RE: to Amma Family about stirring the pot

October 10, 2008

very REAL and grouded response.love it.AMMAs breastmilk indeed.

Ammachi: nierika: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:09:04

-0400 Re: to Amma Family about stirring the pot

Dear Amma Family,This is not a response to anything in particular, but rather, a

general post. When I was involved for a time with a satsang in the suburbs of a

large city, and also when I attended retreats, I experienced people using the

following phrase to basically excuse negative talk and/or behavior (paraphrase):

It is just Amma, stirring the pot. Amma may be stirring a pot, but I believe it

is a pot of PRINCIPLES, and She is cooking up a healthy spiritual nourishment

for Her children. It always felt to me that when someone said Amma was stirring

the pot, it was a too convenient excuse to not take responsibility for their own

negative behavior. We are the one's stirring the pot. I can imagine Amma rocking

back in Her seated repose and heartily laughing ... what silly humans. Perhaps

one of the first steps is to be able to discriminate which pot is being stirred,

and hence, which one we will choose to taste. I think Amma's pot would have a

compelling odor, with smells of sweetness, spiciness, an aura of wholeness. On

the other hand our pots are unbalanced to one degree or another ... maybe too

much salt (which abrades our existing wounds); maybe too much pepper (which

makes us sneeze, thus deflecting our attention), too much sweetness that addicts

us to the wrong pot. Okay, so much for pots! I feel that I've really put myself

" out there or out " here, " so I may get a negative pot response. So be it. I will

do my best to remain a WITNESS. Jai Ma ~ Linda **************New MapQuest Local

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