--- In [email protected], "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> From: [email protected]
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> On Behalf Of geezerfreak
> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 2:16 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soooo....Wooooooodja?
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> "curtisdeltablues" <curtisdeltablues@> wrote:
> >
> > I received a nice invitation from a friend to check out Amma who
is
> > coming to Alexandria Virginia this weekend. It was a great litmus
> > test for how I feel about spiritual people to decide if I would
go see
> > her or not.
>
> I confess to having encouraged both Geezer and Curtis to see Amma
in their
> respective cities. Here's how I look at it. I don't derive equal
benefit or
> inspiration from everything that happens at her programs, but on
the whole,
> I find the experience very uplifting for me. Your mileage may
vary. Amma
> once commented that spending time in the proximity of a mahatma is
like
> putting an unlit log next to a brightly burning one. The first log
catches
> fire. Sure, we're all essentially the same Self, but as Jim F
said, some
> people are spiritually more advanced than others, just as some
people are
> more accomplished musicians. Hang out with accomplished musicians
and you'll
> become a better one yourself. Hang out with someone who radiates
> spirituality as brightly as Amma, and you pick up a bit of it.
It's like
> visiting an incense factory. You come out smelling good. In fact,
that
> happens even if you believe it won't (referring to Curtis'
skepticism about
> transcendental, spiritual realities). I didn't encourage Geezer or
Curtis to
> visit Amma because I feel they need "saving" or "redeeming." I
think they're
> both doing great. I just like to turn friends onto things I like
myself, and
> I felt that each might enjoy the experience in their own way. If
not, the
> exit doors aren't barred.
>
Good for you! That was a wonderful thing to do, Rick!:-)
