--- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 8/6/05 8:06 PM, anonymousff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Is darshan something the *teacher* does? I thought > > it meant something the devotee does, in the sense > > of being open to whatever holiness emanates > > spontaneously from the teacher. If the teacher is > > the real thing, s/he can't *not* "do" darshan. > > > > That's what I've always heard, at any rate. > > > > "Darshan" is something that YOU, yourself, can give to > > others if you have any stored up, subtle, satvic > > energy to spare. Every time people interact, > > energy exchange takes place. Some people give, > > some people take. Some are aware of this taking > > place, most are not. I guess this begs the question, > > am I a parasite, or am I the opposite, a lightbulb? > > > And if a light bulb, what is my power source? Amma refers to herself as an > inexhaustible battery. Which is why she seems as full of shakti at 11am > after giving darshan to 8,000 people all night as she does at 8pm the night > before.
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