What we have is a case of Mother Theresa agonzing for 5 decades, since she insists that her experience confirm to the theology that she believed (That Jesus will make his presense felt to devoted followers). She unnecessarly suffers for decades since her theoligical expectations are in conflict with how the spiritual world is interacting with her.

Just to clarify, I am not at all implying that Jesus’s presense was never felt by her during early days. What I am saying is that our spiritual nature evolves..one spiritual phenomina evolves into another..we need to remain tuned in. She could have tuned in to whataver the spiritual dimensinion was offering to her and found the peace within. But apparently she was insisting that the spiritual diemsnion confirm to her theology. That path only leads to anguish and frustration. The theology of organized religion and dogma cannot force the spiritual dimension into its little box.

Interesting she was living in the heart of Hinduism (India), and she could have needlesly avoided the 50 year anguish by choosing to look a little outside her self-imposed theological box.

Arjun

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And you wanted me dead so that you can write eulogy. What can I say, “Dost Dost Na Raha. Pyar Pyar Na Raha. Zindagi Hume Tera Eitbaar Na Raha”

and if Mother did indeed say you are going to be OK..you must be.

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Communication with God is something which can be debated for aeons. for those who believe in no personal god , as in God in the form of say Jesus or Krishna would you then term them as less than saints? Lord Buddha did not believe in any one God. He believed and taught in the power of the Self to achieve greatness and ultimately Oneness..this is what he practised and attained Nirvana with. It has been said that when Buddha gave his preachings even the Gods from the heavens came to listen to him. The goal ultimately is freedom from any ego.. even of the Godly kind..one has to merge with the Universe in complete bliss.
Like Swami Vivekananda said ‘ you can be born in a church but should not die in one’. What he meant was going beyond nama rupa ..name and form.

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I happen to hold quite radial views regarding Mother Teresa.She was a great humanitarian,but
to call her a saint might be stretching it too far.Great personalities like
Therese Neumann,Saint Francis of Assisi,Ramana Maharshi & Ramakrishna Paramahansa were saints,they communicated constantly with God.

In my humble opinion, she did great service to mankind.But was she in constant communication with God ?
I am not so sure ?

Its been a while since I read your blog..I have a lot of catching up to do.
Hope all is well with you.

Regards,
Srikant

A hint about this living Saint that I mentioned, he never sings that one old song from his grandmother’s bollywood collection, “Aadmi Hoon Aadmi Se Pyar Karta Hoon”

Kav my dear…one song for you too, “Yeh Duniya Agar Mil Bhi Jaye To Kya Hai.. Yeh Duniya Agar Mil Bhi Kaye To Kya Hai (sung at a slower pace the second time)..”

BTW I did have the good opportunity to meet Mother Terresa. I sat next to her, and said to myself, “so near and yet so far”. I looked at her and my life (the mischievous deeds) flashed in front of me. I never felt so small. Somehow she sensed what was going through my head, she placed her arms around my shoulder and looked at my father and said to him, “Don’t worry he will be OK”.

Hi Sapt..good thing. Some souls are born with a purpose..sometimes their death serves a purpose as well. Mother was one of those. The idea was not to deprive her of what is rightfully due. Its to do with setting precedents, inspiring, awakening divinity.. not to be taken lightly especially in times like ours when examples are few and far between.

Hi Dilip.. agree..

Shaan.. now look what you have done. Poor Steve has actually committed the cardinal sin of taking you by your word. And as for you do accept my heartfelt sympathy for thus living in our mundane world shrouded in anonymity, with your divinity unacknowledged…some day perhaps..Do let us know when that happens. I will dedicate a ..umm..post to you.

Unfortunately there is a restriction on having living saints, otherwise I would offer one name.