The Big Joke - (Excerpt from Amma and Me)

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Robin:

 

I woke in a room bright with California early morning sunlight., I made my

way to the bathroom groggy with sleep.

 

 

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Wow, what a glorious delight for you to discover the Truth.

 

Thanks for sharing and inspiring us all.

 

Kandar

 

 

 

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Wow, I adore this story! I was actually highly amused as I read it, and

still am, as the general consensus of those who experience a " preview " is that

it's such a simple state, and that everything is obviously clear, much like the

part about looking for your glasses and then realizing you're already wearing

them. I was actually attempting, in my very limited way, to explain to my

boyfriend what the goal is that we're all trying to reach, and it was so hard

to get across, but this summed my difficulties up perfectly! I definitely had

to forward it to him. =) Jai Maa!!

-Katie

 

 

 

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I woke in a room bright with California early morning sunlight., I made my way

to the bathroom groggy with sleep. I noticed that something seemed different,

but I didn't pay this difference any mind. I stood in front of the toilet for a

long while. I couldn't tell if I had to go or not. Strange, I always have to go

to the toilet in the morning. I waited, and after a while it was business as

usual. I flushed, then looked into the medicine cabinet mirror. I was astonished

beyond measure at what I saw.

 

" Oh, so this is what God looks like, " was my completely spontaneous thought as

I stared in wonderment at my face in the mirror. For years I had been praying to

" see the face of God " with no clear idea of what I was really asking for. And

now here He was, looking back at me through my own brown eyes. I studied the

face for a long time.

 

I looked at my hands, and then my feet. Yes, they were God too. I held my hand

over the the sink and looked intently. The boundary of the skin was absent. The

sink was just as much a part of me as was my hand. Everything was me; everything

was God. I looked out of the bathroom window and stared at a tree in the yard.

Me too. There was a car coming down the street. Also me. I spent a long time

exploring the infinity of that bathroom.

 

When I finally emerged, I wandered around the house amazed. It was as if I had

never seen anything before. I truly was reborn. I do not remember most of that

day; I think my mind didn't completely make the voyage to this new planet. I

wasn't thinking much, but rather just viewing everything with a kind of detached

wonderment.

 

At the time, I thought I was enlightened. Now I don't think so, because

enlightenment is permanent, and this didn't last; I couldn't hold on to it. Now,

I think that Mother granted an " enlightenment preview " in response to my pleas

for samadhi. However on this day I kept laughing to myself saying, " Oh, so this

is enlightenment. Oh, How simple this is. Oh if people only knew. " I mean it was

such a joke. It was as if I spent years looking for my glasses only to find that

I was looking through them the whole time. And the other part of the joke was

the irony of having striven for this state for years, and now that I had it, the

one who wanted it....was no longer there.

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Om Namah Shivaya,

 

Thank you. This is a book I've yet to read, but haven't seen in Amma's book

store lately. Isn't it wonderful how Amma gives little " previews? " It seems

to be a motivation to keep doing sadhana.

 

Sweta

 

Robin Wilson <lilymoonjewel wrote: I

woke in a room bright with California early morning sunlight., I made my way to

the bathroom groggy with sleep. I noticed that something seemed different, but

I didn't pay this difference any mind. I stood in front of the toilet for a long

while. I couldn't tell if I had to go or not. Strange, I always have to go to

the toilet in the morning. I waited, and after a while it was business as usual.

I flushed, then looked into the medicine cabinet mirror. I was astonished beyond

measure at what I saw.

 

" Oh, so this is what God looks like, " was my completely spontaneous thought

as I stared in wonderment at my face in the mirror. For years I had been praying

to " see the face of God " with no clear idea of what I was really asking for. And

now here He was, looking back at me through my own brown eyes. I studied the

face for a long time.

 

I looked at my hands, and then my feet. Yes, they were God too. I held my

hand over the the sink and looked intently. The boundary of the skin was absent.

The sink was just as much a part of me as was my hand. Everything was me;

everything was God. I looked out of the bathroom window and stared at a tree in

the yard. Me too. There was a car coming down the street. Also me. I spent a

long time exploring the infinity of that bathroom.

 

When I finally emerged, I wandered around the house amazed. It was as if I

had never seen anything before. I truly was reborn. I do not remember most of

that day; I think my mind didn't completely make the voyage to this new planet.

I wasn't thinking much, but rather just viewing everything with a kind of

detached wonderment.

 

At the time, I thought I was enlightened. Now I don't think so, because

enlightenment is permanent, and this didn't last; I couldn't hold on to it. Now,

I think that Mother granted an " enlightenment preview " in response to my pleas

for samadhi. However on this day I kept laughing to myself saying, " Oh, so this

is enlightenment. Oh, How simple this is. Oh if people only knew. " I mean it was

such a joke. It was as if I spent years looking for my glasses only to find that

I was looking through them the whole time. And the other part of the joke was

the irony of having striven for this state for years, and now that I had it, the

one who wanted it....was no longer there.

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I wanted to make sure you understood this was not my experience... it was the

experience of another Amma devotee who wrote a book... called Amma and Me by

Manoharan.

 

KandarW wrote:

Robin:

 

I woke in a room bright with California early morning sunlight., I made my

way to the bathroom groggy with sleep.

 

------------

 

Wow, what a glorious delight for you to discover the Truth.

 

Thanks for sharing and inspiring us all.

 

Kandar

 

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