Watch Out for Those Green Lights
Amritapuri -- Friday, 20 August 2004
Today Amma came to give satsang to all the
ashramites. One of the first questions put to
Her was by a new visitor to the ashram. "Amma," he
said, "When I first came to the ashram I
had a wonderful experience. I felt my aajnja
chakra [third eye] open up and I attained
a divine consciousness. But after five and a
half days, the experience left me, and now I
am very depressed. What happened?" |
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Amma began by telling the man that for those five
and a half days he had "pushed the button" on
the torch [flashlight], and therefore he'd seen "the
light." But whatever he had been doing he must
have stopped and thus his experience ended. But that
didn't matter, Amma said, seeing the path before him
illumined he can now continue forward inspired and
guided by what he had seen.
Such experiences may come, Amma said, but don't give
them too much importance. Consider them something
to inspire you to persevere in your spiritual practices.
We should let such experiences come and also let them
go. If we don't let them go, we may find ourselves
stuck on them.
Amma said we may experience many things along the
path to realisation. Perhaps we will see a blue light
or a golden light, etc. But we are not here to chase
such experiences.
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Amma then told a story about a man who began
seeing a green light in his mind while meditating.
He became so obsessed with the light that he
soon started seeing green lights everywhere he
looked. Then one day while driving his car through
an intersection, he met with a bad accident because
he thought even the red light was green. |
Amma concluded be saying that such experiences
are not the way to gauge our spiritual progress.
This can only be judged by checking our ability
to face all situations with equanimity of mind
and our ability to always be loving and peaceful
towards others.
--Sakshi |
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