114. Om bhavaranya kutharikayai namah: I bow down to Amma who is like an axe to clear the jungle of samsara
Can we trust our lives in anyone else's hands? I wouldn't put my faith in anyone but Amma when it comes to knowing where to take the next step in life. While I can only see till the bend on the road, Amma can see the entire path. While I can only see the tree, She can see the entire forest. And so, in Her I trust. She knows what is good for us and what will wash away our sins and our earlier life debts we have arrived here with. The baggage from our past life can only be cleansed at Her feet. How many times horoscope readings have been made null and void because we have had Amma's hand upon our heads! We do make our own future but I think when Amma's shadow falls on us, it helps carve out a better future. Because this time, our angel is guiding us.
She guides us carefully through this journey, through the jungle of samsara. In a life defined by materialism and underlined by acquisitions and greed, it is perfect to have a guru who teaches that everything is really just an illusion. The ultimate and innate truth is devoid of every material possession: it is the desire to achieve such high spirituality that we may even break the cycle of birth, death, rebirth. We may get out of this ferocious cycle wherein we return yet as seekers. Amma's cleansing ability is brilliant in that She removes every stain of the past, from us. Towards this, we also have to be willing to give up many of the things that seem such necessities now. Trivial in the larger picture but necessary for instant gratification. Worshipping Amma has nothing instant about it. Neither are the prayers instant, nor even the line to get Her darshan. I find it annoying when people ask: "can we get Amma's darshan as soon as we come there?" Like Amma isn't a Goddess but an instant noodle or a vending machine! But then I realize it isn't their thought - we, as a civilization, are used to instant gratification. Which herds us even deeper into samsara, or worldliness. If samsara were an actual jungle, it would have carnivorous plants and deep rooted vines choking everything in it. That's the life we are leading now. And for us, the ONLY hope is Amma. Who else can we trust but a Mother who would give up Her sleep and Her comforts only so Her children are happy. Who would ensure that we cross the jungle or the crocodile infested river of samsara carefully.
Who else but Amma!
Om Amriteswariye namah!
Can we trust our lives in anyone else's hands? I wouldn't put my faith in anyone but Amma when it comes to knowing where to take the next step in life. While I can only see till the bend on the road, Amma can see the entire path. While I can only see the tree, She can see the entire forest. And so, in Her I trust. She knows what is good for us and what will wash away our sins and our earlier life debts we have arrived here with. The baggage from our past life can only be cleansed at Her feet. How many times horoscope readings have been made null and void because we have had Amma's hand upon our heads! We do make our own future but I think when Amma's shadow falls on us, it helps carve out a better future. Because this time, our angel is guiding us.
She guides us carefully through this journey, through the jungle of samsara. In a life defined by materialism and underlined by acquisitions and greed, it is perfect to have a guru who teaches that everything is really just an illusion. The ultimate and innate truth is devoid of every material possession: it is the desire to achieve such high spirituality that we may even break the cycle of birth, death, rebirth. We may get out of this ferocious cycle wherein we return yet as seekers. Amma's cleansing ability is brilliant in that She removes every stain of the past, from us. Towards this, we also have to be willing to give up many of the things that seem such necessities now. Trivial in the larger picture but necessary for instant gratification. Worshipping Amma has nothing instant about it. Neither are the prayers instant, nor even the line to get Her darshan. I find it annoying when people ask: "can we get Amma's darshan as soon as we come there?" Like Amma isn't a Goddess but an instant noodle or a vending machine! But then I realize it isn't their thought - we, as a civilization, are used to instant gratification. Which herds us even deeper into samsara, or worldliness. If samsara were an actual jungle, it would have carnivorous plants and deep rooted vines choking everything in it. That's the life we are leading now. And for us, the ONLY hope is Amma. Who else can we trust but a Mother who would give up Her sleep and Her comforts only so Her children are happy. Who would ensure that we cross the jungle or the crocodile infested river of samsara carefully.
Who else but Amma!
Om Amriteswariye namah!
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