Message #45113

[Jitendra Hydonus]

Thought I’d come back to this since Eric brought it up to me today. And his insight is correct from my vantage point. We, for the most part are caught up in duality. We desire to see people but soon grow tired of their presence. Then want someone else. We miss someone, but soon find their presence at times becomes irritating. We notice someone’s unique talents but soon find their idiosyncrasies can be a nuisance. We get excited about a certain type of music but after awhile find it monotonous. Everything is subject to duality, and the most magnetic qualities can change and vary and sometimes be repulsive. We can see these various qualities after years of living and begin to wonder how it is that a so called saint can hug over 40 million people and not eventually grow weary of it. Amma has said that when she looks out at an audience she sees beautiful colors like flowers. It is obvious she is seeing something that most of us cannot yet see. She is seeing the souls of all those who come to see her. So she is seeing beyond duality. To what extent are we able to rise above the dual nature of this world and witness a higher dimension of conscious being; so we too are not affected by the dual nature of like/dislike, attraction/ repulsion, excitement/ boredom and all the dual qualities of material existence?