156. Om niragayai namah: I bow down to Amma who has no desire
Except one, perhaps. To see Her children happy and contented. To see us on the path of spiritual awakening. Amma always wants only the best for us. So these would be Her desires. But Amma has no desire for Herself. She is selfless. The very act of selflessness has been given definition by Her acts. Who else in the world would never want anything for Herself but only for the multitudes who come to see Her?
I once read a rather moving story about Amma, in matruvani. This happened during the early days of the ashram when Amma only had a handful of devotees. It was onam and all Her devotees had gone to celebrate onam with their families. Amma stood by the shore watching and waiting for Her devotees to come and enjoy a sadya with Her. She kept looking out for Her children to join Her. I remember reading this story and feeling sad. To think that Amma had had to wait for Her children to come to Her during such an important festival! My Amma, alone!! Look how time has passed when today Amma can possibly have not even a moment to Herself. And how well Amma has adapted to, if I may use the oft abused word: fame. She remains the same unassuming person She always has been. In fact, these very hands that console and calm us, have shaken hands with heads of state and important decision makers around the world. And yet they see no difference between me and a president of a country. For Amma who desires nothing, there is no difference. We are all surrounded by equal measure of Her love and that is all that matters.
Amma's children are Her life. Everything worldly that Amma deals with, is only because of us. She reaches out to us worldly beings and does everything She can to make our lives as comfortable as possible. Comforts She happily relinquishes for Herself, are handed over to us on a platter. Amma has said that She only desires peace in the world. She only desires happiness for Her children. And amazingly, She achieves this desire through a state of absolute no-desire.
Om Amriteswariye namah!
Except one, perhaps. To see Her children happy and contented. To see us on the path of spiritual awakening. Amma always wants only the best for us. So these would be Her desires. But Amma has no desire for Herself. She is selfless. The very act of selflessness has been given definition by Her acts. Who else in the world would never want anything for Herself but only for the multitudes who come to see Her?
I once read a rather moving story about Amma, in matruvani. This happened during the early days of the ashram when Amma only had a handful of devotees. It was onam and all Her devotees had gone to celebrate onam with their families. Amma stood by the shore watching and waiting for Her devotees to come and enjoy a sadya with Her. She kept looking out for Her children to join Her. I remember reading this story and feeling sad. To think that Amma had had to wait for Her children to come to Her during such an important festival! My Amma, alone!! Look how time has passed when today Amma can possibly have not even a moment to Herself. And how well Amma has adapted to, if I may use the oft abused word: fame. She remains the same unassuming person She always has been. In fact, these very hands that console and calm us, have shaken hands with heads of state and important decision makers around the world. And yet they see no difference between me and a president of a country. For Amma who desires nothing, there is no difference. We are all surrounded by equal measure of Her love and that is all that matters.
Amma's children are Her life. Everything worldly that Amma deals with, is only because of us. She reaches out to us worldly beings and does everything She can to make our lives as comfortable as possible. Comforts She happily relinquishes for Herself, are handed over to us on a platter. Amma has said that She only desires peace in the world. She only desires happiness for Her children. And amazingly, She achieves this desire through a state of absolute no-desire.
Om Amriteswariye namah!
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