That's one side of the coin - an intimate portrayal of sadistic abuse from Amma - a person who is worshiped, adored, praised for her masochistic skills. All that repressed energy has to show up somewhere.
I myself am very conflicted. Here Amma has genuine mystical energy, not some emotional masturbation or fantasies like Jim or Xeno. But she herself has not integrated it and so she remains deluded and deceived. She was physically abused when she was young, and she was uneducated. But the mystical energy is real, it's tangible, it's powerful. People want messiahs to suffer for their sins and here the narrative of the divine Mother was shoved on to her and people had a new messiah - more masochistic than anyone had ever seen before. If you are aware, are sensitive like me the mystical energy around her can make you real high - you need to just for the heck of it attend one of the evening programs when she sings. I myself still listen and sing to the Bhajans, every week or every other week. Even though I don't need to but I'm still attached to it, the nostalgic memories it creates - I revel in that feeling when I feel like it. So she serves a purpose - I wonder what would happen to the happen to the people in her absence. She serves a genuine purpose after all - for all these dysfunctional - emotionally, psychologically stunted people. Not that every one fits the bill - there are healthy people, but it's not her, these people would have been served fine anyway - regardless of which Guru they go to. That is in a ultimate sense Amma doesn't do anything - she does more harm than good. But what would they do in her absence, I wonder. May be drugs, alcohol - some other paranoid delusional beliefs like aliens, ascended masters or some other cult, Guru. Or paranoid, trollish, abusive rants on online forums like Barry - it will manifest somewhere else. Let the drama continue till reality withdraws its grace from it. On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 5:18 AM, Michael Jackson <mjackso...@yahoo.com>wrote: > ** > > > Ha ha! Yeah I read that when it came out - here is a copy of Gail > Treadwell's letter. The picture she paints sounds like reality to me. > > > http://ritualsofdisenchantment.blogspot.com/2013/01/40-ways-to-leave-your-divine-lover.html > > > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Alex Stanley <j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com> > *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > *Sent:* Monday, May 27, 2013 7:08 PM > > *Subject:* [FairfieldLife] Re: FW: A Living Saint Coming to Iowa > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson <mjackson74@...> > wrote: > > > > I must say I am a bit sceptical about the Amma article - I read > > every word and I wonder if the author had some bias for her, you > > know like the TM shills who write pro-TM articles? > > > > You might like this article better, then: > > http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/the-hugging-saint-20120816 > > > > >
