1. Om Sri Matre Namah: I bow down to Amma who is the Auspicious Mother
It seems fitting to have started this blog on this day: a beautiful night sky enveloping all of Singapore with a full moon that seems to beam its' happiness over us. Guru Purnima. The day we dedicate to our Guru. The day we thank Her for Her ever loving care. For the fact that She has taken us under Her wings and given us shelter from ourselves and allowed us to bask in Her presence.
Our 24 hours. Though She's at it 8760 hours a year, year after year.
Today everything seems blessed by Amma's grace and her presence. I know Amma sits far away in Amritapuri giving darshan to the thousands who have congregated there, including my brother Michael.
But I can feel her presence. It's there in everything. Every thing small and large. The trees, the insects, the air, the food, the smiles, the problems, the solutions. She's smiling at me from the altar and yet, as my dear friend and sister Bindu has so rightly pointed out, Amma is a Guru and God who's refused to live within that exalted frame. She's walked straight into our hearts and whispered: "I'm here. For you."
I first set eyes on Her 24 years ago. I cried while I stood in line awaiting her till-then-unknown embrace. I cried when she embraced me and took me for her daughter. 24 years later, the tears still flow. I'm still to fathom why the tears flow but I've learnt not to question.
Because with Amma, the questions remain unanswered and yet the doors of perception open out to clarity.
Because with Amma, there never is reason to seek reason.
Because with Amma, an attitude of gratitude truly allows the grace to flow.
Amma, please accept my humble pranams and may I always walk the path you have intended for me. Jai Ma!
It seems fitting to have started this blog on this day: a beautiful night sky enveloping all of Singapore with a full moon that seems to beam its' happiness over us. Guru Purnima. The day we dedicate to our Guru. The day we thank Her for Her ever loving care. For the fact that She has taken us under Her wings and given us shelter from ourselves and allowed us to bask in Her presence.
Our 24 hours. Though She's at it 8760 hours a year, year after year.
Today everything seems blessed by Amma's grace and her presence. I know Amma sits far away in Amritapuri giving darshan to the thousands who have congregated there, including my brother Michael.
But I can feel her presence. It's there in everything. Every thing small and large. The trees, the insects, the air, the food, the smiles, the problems, the solutions. She's smiling at me from the altar and yet, as my dear friend and sister Bindu has so rightly pointed out, Amma is a Guru and God who's refused to live within that exalted frame. She's walked straight into our hearts and whispered: "I'm here. For you."
I first set eyes on Her 24 years ago. I cried while I stood in line awaiting her till-then-unknown embrace. I cried when she embraced me and took me for her daughter. 24 years later, the tears still flow. I'm still to fathom why the tears flow but I've learnt not to question.
Because with Amma, the questions remain unanswered and yet the doors of perception open out to clarity.
Because with Amma, there never is reason to seek reason.
Because with Amma, an attitude of gratitude truly allows the grace to flow.
Amma, please accept my humble pranams and may I always walk the path you have intended for me. Jai Ma!
A very lucid expression of thoughts and feelings on Amma... I am yet to bring this level of clarity about her in me!! Awesome blog.. Keep writing more :-)
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Aditya, you are sooo already there! I'm the beginner despite knowing (if that is possible!) Amma for 24 years.
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