on 5/12/05 5:56 PM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On May 12, 2005, at 6:33 PM, Rick Archer wrote: > >> on 5/12/05 1:35 PM, Irmeli Mattsson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> >>> For this kind of guru-disciple relationship to persist, the guru has >>> to be distant. In a close daily contact the idealization would >>> collapse rather fast. >> >> Honest gurus actually acknowledge this. Ammachi has told followers >> that if >> they get too close to her, they may be disillusioned. > > What a load of crap. If the teacher is truly enlightened they will find > ways to reach you even if you are separate...as long as you are > connected on your end.
There are numerous stories of Amma doing this. Even initiating people at a distance. You can read a large and growing collection of such stories at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AWAKENCHILDREN/. But like every human being on the planet, she has, or appears to have, a relative personality. All she was saying, as I understand it, is that if you cling to an idealized conception of her relative personality, you may find that the real one doesn't match it if you get too close. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
