--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Peter, > > If the stories on her Website are accurate, her confusion doesn't > surprise me. I found her descent into madness chronicled on her > site completely riveting.
How sad. Of course I understand that others may see the > divine hand at work instead of a mental illness. Funny to think how > she would have been treated in this culture with her symptoms. She > may have sustained neurological damage early on if this story is true > from her site: > > "A daughter earlier born to Mokhshadasundari died prematurely. With > that tragedy in mind Mokhshada [Grandma (Didima) to the devotees] > took the newborn MA before a Tulsi sapling installed in the house in > the morning and rolled the infant over and over on the ground. The > ritual was repeated every day for eighteen months. When MA grew up, > she did it all by herself'- an infant god frolicking in front of her > other self, symbolised by the Tulsi." > > But with this experience she would be off to a facility for sure: > > "1926 > Thus passed the days at Shahbag. > She would start a job, say, the offering of the cooked food to the > deity and would stop midway becoming as still as a stone. This might > happen during the household work or cooking, regardless of the heat > from the blazing oven scorching her body. She would lie prostrate for > hours unmindful of the rows of ants biting into her flesh. She would > walk around at night through bushes and boughs unafraid of snakes or > reptiles. Yet, her face would glow with a smile, her body with radi ance." > > The site is full of this kind of story interpreted through the rosy > glasses of her divine nature. Her experiences remind me of the three > people I knew personally at MIU who became afflicted with > Schizophrenia. (The college age group is particularly vulnerable to > this disease isn't it?) One was taken over by "divine rapture" and > refused to leave his room for days. Fortunately for him he was taken > for treatment instead of being worshiped. Under the grip of this > illness my friends took on an appearance of divine ecstasy or extreme > pain and their eyes gleamed with intensity It was completely > unnerving to be in their presence, but with the right mindset and > belief system I can see how people could respond differently. > > Would Ma have been better off on some psych drug? That is a tough one > isn't it? One friend whose progress I tracked through the years was > constantly going off his meds because the sensations of the illness > were so compelling for him. It is tough to give up divine rapture for > functionality in daily life. The fact that he was tormented by his > illness was also clear. There was no reasonable position that would > allow him to just stay off the drugs. What a shitty dilemma life > handed him and his poor family. Interpreting Ma's inability to even > feed herself at times as "divine forgetfulness" is kind of a charming > alternative to seeing her condition clinically. Or maybe autism was > at play? Since I am giving a medical diagnosis on the basis of > stories, what that hell, I might as well throw that one in also! Who > knows. Instead of wandering the streets as she might have ended up > here, she had a rich full life with people catering to her every whim. > This is a fascinating life viewed from any perspective isn't it? > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <drpetersutphen@> wrote: > > > > When SSRS was about 12 years old MMY brought him to > > see Anandamayi Ma. SSRS says that she kept on refering > > to him in the female tense and he didn't know why. > > > > --- curtisdeltablues <curtisdeltablues@> > > wrote: > > > > > Good find. Did you check out the videos? > > > http://www.anandamayi.org/mmedia/avi/8d.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" > > > <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "nablus108" > > > <nablus108@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" > > > <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, > > > "nablus108" <nablus108@> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That being said the woman saint that > > > Maharishi brought with > > > > > him > > > > > > > to > > > > > > > my > > > > > > > > > TTC glowed like a light bulb. A sight I > > > will never forget > > > > > and > > > > > > > have not > > > > > > > > > seen since. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Where was that? MMY asked Matananda Mai to > > > go to Europe with > > > > > him > > > > > > > once, but she > > > > > > > > declined. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If you are referring to Ananda Mayima it was > > > the other way > > > > > around. > > > > > > > She > > > > > > > did not want to part with Maharishi so she > > > wanted to come with > > > > > him > > > > > > > to > > > > > > > Switzerland, but seeing the huge following > > > of her disciples, who > > > > > > > could > > > > > > > not part with her, he suggested that it was > > > better she stayed in > > > > > > > India. > > > > > > > I've talked to people who saw them together, > > > just sitting > > > > > quietly on > > > > > > > the floor holding hands, it was an amazing > > > sight. > > > > > > > When she left the body in 1982 Maharishi > > > said; "Now I'm really > > > > > > > alone." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > According to Benjamin Creme, Ananda Mayima > > > was an Avatar. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Her official biography says it differently: > > > MMY asked and she > > > > > declined. > > > > > There are dozens of biograpies on her, which > > > one do you reffer to ? > > > > > I heard this from a fellow probably still on > > > Purusha, he was there. > > > > > > > > > > It does not make sense that Maharishi would > > > invite an indian saint > > > > > to Europe knowing that hundreds of her disciples > > > automatically would > > > > > follow. Some of these disciples refused to leave > > > her and travelled > > > > > along with her all over India. She was very well > > > known in India, > > > > > having thousands of disciples and started > > > ashrams all over the > > > > > country. If you happen to go to Vrindavan you > > > could drop by her > > > > > ashram there, very strong athmosphere though in > > > need of renovation. > > > > > > > > > > > > > There's a website that is allegedly her "fficial" > > > website. Has the > > > timeline of her life. It > > > > mentions MMY. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > > > --------------------~--> > > > See what's inside the new Yahoo! 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