Message #46239

[Jitendra Hydonus]

So far I am listening to your view of what the Brother had to say. I find it interesting that you correlate his SOT (sphere of thought) with Plato’s view of an ideal world and his philosophy. I apologize if I haven’t responded to what you have said. I do not see any specific question so it sounds like you are mulling this over in your own mind, while at the same time helping us in your thoughts. My thought is that his lecture was quite informative in attempting to understand how different thought forms affect world views and even personal opinions and views.

You may want to know, that while I heard Anandamoy speak many times at services and in person he was not one of the monks I really connected with as you did. I suppose I could attempt to explain why but really don’t know that it is important. The point is that many people did and sometimes I was quite immersed in his anecdotes, especially since he had so many encounters with the Master. I remember once going to the Pasadena (it is now Glendale) temple and walking across a large empty room and he was sitting in a chair alone, next to the wall, at a distance from me. He kept staring at me as I crossed the room. I had come to hear what I thought would be another Brother (Sarvananda) that morning but instead Brother Anandamoy was speaking. Did he pick up on my thought? Possibly. Yet I determined that I was going to listen to him speak so went to the sanctuary and meditated before the service. I suppose anyone should feel good about being noticed although at times we may wonder; Why? It is strange but even today I can remember him staring at me. I always wondered about that encounter. As most people, I’ve at times had people that were part of my life take a long stare at me. I have often wondered what it meant and why they did it, and their thoughts at the time. Quite often I’ve thought of such encounters as a type of standoff, between two different ways of ‘seeing’ things.