94. Om kaulinyai namah: I bow down to Amma who belongs to the kula
If I were to keep to the meaning of kula as family, then the mantra to me means we belong to Her. Years ago when Amma allowed us to get a peek into Her high level divinity, She began giving darshans. And with that one embrace started a chain reaction. For now, everyone was family! Today it's a large, pulsating family of millions across the world, whose only religion is compassion and love for one another.
So how did a small woman from a fishing village in Kerala go about uniting the world under the umbrella of Her selflessness? How is it that a 35 year old man from New York can feel the same deep and intense love towards Amma as a 60 year old woman from Madurai? Simply because this deep and intense love has become one of the essentials: much like we eat to satisfy our hunger, so also we seek Amma to satisfy our spiritual craving. And this has moved like an unseen bind across the globe. We're little Amma-lings! Each of us who stands patiently and expectantly in a line at the airport awaiting Amma's arrival; each of us who has craned our necks to get a glimpse of Amma as She walks into an overcrowded hall; each of us who has stood in the darshan line, heart beating loud and fast, excitement defining each step towards Her...we're all part of this same loving family. We may be different through skin and features, but within each of us it's the same Amma-heart that beats. Ma-Aum-Ma-Aum. Each throb a veneration towards Amma.
There's a different sort of excitement when one inadvertently meets another Amma devotee. The exchange of a smile, that knowing glint in the eye is enough to convey all the miracles we know about, all the love we have been fortunately privy to and all the many hugs we have gathered in life's path. We know, without exchanging so many words, that we're surrounded by an aura of bliss. That we're in the ring of the High priestess of compassion, grace and selflessness. And what a family Amma has formed all these years. She's planted in us seeds of goodness and other virtues. She's painstakingly given us spiritual gifts that few manage in a lifetime. Now it's upto us to make good these gifts from our Mother!
Om Amriteswariye namah!
If I were to keep to the meaning of kula as family, then the mantra to me means we belong to Her. Years ago when Amma allowed us to get a peek into Her high level divinity, She began giving darshans. And with that one embrace started a chain reaction. For now, everyone was family! Today it's a large, pulsating family of millions across the world, whose only religion is compassion and love for one another.
So how did a small woman from a fishing village in Kerala go about uniting the world under the umbrella of Her selflessness? How is it that a 35 year old man from New York can feel the same deep and intense love towards Amma as a 60 year old woman from Madurai? Simply because this deep and intense love has become one of the essentials: much like we eat to satisfy our hunger, so also we seek Amma to satisfy our spiritual craving. And this has moved like an unseen bind across the globe. We're little Amma-lings! Each of us who stands patiently and expectantly in a line at the airport awaiting Amma's arrival; each of us who has craned our necks to get a glimpse of Amma as She walks into an overcrowded hall; each of us who has stood in the darshan line, heart beating loud and fast, excitement defining each step towards Her...we're all part of this same loving family. We may be different through skin and features, but within each of us it's the same Amma-heart that beats. Ma-Aum-Ma-Aum. Each throb a veneration towards Amma.
There's a different sort of excitement when one inadvertently meets another Amma devotee. The exchange of a smile, that knowing glint in the eye is enough to convey all the miracles we know about, all the love we have been fortunately privy to and all the many hugs we have gathered in life's path. We know, without exchanging so many words, that we're surrounded by an aura of bliss. That we're in the ring of the High priestess of compassion, grace and selflessness. And what a family Amma has formed all these years. She's planted in us seeds of goodness and other virtues. She's painstakingly given us spiritual gifts that few manage in a lifetime. Now it's upto us to make good these gifts from our Mother!
Om Amriteswariye namah!
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