Guest guest Posted May 29, 2006 Report Share Posted May 29, 2006 Ammachi, Prajna - Brianna <prajnaji> wrote: > > Bhajan is the focus of my sadhana, but for me the > deepest point of connection is the silence between bhajans. > But it is true that what enables each of us to transcend > is unique to that individual. > > Again, I would refer anyone with questions about > their personal sadhana to Amma herself. > And how fortunate we are that she is so near! > > love, > > Prajna > >>>>> All Good Points; especially about silence between bhajans Q! Here is what Amma says: After medicine is injected, it takes some time before it spreads throughout the body. In the same way, after doing spiritual practices, one should spend some time in silence. If one starts talking of worldly things after two hours of meditation, even five years of meditation will be useless. - Ammachi, For My Children, p109 Silence and Love ! cannot get away from this teaching of Amma ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 30, 2006 Report Share Posted May 30, 2006 Please, Amarnath, make an effort to UNDERSTAND the placement of Amma's or any other spiritual teaching. What they do at the ashram, from my understanding, and what's good in general after a period of meditating is to lie in corpse pose to let the blood circulate evenly throughout the body. This is not the same as what you're quoting below. The Beneficial Effect of silence (non-talking) between bhajans is something more adhered to by SSB bhajan-satsangs. They use the Akhanda (without breaks/division) format, so that everyone can maintain their concentration gained by the bhajan singing (another song starts immeditately after one ends). When I led Ammachi satsangs, I used the same format, but relaxed a little to include a mini-pause to ask if anyone else wanted to sing (the strict SSB format can lead to anxiety). In later years when I attended and sang, I'd automatically start singing another song if the pause was too long, which quickly woke others up, because they thought I was trying to hog-time, and they were quick to start singing themselves. Another technique of maintaining concentration through the principle of Akhanda is to sing with a drone note, and more importantly, for the lead singer to hold over the end of a line until the group joins in (if the song allows). Also effective for Archana chanting in a group (slight pause between lead and group, slowly overlapping, so that group starts in with response when lead says "Namaha". I've been to some guru's satsangs where there's all kinds of talking betweem songs or commentary on the song just sung... yuck! tom Ammachi, "amarnath" <anatol_zinc> wrote: > > > All Good Points; especially about silence between bhajans Q! > > Here is what Amma says: > After medicine is injected, it takes some time before it spreads > throughout the body. In the same way, after doing spiritual > practices, one should spend some time in silence. If one starts > talking of worldly things after two hours of meditation, even five > years of meditation will be useless. - Ammachi, For My Children, > p109 > > Silence and Love ! cannot get away from this teaching of Amma ! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 30, 2006 Report Share Posted May 30, 2006 > The Beneficial Effect of silence (non-talking) between bhajans is >something more >adhered to by SSB bhajan-satsangs. What is SSB? Max -- Max Dashu Art in Goddess Reverence http://www.maxdashu.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 30, 2006 Report Share Posted May 30, 2006 Satya Sai Baba - Max Dashu Ammachi Tuesday, May 30, 2006 1:36 PM Re: Q about I => silence between bhajans > The Beneficial Effect of silence (non-talking) between bhajans is >something more >adhered to by SSB bhajan-satsangs. What is SSB? Max -- Max Dashu Art in Goddess Reverence http://www.maxdashu.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 31, 2006 Report Share Posted May 31, 2006 Dear Thomas, Sorry that you felt my quote of Amma was inappropriate somehow. The point you were making was unclear to me and I do not wish to judge it one way or another. The only thing I can do is clarify a little what my opinion is; your opinion may be different; each of us( everyone ) is entitled to our opinions; some of our opinions may be useful to others is why we are sharing I assume. To clarify my opinion: I know that innocently noticing Silence between bhajans and deliberately resting and/or keeping silent after spiritual practices are different situations; yet the common thread is Silence and worth pointing out especially with Amma's Aphorism. The reason I feel Amma's Aphorism was significant to mention is that some may not be aware of the significance of resting and/or keeping silence after some spiritual practices and this may be difficult in our busy daily lives but not impossible. Further, IMHO, Silence cannot be confined by rules of any kind. Of course, let everyone follow the guidelines of their spiritual practices with all Love and Awareness as best they can. But, it seems to be the experience of many that Silence will come of it's own accord even unexpectantly ~ even in the MIDDLE of a dynamic bhajan; and it would be foolish not to surrender to it. God is One but has many names some are Silence, Awareness, Love. In Sanskrit and Vedic culture, the common trio is Sat-Chit-Ananda( existence, consciousness, bliss ) but perhaps in our present American culture Silence-Awareness-Love is a little easier to grasp and talk about. When Amma was asked what Her religion is, Her answer was Love( not Ananda ) and when we read "Awaken Children" there are many examples of interconnectedness between Silence-Awareness-Love. In most recent issue of Matruvani, Amma makes the point that spiritual language( including scriptures ) needs to be flexible and updated according to the times and culture. My simple view( just my opinion) is that Silence is God resting( Unmanifest); Love is God flowing( manifesting); and Awareness is God Awake to both. Love-Silence-Awareness perhaps works best for me; by loving silence and awareness, we act lovingly to everyone, everything. If you wish to share you view of God in words, please do so. Thanks for listening. Amma Bless, amarnath Ammachi, "Tom" <tomgull> wrote: > > Please, Amarnath, make an effort to UNDERSTAND the placement of Amma's > or any other spiritual teaching. What they do at the ashram, from my > understanding, and what's good in general after a period of meditating > is to lie in corpse pose to let the blood circulate evenly throughout > the body. > > This is not the same as what you're quoting below. The Beneficial > Effect of silence (non-talking) between bhajans is something more > adhered to by SSB bhajan-satsangs. .....> tom > > Ammachi, "amarnath" <anatol_zinc@> wrote: > > > > > > All Good Points; especially about silence between bhajans Q! > > > > Here is what Amma says: > > After medicine is injected, it takes some time before it spreads > > throughout the body. In the same way, after doing spiritual > > practices, one should spend some time in silence. If one starts > > talking of worldly things after two hours of meditation, even five > > years of meditation will be useless. - Ammachi, For My Children, > > p109 > > > > Silence and Love ! cannot get away from this teaching of Amma ! > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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