Tumbler Principle (kurushetra battlefield)

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I'm not disagreeing about Amma's teachings. The same is taught in

Sai groups and is common in Catholic monastic tradition, sometimes

referred to as being "tossed into a rock tumbler", where everyone

rubs against eachother to become smooth and polished.

 

Unfortunately, the same teaching is used in destructive cults to

manipulate folks into staying. You see, a principle is Inherently

neither good or bad (i.e. gravity, creation, heat, etc.) but in the

way it's used. So please don't turn off your "Light of Awareness"

by using Amma's teachings in an Absolute fashion.

 

In my opinion, what you're saying is very much being abused by the

local satsang here, creating a cult-like manipulative atmosphere, and

giving those who've stayed on, a Subtle Sense of

Specialness (ego fertilizer) and false pride, and a sense of

Infallibility. Another problem is politics: Don't do anything

unless officially ordered to do so, then you can blame the order-

giver/boss for any mistakes, "I'm just doing my job". This is why

there's no large LS chanting being done, since there's no directive

from Swamiji D to do so. ("Suggestions" from either lower or higher

folks don't count, since it still puts the responsibility on the

locals, rather than an appointed robed man). Personally, I don't

think D has the balls to give the word to hold large chanting events

(universal like the atma/devi puja), and even then chances are that

the events held in DC would be as ineffective as the pathetic local

satsangs, considering the Ignoring of "Essential Sadhana Details".

 

You see, if you compare the "talk" of Dayamrita and myself, surely

Dayamrita beats me. If you compare actions, I beat him. (When using

the gunas as the benchmark, rather than an Amma quote debate or

intuition or robe color.)

 

tom

 

 

Ammachi, "Mahamuni Das" <mahamuni wrote:

>

> Let me just clarify what I said regarding what Mother regularly

says. She calls Her ashrams Kurukshetra--the battlefield in the

Bhagavad Gita and Mahabharata. She says that She takes the rough,

jagged edges of Her devotees and grinds them together to make smooth

stones.

> (snipped)