The Indian Saint Ramakrishna Was Asked If He Ever Felt Anger – His Answer Can Help Us All
It’s about writing on water.
One thing I learned early on in my studying of the spiritual luminaries – people like Ram Dass, Eckhart Tolle and Michael Singer – is that they repeat themselves. Often.
And it’s not just the concepts, like we are not the voice yammering in our heads or the need to let go of our egos.
It’s also specific stories and quotes they use. Over and over.
Mickey’s greatest repeat hits
Mickey Singer, my favorite, is the king of this. I’ve listened to hundreds of hours of his talks and have heard many anecdotes and quotes repeated again and again.
Here’s a short list:
My favorite is this oft repeated quote from the Indian saint, Meher Baba:
“Man minus mind equals God.”
Then there’s the Indian sage Ma Yogashakti who gave Mickey’s Temple of the Universe its Durga statue. She once said to him:
“Mickey, don’t you just love it when they yell at you? There’s so much energy!”
And there’s the story he tells of his own guru, Yogananda, who, when asked by a disciple how he could find God, responded:
“He dwells right behind your every thought.”
But the one I’ve heard several times in the last few months is the subject of today’s piece.
And that is this anecdote Mickey attributes to the 19th century Indian saint Ramakrishna. One of his disciples reportedly asked him if a great being like him ever experienced anger.
Ramakrishna replied:
“Yes, but it’s like writing on water.”
Of course, if you write on water, it disappears almost immediately.