“The more mature and open we become, the more we naturally want to see every possible illusion within our system, and this gives us humility. We recognize that we are not an “awakened person,” and that we are not “special.” We basically get to see that we are essentially nothing! One of Amma’s most well-known quotes is, “When we become a zero, then we can become a hero.” Feel free to interpret this for yourself. I have never heard of Amma calling herself enlightened; and I have also never seen her call anyone else enlightened!
From her perspective, there is no-one who is enlightened; there is only the one true reality that is everywhere and always. As we mature, we recognize that the spiritual process is about our systems being opened. And the degree that we are opened is relative to our willingness to be absolutely nobody. It’s another safety mechanism within the design of evolution…
There is a beautiful, organic process that takes place when we continue choose, to know what's True, before anything else. Of course, by choosing to know what is True, we are allowing a new perspective to take place in our being. And even though this is what we are looking for, maybe even hoping for, there is another deeper, unseen event taking place each time we choose.
When we choose Truth, our heart-our spiritual hearts-which is our true nature in our body, is opened. Each time we allow ourselves to choose what is True, we are in essence choosing our own heart. And this is vital. Our hearts need to open, to get really large to absorb the habits and tendencies of our old perceptions.
And when we completely fall in Love with what is True, we are, again, falling in Love with our own heart. It may not feel like it ~ in fact, we may at first deny our own heart's divinity, yet, as our heart is opened it begins to reveal itself. And each time we fall in Love with Truth, our own heart responds, by opening.
Some of you may know what I am speaking of. Maybe you have experienced some rather large heart openings. It can be quite wonderful, and powerful. What is happening, each time the heart is opened up, again and again, is one of the most essential parts of our unfoldment.
Because it is this opened heart, that brings the mind back home.
We all know how tenacious and distracted the mind can be. And also how full of ideas, projections, judgements and fears it harbors. That's a lot of stuff.
But what if the heart were able to accommodate the mind and all its luggage. What if there is, within the open heart, an innate capacity to bring the mind home. Like a wild dog on a leash. And when the dog-mind gets too tired, the leash shortens a bit. And then, one day, the dog-mind recognizes that the leash is the security that it’s been looking for, and starts to return home to the heart with just a little tug on the leash. And then there comes a point, when there might not need to be a tug, or a leash, because the mind has found its true abode.”
~ Joi Sharp is a disciple of Amma, or Mata Amritanandamayi. With Amma's blessing, She began teaching in 2006. Joi encourages people to begin to recognize the key role that our Nervous System plays in the actual embodiment of Consciousness. She loves to use every little human experience to open up the Nervous System, in order that our transformation goes beyond needing a certain perception or experience. She emphasizes our capacity to receive the Infinite Reality deeply into our bodies, so that our bodies no longer experience themselves as separate. Rather our entire beings become informed by the flow of Life, thus feeling supported by life. We live and act for the benefit of all.
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