153. Om nis-kalankayai namah: I bow down to Amma who is faultless
Why is it that at every temple or place of worship, I only think of Amma? I sometimes wonder if this might be a sin, standing in a place dedicated to one God and praying to another. But then I realise - or rather, I tell myself, that God per se is only one. The one who lives in our hearts in the one. We can give God any name - Krishna, Devi, Christ...but what is important is how we seat them within our hearts. Thankfully, the word for me, is Amma.
I wish my life would revolve 24 hours around Amma. How wonderful a life would be to have it dedicated to Amma ? Where Amma is our filter. Filtering our thoughts, words, speech. Wherein we will never make a mistake. Never hurt anyone with our words or thoughts or actions. Where we begin to live our lives in exactly the way Amma has asked us to. Actually Amma doesn't 'ask' us to. She walks the talk by living a righteous and virtuous life. Her example is Her life. She is pure and faultless. Like a flower, giving of it's fragrance and its beauty. Amma takes nothing from us and takes selflessness to a whole new level. She works on love and when one is so earnest and true to the world, how can they be touched by any vice? She is faultless because She is everything pure and clean in this world.
I had an incredible experience at a gurudwara recently where a friend had organized 'seva'. So even though my friend was donating food, the gurudwara required you to be there cutting vegetables and helping even in the preparation of the food. Sitting there for 3 hours cutting and chopping made me realise the power of seva. And it also made me realise just how much Amma works everyday, without any rest. To Amma hours do not matter. Time just melts from one unit to the other. And Amma continues hugging till She has satisfied each of Her children. For Amma, it isn't about writing about this or talking to Her friends about it. It is the equivalent of doing Her dharma. And She does it, with as much love and eagerness thrown in as possible.
Thank You Amma for ensuring we are a part of this spiritual revolution this world is slowly witnessing.
Om Amriteswariye namah!
Why is it that at every temple or place of worship, I only think of Amma? I sometimes wonder if this might be a sin, standing in a place dedicated to one God and praying to another. But then I realise - or rather, I tell myself, that God per se is only one. The one who lives in our hearts in the one. We can give God any name - Krishna, Devi, Christ...but what is important is how we seat them within our hearts. Thankfully, the word for me, is Amma.
I wish my life would revolve 24 hours around Amma. How wonderful a life would be to have it dedicated to Amma ? Where Amma is our filter. Filtering our thoughts, words, speech. Wherein we will never make a mistake. Never hurt anyone with our words or thoughts or actions. Where we begin to live our lives in exactly the way Amma has asked us to. Actually Amma doesn't 'ask' us to. She walks the talk by living a righteous and virtuous life. Her example is Her life. She is pure and faultless. Like a flower, giving of it's fragrance and its beauty. Amma takes nothing from us and takes selflessness to a whole new level. She works on love and when one is so earnest and true to the world, how can they be touched by any vice? She is faultless because She is everything pure and clean in this world.
I had an incredible experience at a gurudwara recently where a friend had organized 'seva'. So even though my friend was donating food, the gurudwara required you to be there cutting vegetables and helping even in the preparation of the food. Sitting there for 3 hours cutting and chopping made me realise the power of seva. And it also made me realise just how much Amma works everyday, without any rest. To Amma hours do not matter. Time just melts from one unit to the other. And Amma continues hugging till She has satisfied each of Her children. For Amma, it isn't about writing about this or talking to Her friends about it. It is the equivalent of doing Her dharma. And She does it, with as much love and eagerness thrown in as possible.
Thank You Amma for ensuring we are a part of this spiritual revolution this world is slowly witnessing.
Om Amriteswariye namah!
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