As I read through these Amma posts I’m going to respond to some of them by posting some things written by a good friend of mine on an Amma chat. Her experience with Amma is much more extensive than mine. Here’s one:
Rick,
What are you thoughts on these and related posts?
I don't know. You get a completely different perspective spending time with Mother in
India. Many things happen in an ashram that size and some are discussed during
satsangs, Mother specifically asking people not to take notes and then send e-mails to the
west about what is discussed, things can get twisted, taken out of context,
misunderstood. I respect that.
I have been in India every year during Amma's birthday from 1997 to 2001, and every year
Mother says She wants no fuss, but will let the devotees celebrate. I was sitting a few feet
away from Mother when Swamiji talked about His plans for the big birthday bash. Amma
was disgusted, embarrassed, wanted nothing to do with it, looked at us and said what She
wanted was to have the westerners come and help build the houses, or a normal
celebration like every year. This was Swamiji's initiative and others jumped on the
bandwagon, especially the politicians (namely the one mentionned in prior articles). A lot
of the long timers stayed completely away from the whole thing. People around Her have
egos, no matter how devoted and dedicated they are, and therefore on some level, their
own agendas. Pushing Mother is one of them.
Mother complains over and over about how nobody around Her listens to Her. She has
become very much a prisoner in Her own home. She cannot go out of the house, move
freely, express herself freely, even swim in Her pool without being jumped on by the
freenzied bhaktinis! I have seen it evolve over the last few years and it was very sad to
watch...
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