54. Om svadhina vallabhayai namah: I bow down to Amma who keeps Her husband always under Her control
Amma is all about Shakti. The incredible female power which is the root of creation, has unfortunately been marginalized over time. What started as equals: yin and yang; Shiva and Shakti, has become an unequal partnership, frayed by the ambiguous reading of religion and scriptures. A woman's feminine energy is so important in creating a conducive framework for the world and yet, in this dark age, we are unable to fathom it or even realize it's true force.
The very core of power in the universe rests with Shakti, Durga, Amma. It is from here that Amma performs Her miracles and magic. It is to this power that even the holy trinity bows low. It is to this power that we reach out when the world seems upside down and the future, bleak. It is this power that gives us the ability to walk our determined paths, safe in the knowledge that our future is well set.
What we see of Amma - or rather, what Amma allows us to see of Her, is but an infinitesimal degree of Her real spiritual might. How can Amma giving darshan in Chicago know of Her son's discomfort in a small village in Kerala? Why do we even seek to look for an explanation or an answer? Can we ever hope to look beyond the tallest mountain? Or look into the deepest oceans? She's every part of nature. Every thing around us is nothing but Her. My omnipresent, omniscient Mother! You dwell outside of me and within. You, who has the power to control even Shiva, are all pervading.
Which is what makes this life even more beautiful. Because you are the beginning, the destination and the end and every day is but a splendid journey towards you my gentle mother, my Amma!
Om Amriteswariye namah!
Amma is all about Shakti. The incredible female power which is the root of creation, has unfortunately been marginalized over time. What started as equals: yin and yang; Shiva and Shakti, has become an unequal partnership, frayed by the ambiguous reading of religion and scriptures. A woman's feminine energy is so important in creating a conducive framework for the world and yet, in this dark age, we are unable to fathom it or even realize it's true force.
The very core of power in the universe rests with Shakti, Durga, Amma. It is from here that Amma performs Her miracles and magic. It is to this power that even the holy trinity bows low. It is to this power that we reach out when the world seems upside down and the future, bleak. It is this power that gives us the ability to walk our determined paths, safe in the knowledge that our future is well set.
What we see of Amma - or rather, what Amma allows us to see of Her, is but an infinitesimal degree of Her real spiritual might. How can Amma giving darshan in Chicago know of Her son's discomfort in a small village in Kerala? Why do we even seek to look for an explanation or an answer? Can we ever hope to look beyond the tallest mountain? Or look into the deepest oceans? She's every part of nature. Every thing around us is nothing but Her. My omnipresent, omniscient Mother! You dwell outside of me and within. You, who has the power to control even Shiva, are all pervading.
Which is what makes this life even more beautiful. Because you are the beginning, the destination and the end and every day is but a splendid journey towards you my gentle mother, my Amma!
Om Amriteswariye namah!
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