues of vegetarianism, nature and

animal

> rights.

> I suppose if any of us have any beefs (no pun intended) with this....then we will have to

> take it up with the Goddess herself!!

>

> Jai Jai Ma and all creatures whom Ma created!!!

>

> ~Ananthasree

>

> **************************

>

> TO CAGE A BIRD OR AN ANIMAL IS LIKE PUTTING A HUMAN BEING BEHIND BARS.

FREEDOM

> IS THE BIRTH RIGHT OF EVERY LIVING BEING. WHO ARE WE TO TAKE THAT FREEDOM

AWAY?

> BY INJECTING HORMONES INTO A HEN, WE TRY TO MAKE THE SIZE OF THE EGGS BIGGER.

> WE MAKE HENS LAY TWO EGGS A DAY BY SHUTTING THEM IN DARK CUBICLES, WHICH

ARE

> OPENED PERIODICALLY IN ORDER TO CREATE A FALSE IMPRESSION IN THE HEN THAT

ONE

> MORE DAY HAS PASSED. BUT BY DOING SO, THE HEN'S LIFE SPAN IS SHORTENED BY

HALF,

> AND THE EGGS LOSE ALL THEIR QUALITY. THE THOUGHT OF PROFIT HAS MADE MAN

BLIND

> AND DESTROYED ALL HIS GOODNESS AND VIRTUES. THERE IS A LIMIT TO EVERYTHING,

> AND CROSSING THAT LIMIT IS EQUAL TO DESTROYING NATURE.

>

> THE NEVERENDING STREAM OF LOVE THAT FLOWS FROM A TRUE BELIEVER TOWARDS

THE

> ENTIRE CREATION WILL HAVE A GENTLE, SOOTHING EFFECT ON NATURE. THIS LOVE IS

THE

> BEST PROTECTION OF NATURE.

>

> AS SOON AS THE COW STOPS PRODUCING MILK, WE WILL SELL IT TO THE BUTCHER IN

> ORDER TO MAKE MONEY. SELFISHNESS REIGNS SUPREME. SELFLESS LOVE CANNOT BE

> FOUND ANYWHERE. BUT OUR ANCESTORS WERE NOT LIKE THIS, THEY KNEW THAT

> GENERATIONS WOULD SUFFER DUE TO MANS DISASSOCIATION FROM NATURE. THEY

> THEREFORE LINKED RELIGIOUS RITES WITH NATURE.

>

> BHUTA YOGA IS THE LAST SACRIFICE; IT IS TO SERVE ALL LIVING BEINGS AS

EMBODIMENTS

> OF THE UNIVERSAL BEING. THIS IS DONE THROUGH THE FEEDING OF AND CARING FOR

THE

> ANIMAL KINGDOM AND THE PLANTS.

>

> FAITH IN GOD IS THE BEST WAY TO SUSTAIN THIS CHILD-LIKE INNOCENCE IN MAN. HE

> WHO HAS FAITH AND DEVOTION TO GOD, WHICH IN TURN STEMS FROM HIS INNATE

> INNOCENCE, BEHOLDS GOD IN EVERYTHING, IN EVERY TREE AND ANIMAL, IN EVERY

> ASPECT OF NATURE.

>

> BY PROTECTING AND PRESERVING WILD AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS, TREES, AND PLANTS,

WE

> ARE PROTECTING AND PRESERVING NATURE. THE ANCIENTS WORSHIPPED THE COW AND

> THE EARTH, INCLUDING THEM AMONGST THE FIVE MOTHERS. THE FIVE MOTHERS WERE

> DEHAMANTA (THE BIOLOGICAL MOTHER), DESAMATA (THE MOTHERLAND), BHUMATA

> (MOTHER EARTH), VEDAMATA (THE VEDAS) AND GOMATA (THE COW). TO OUR

> ANCESTORS, THE COW WAS NOT JUST A FOUR LEGGED CREATURE, BUT A SACRED

ANIMAL

> WHICH WAS WORSHIPPED AS A FORM OF THE MOTHER (GODDESS).

>

> THE WALL OF SEPARATION BETWEEN HUMANS AND NATURE IS CREATED MAINLY BY THE

> SELFISH ATTITUDES OF HUMANS. THEY THINK THAT NATURE HAS BEEN CREATED ONLY

> FOR THEM TO USE AND EXPLOIT IN ORDER TO FULFILL THEIR SELFISH DESIRES. THIS

> ATTITUDE CREATES A WALL, A SEPERATION AND A DISTANCE. IT IS A FRIGHTENING

TRUTH

> THAT MODERN MAN HAS LOST HIS BROAD-MINDEDNESS AS A RESULT OF THE

> TREMENDOUS GROWTH OF MODERN SCIENCE.

>

> ONCE A SAGE FOUND AN ABANDONED CHILD IN THE FOREST. HE BROUGHT THE CHILD

TO

> HIS HERMITAGE AND RAISED HER THERE AS HIS OWN. WHEN SHE GREW UP, THE SAGE

> ENTRUSTED HER WITH THE JOB OF LOOKING AFTER THE PLANTS AND DOMESTIC

ANIMALS.

> SHE LOVED THE PLANTS AND ANIMALS AS MUCH AS HER OWN LIFE.....ONE DAY THE GIRL

> LEFT THE HERMITAGE UPON MARRYING. AS SHE WAS ABOUT TO LEAVE. THE JASMINE

> PLANT WHICH SHE HAD ALWAYS LOVED AND CAREFULLY TENDED BENT DOWN AND

> COILED SOFTLY AROUND HER ANKLES. THE ANIMALS SHED TEARS WHEN SHE LEFT. THIS

> ILLUSTRATES HOW PLANTS, TREES AND ALL OF NATURE WILL RETURN OUR LOVE IF WE

> REALLY CARE ABOUT THEM.

>

> IT IS CERTAINLY HIGH TIME TO TAKE STERN STEPS TO PREVENT MAN FROM DESTROYING

> NATURE AND THE RESOURCES WHICH SHE KINDLY BESTOWS ON US, AS A GIFT OR

REWARD

> FOR THE GOOD ACTIONS WE PERFORM. THE IMPLEMENTATION OF STRICT RULES WOULD

BE

> BENEFICIAL, BUT THERE IS A NEED FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE PREPARED TO OBEY AND

EXECUTE

> SUCH RULES. NOWADAYS, THOSE WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO OBSERVE THE RULES ARE THE

> FIRST TO BREAK THEM. SOCIETIES SHOULD BE FORMED IN EACH AND EVERY VILLAGE, IN

> ORDER TO CREATE AN AWARENESS OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PROTECTING AND

> PRESERVING NATURE. MERE INTELLECTUAL UNDERSTANDING IS NOT ENOUGH. PEOPLE

> SHOULD BE TAUGHT TO FUNCTION FROM THEIR HEARTS. THE TEACHERS AND

> COUNSELORS OF THESE SOCIETIES SHOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE

TO

> LOVE NATURE, TO FEEL COMPASSION FOR ALL OF CREATION AND ITS CREATURES. THE

> TEACHERS AND COUNSELORS THEMSELVES SHOULD BE HIGHLY COMPETENT AND

> EFFICIENT PEOPLE, WHO CAN INSPIRE OTHERS TO DO WHATEVER THEY ARE TAUGHT.

ONLY

> THEN WILL THERE BE ANY BENEFIT. THE SUPPORT OF RELIGION AND SPIRITUAL

PRINCIPLES

> WILL GREATLY HELP TO ACHEIVE THIS GOAL.

>

> IF WE HAVE SOME PET ANIMALS OR BIRDS, WE SHOULD FEED THEM ALSO BEFORE TAKING

> OUR FOOD. PERCEIVE GOD IN EVERY LIVING BEING AND FEED THEM WITH THAT

ATTITUDE.

>

> THOSE OF US WHO ARE DOING SADHANA SHOULD TAKE CARE TO EAT ONLY PLAIN,

FRESH,

> VEGETARIAN FOOD. IT IS THE SUBTLE ESSENCE OF WHAT WE EAT THAT BECOMES OUR

> MIND.

>

> MOTHER IS NOT ASKING THOSE WHO EAT MEAT AND FISH TO STOP DOING SO

ABRUPTLY.

> BUT IT IS GOOD FOR SADHANA TO SWITCH OVER TO A COMPLETELY VEGETARIAN DIET.

IT

> IS VERY DIFFICULT TO PUT AN ABRUPT STOP TO ANY HABIT. STUDY THE MIND, AND

BRING

> IT UNDER CONTROL OVER TIME. EVERYONE KNOWS THAT SMOKING AND DRINKING ARE

> INJURIOUS TO HEALTH. STILL, MOST PEOPLE WHO HAVE CULTIVATED THESE HABITS FIND

> THEM HARD TO GIVE UP. HOW CAN SOMEONE WHO CANNOT FREE HIMSELF FROM THE

> CLUTCHES OF A CIGARETTE ATTAIN GOD-REALIZATION? IF WE TRY SINCERELY, WE CAN

> COMPLETELY GIVE UP SMOKING OR ANY OTHER BAD HABITS IN A SHORT TIME.

>

> I am baffled as to why there is even an argument around this subject.

>

> Jai Ma!

>

> Ananthasree

>

> http://www.ananthasree.com

>

> Ammachi, Max Dashu <maxdashu@> wrote:

> >

> > >My intuition is that with food, less is better.

> >

> > Definitely.

> >

> > And I also agree that meat eaters are more, not less, likely to get

> > cancer. Especially heavy meat eaters, unless they are leading very

> > physically active lives. All that uric acid in the blood.

> >

> > Max

> > --

> > Max Dashu

> > Suppressed Histories Archives

> > Women in Global Perspective

> > http://www.suppressedhistories.net

> >

> > New poster: Our Reproductive Rights!

> > http://www.maxdashu.net/shamanic/reprorights.html

> > Beautiful, multi-issue, empowering 11 x 17 laser print

> >

>

May 13, 2006

Namah Shivayah,

I agree. It would be wisest to let Amma guide the individual person in regard to particular

health concerns. She is our #1 doctor after all...and will guide us to whatever is for our

highest good! Rather than speculate, it is best to go straight to the source....ESPECIALLY as

it relates to ones personal health. Amma has told me it is OK to eat shrimp when I am

feeling restless in my diet. For another, it may be different. The spirit of compassion is, I

think, what is most important.

Jai Ma!

Ananthasree

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May 13, 2006

Amma Bless you Ananthasree !!!

Ammachi, "Ananthasree" <ananthasree>

wrote:

> Amma:

THOSE OF US WHO ARE DOING SADHANA SHOULD TAKE CARE TO EAT ONLY

PLAIN, FRESH,

VEGETARIAN FOOD. IT IS THE SUBTLE ESSENCE OF WHAT WE EAT THAT

BECOMES OUR

MIND.

MOTHER IS NOT ASKING THOSE WHO EAT MEAT AND FISH TO STOP DOING SO

ABRUPTLY.

BUT IT IS GOOD FOR SADHANA TO SWITCH OVER TO A COMPLETELY VEGETARIAN

DIET. IT

IS VERY DIFFICULT TO PUT AN ABRUPT STOP TO ANY HABIT. STUDY THE

MIND, AND BRING

IT UNDER CONTROL OVER TIME. EVERYONE KNOWS THAT SMOKING AND DRINKING

ARE

INJURIOUS TO HEALTH. STILL, MOST PEOPLE WHO HAVE CULTIVATED THESE

HABITS FIND

THEM HARD TO GIVE UP. HOW CAN SOMEONE WHO CANNOT FREE HIMSELF FROM

THE

CLUTCHES OF A CIGARETTE ATTAIN GOD-REALIZATION? IF WE TRY SINCERELY,

WE CAN

COMPLETELY GIVE UP SMOKING OR ANY OTHER BAD HABITS IN A SHORT TIME.

Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha!

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